The LSD makes a world of difference. You can begin applying more power before the car settles coming out of a corner without that dirt-track wheel spin feeling. It is pretty much turn the wheel, apply the power and go.
The LSD makes a world of difference. You can begin applying more power before the car settles coming out of a corner without that dirt-track wheel spin feeling. It is pretty much turn the wheel, apply the power and go.
We took the car to a PDX at Road America in October, right after the LSD and Flywheel went in...it had a tired motor and an exhaust leak, so it was down on power, but was still giggly fun handling-wise. Was getting back on throttle before apexes and just pulling out of the turns...I can't wait!
This thread has got me looking at ZX2's again. I enjoyed mine, did everything it needed to do, and saved my life when it sacrificed it's own.
The biggest perk being that everything I've got on my wagon would swap over to the ZX2, and I still could break even after selling the wagon.
It aint no Honda Fit, Ford Fusion, or any other modern car, but it's cheaper than similar year Civics. And at least it's got OBD2, unlike the 93 Escort.
PHeller wrote: This thread has got me looking at ZX2's again. I enjoyed mine, did everything it needed to do, and saved my life when it sacrificed it's own. The biggest perk being that everything I've got on my wagon would swap over to the ZX2, and I still could break even after selling the wagon. It aint no Honda Fit, Ford Fusion, or any other modern car, but it's cheaper than similar year Civics. And at least it's got OBD2, unlike the 93 Escort.
Actually, the rear suspension on those Escorts is more sophisticated than the twist-beam on the current Fiesta and Mazda2.
Does Bilstein make inserts for the BG Chassis?
EDIT: Answer is not any more.
EDIT#2:
The MX-3 Koni Red Inserts are apparently designed with a shorter length spring in mind, I'd be worried that running these on stock ZX2 springs would overextend the struts, which in my experience (S/R Tokicos) can be bad.
Look at 2nd gen Probe stuff.
My understanding is that BJ Protege (99-03) stuff can be easily made to work as well.
FSP_ZX2, I tried emailing you. Didn't work.
I'd like to try the RX7 ball joints on my otherwise stock (for now) ZX2.
How much camber will the ball joints by themselves provide?
PHeller wrote: FSP_ZX2, I tried emailing you. Didn't work. I'd like to try the RX7 ball joints on my otherwise stock (for now) ZX2. How much camber will the ball joints by themselves provide?
See your PM for my email.
I have not tried this trick but am intrigued by it. We have slotted the strut mounts (the clevis/ears) on the strut body for our camber adjustment. We also run "caster paltes" (camber plates turned 90)...by doing this we don't need a ton of static negative camber--just over 2 is all. It helps with braking and even more with forward bite off corner to keep the tires a little more level. We just put some new DA coilovers on--and the RX7 balljoint trick might save is the trouble of getting out the carbite
On my ZX2SR, I was lucky enough to get one of Ford Racings Camber adjustment kits. Later discontinued.
It consisted of a cutter to enlarge a hole in the strut bracket and an eccentric bolt.
After turning the strut mounts 90 degrees to in crease caster, I then found a set of offset control arm bushings.
I now had almost double the stock caster. big improvement and less negative camber needed.
Much as FSP-ZX2 has said.
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