# What would this benifit? **URL:** \ **Category:** SON240sx Automotive\ **Created:** [January 17, 2007, 10:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-would-this-benifit/103104 "2007-01-17T10:12:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Stanleylee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Stanleylee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Stanleylee)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 4:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-would-this-benifit/103104/21 "2007-01-22T16:25:42Z")
it look like extra useless crap for me, if it is better, y nissan people didnt figer it out ? ---
**Author:** ![GT1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5e925/32.png) [@GT1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GT1)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 6:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-would-this-benifit/103104/22 "2007-01-22T18:53:17Z")
> [@Anything happening tonight????](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anything-happening-tonight/11071/10): > > it look like extra useless crap for me, > if it is better, y nissan people didnt figer it out ? most uneducated, generalized responce ever. gtfo. GT ---
**Author:** ![mr200](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mr200/32/5495_2.png) [@mr200](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mr200)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2007, 1:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-would-this-benifit/103104/23 "2007-01-23T13:18:31Z")
I think you’d want a bit more than 1" of travel in a rally car. Last attempt flame away, but if you look at the images, having it bolted to a cantilever-stlye setup like that, with the coilovers free to pivot, I can see a lot of play in the cantilever before the shock even sees any of it. As well, with the angles of both, it looks hella likely to bind up. Granted I haven’t seen the rest of the car, but why over-engineer the top mounting point of your suspension, while retaining the stock running gear underneath? This would probably function much better in a tube frame car, not a weaksauce unitbody car with a cage welded in. Unless the bottom side is equally as strong, I’d be scared for the rear shock tower’s integrity. I’ve bent them taking shocks out. ---
**Author:** ![240SXtacy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/240sxtacy/32/5549_2.png) [@240SXtacy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/240SXtacy)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2007, 3:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-would-this-benifit/103104/24 "2007-01-23T15:40:32Z")
> [@Anything happening tonight????](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anything-happening-tonight/11071/10): > > it look like extra useless crap for me, > if it is better, y nissan people didnt figer it out ? its not useless, its just not practical and lil overboard especially in a 240 imo. ---
**Author:** ![G-E](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/g-e/32/5546_2.png) [@G-E](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/G-E)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2007, 5:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-would-this-benifit/103104/25 "2007-01-23T17:32:08Z")
> [@4/30 meet @ Taffy's](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/4-30-meet-taffys/11080/16): > > I think you’d want a bit more than 1" of travel in a rally car. not on tarmac, but with the cantilevers and the coilovers you can give yourself more ride height and travel when you do ---
**Author:** ![alesserfate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f6c823/32.png) [@alesserfate](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/alesserfate)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2007, 9:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-would-this-benifit/103104/26 "2007-01-23T21:12:34Z")
Thats actually slightly different from le mans cars, the le mans cars the control arm would have a 90 degree vertical actuator that would horizontally press on the coilover rather than through a pivot point. Im not a physics expert but to me it seems like the pivot point on that 90 degree bent actuator will actually reduce some flexibility. ---
**Author:** ![Solarian](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/solarian/32/5514_2.png) [@Solarian](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Solarian)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2007, 9:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-would-this-benifit/103104/27 "2007-01-23T21:35:53Z")
Yea, I think I agree with mr200. I can see quite a bit of added unnecessary motions because of the way the linkages are set up. I honestly see no benefit to this setup that couldn’t have been obtained with a stiffer spring rate, because that’s essentially what they’ve done by messing with the arm lengths on the linkage. And there’s quite a bit that could go wrong more than stock. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-would-this-benifit/103104.md?page=1)