And this is one of the smaller venues, with a slower course, and lower than usual grip (it was a cold day, and it was windy blowing a lot of grit up from the beach). Any donations to buy a guy some suspension!?! The car is on stock ('02 Z06) springs, '04 Z06 shocks, a T1 (38mm) front bar, and poly bushings. I was going to go coil-over but nothing on the market suit what I need at a reasonable price (off the shelf stuff has pussy old man spring rates, and the custom Penskes I want will run $5k).
just remember you gotta pay to play. 5k for vette coilovers doesnt seem TO bad. Figuring higher prices cause its a vette. coils I want for my stealth are nearing 2k before anything special.
Pricing is pretty independent of the car when it comes to Penskes. Obviously the exact mounting parts are different, but if anything a 'vette is easier/simpler than some other cars. The shocks I really want are the Penske 3-way adjustable Penskes. They are low and high speed compression (shock shaft speed, not vehicle speed of course) as well as rebound adjustable. Roughly low speed compression is sway/roll and high speed is bumps etc. Rebound really only occurs at one speed regardless (hence 3-ways not 4). They run about $4700 through a lot of distributors, though I could probably get them around $4k. They’re already threaded body shocks, so turning them into C/Os will take well under $1k (so hopefully under $5k total).
