lowering my 1992 mazda 323
August-27th-2002, 12:35 PM
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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
August-27th-2002, 12:59 PM
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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
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
August-27th-2002, 03:16 PM
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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 *** heavy.
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 *** heavy.
August-28th-2002, 02:56 PM
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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
).
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
).
September-5th-2002, 03:52 AM
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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/
http://www.a-spec.ca/
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