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G-Man August-27th-2002 01:54 AM

lowering my 1992 mazda 323
 
need help doin up my mazda 323, if anyone can help HELP for the love of god!! cant find anything for my car

Eugene August-27th-2002 02:09 AM

I'm in the process of doing the same thing and I'm only 20 minutes down the QE.

August-27th-2002 02:44 AM

Anything for a '90-'94 Protege or a '91-'96 Escort GT should work.

G-Man August-27th-2002 12:35 PM

yea but where do i look for a bodykit and some lowering springs or coilovers, and what do u guys reccomend coilovers or springs, and if i did lower it say 2 inches or whatever would look good, i would need a camber correction kit right? what else would i neeD? and do any of you have some rims for sale

Maz94Protege August-27th-2002 12:59 PM

I will promote Speed And Style.com one more time. Ive been lookin at their products, called them on the phone a few times. Seem to be a good company.

www.speedandstyle.com

they have the 91-94 protege/323 springs for $99. they are arospeed drop springs. est drop from 1.4''-1.7''

Im ordering mine soon.


they also have coilovers etc

G-Man August-27th-2002 01:01 PM

yea but is anyone gunna notice a drop of 1.4-1.7 inches???

mazdaspeedwest August-27th-2002 03:16 PM

look in my signature pic, notice a difference? granted i'm in a turn, but it's easy to see, there's not much roll to it...

thats about a 1.25" drop. The springs are rated at 1.5" and 1.3" for the MX3.

and i hope the 1.7" is the front drop, or it will look ass heavy.

G-Man August-28th-2002 12:47 AM

ok where do i get springs or coilovers for my car then and what would be best coilovers or springs. i am in hamilton , ontario canada

August-28th-2002 02:56 PM

You also won't need any camber kit. With our strut suspensions, there is very little camber gain as the suspension moves up (car is lowered). With a 1.5" drop, if you gain 0.5 degrees of negative camber, you'd be lucky.

Now, you will have to adjust toe-in/out when you lower the car. Not only will excessive amounts of toe contribute to insane tire wear, but it also will slow down your acceleration (and top speed) and cost you mileage.

I'm running about 2.5 degrees of negative camber on my race Protege, and I have almost no extra wear on the front tires. The only thing that much camber affects is acceleration and braking, and 2.5 degrees, while it looks like a lot, isn't too bad for that.

If you go below 1" drop, you will pay for it in ride quality. You only have about 2.5" of bump travel in the front, so you will always be on the bumpstops if you go lower than 1". Unless you are planning on autocrossing, or don't mind a jarring ride, that is low enough. A set of 205/40-16s will fill the fenderwells quite nicely. 205/45s will really fill them, but would make the gearing too tall for your 88hp engine.

If you go coil-over, don't go with most of the spring rates suggested. I have 250 lb front springs on my 2500lb Protege...200 lbs for a 323 in front should be as stiff as you want to go on the street (Ground Control would probably spec 400lbs...you might as well just remove the springs :) ).


G-Man August-28th-2002 07:14 PM

wow u know alot about lowerin eh!, i still dont know what i am doin tho and lowering a car 1 inch isnt noticeable!!!

Eugene September-5th-2002 03:52 AM

G-man, if you need real world help go to A-Spec Racing in Etobicoke. Watch out as they are hardcore Mazda freaks and a commercial shop. They boned me for $100 for a cone filter setup. It wasn't even a K&N but they installed.

http://www.a-spec.ca/

phk September-15th-2002 01:46 AM

CoilOvers
 
i just got my Ground Controls and Tokico shocks installed like month ago cant afford my alignment lol not very good :(

other then that love it cost alot tho


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