Would Lakewoods work with FR Springs??

[Kdubslugga]

I Have Ford Racing "B" springs on my car now, and i love the way they make the car look, its exactly what i wanted. I was thinking of getting Lakewood 90/10 Struts and 50/50 Rear Shocks. Whould this be a stupid idea? I realize that the FR springs arent the best for Drag Racing but im looking for the best of both worlds here. Would the Lakewoods help me out a lot? Anybody running something similar?

 

[ImportEater98]

can't have the best of both worlds without one of the worlds suffering. Decide whether you want a drag car or a corner-carver. You could run 90/10s in the front, but you won't benifit much with lowering springs......just go with a nice set of tokico's. At least those are adjustable and you can sort of dial-in how firm/soft you want them. I think adjustability is the key to your setup, IMO.

 

[joelliott]

I have Ford Cs on my 85gt. I also run lakewoods 50/50s on the rear. Work fine for me. A cheeper alt to the high priced shocks. I hope to run tokicos someday tho. ttyl
Joe E.

 

[Dip In Traffic]

when i was converting over to full drag suspension i had 90/10's in the front with 4 banger springs with no sway bar and bbk lowering springs in the back with gabriel red ryders(i heard the hook good) i ran this setup for a month till i got time to swap my rear springs

i love corners this setup handled better than than bone stock suspension

maybe its my driving style but i didnt see much of a compromise with the 90/10's unless ur one of those who like to swerve just to change lanes....

i really dont think you should have a prob with the springs you have the 90/10's should be enough to transfer the weight

i know alot of overpowerd street cars running c springs

"Rear springs should be fairly stiff for a drag car but many people think that the car should "squat" during the launch so they install softer rear springs on the car to accomplish this. The only cars that should be squatting during the launch are those cars that shock the tires very hard (4-speed cars) and with enough power where the car will overpower the tires. Prostock cars actually squat during launch because they develop enough torque and hit the tires so hard that the squatting helps absorb some of the shock and keeps from overpowering the tires. But, setting up the car to squat is not a function of the springs. It is the position of the Instant Center (IC) that determines how the car squats. The springs still need to be stiff to transfer the force to the tires.
If the rear end squats that means that the rear springs/shocks are not pushing the rear tires into the ground. They are just compressing. For the most part you don't want the rear to squat because you want some resistance from the springs/shocks to transfer the force/weight to the tires."

quoted from baselinesuspensions.com