anyone know what the drop is for Stasis Street Sport?
12-24-2002, 04:42 AM
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anyone know what the drop is for Stasis Street Sport?
looking for about 1" to 1-1/4" drop.
if it wasn't x-mas eve i'd just call them.
<img src="http://www.stasisengineering.com/images/fixedheight1_sm.jpg"><ul><li><a href="http://www.stasisengineering.com/suspension.htm">Stasis Suspensions</a></li></ul>
if it wasn't x-mas eve i'd just call them.
<img src="http://www.stasisengineering.com/images/fixedheight1_sm.jpg"><ul><li><a href="http://www.stasisengineering.com/suspension.htm">Stasis Suspensions</a></li></ul>
12-24-2002, 04:50 AM
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well..I have the same springs with Bilsteins
<center><img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/4477/mvc-058f.jpg"></center><p>my car is fairly slammed (too low for me at least)on the 2nd lowest shock perches. I need to raise it up a little. If I raise it to the middle of the shock, where the stock shock length is, it would still be fairly low. So I imagine it would be fairly low on an S4. I believe koni length is the same as stock.
12-24-2002, 05:14 AM
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I don't think the Koni's have height adjustability like bilstein
they have a dial to control the dampening. My car doesn't look so low in that pic, but it is low. I think I'm below the top of the wheels when I took it, so the gap looksbigger than it is.
So anyway, I'm not crazy about the combo, but I think it has a lot to do with the bilsteins. A few A4 guys were runnign this combo and felt the same was as me. Bilteins are under damped for these springs. So I'm guessing the Koni's are going to make a better combo with ese springs. Stasis knows their stuff, so I'll trust their koni's are going to work nicely.
I'm probably going to go with the motopersona custom H&R coilovers ($1500) in the spring. They cost the same as this fixed height stasis setup. 50F/625 rear. I like this setup because it's a coilover with a lot of height adjustability and that it has some nice rear bias in spring rate. So I'll ditch my 19mm rear sway with this setup and go with a stock sway. Then my rear end will be more independent. The downside is that there is no stiffness adjustability like in the stasis with koni damnpers. So I'm going to assume the ride is going to be stiff. So you don't get the alternative of a softer ride with stasis and their touring valved shocks. I assume the ride will be more similar to the track valved shocks that stasis has.
So anyway, I'm not crazy about the combo, but I think it has a lot to do with the bilsteins. A few A4 guys were runnign this combo and felt the same was as me. Bilteins are under damped for these springs. So I'm guessing the Koni's are going to make a better combo with ese springs. Stasis knows their stuff, so I'll trust their koni's are going to work nicely.
I'm probably going to go with the motopersona custom H&R coilovers ($1500) in the spring. They cost the same as this fixed height stasis setup. 50F/625 rear. I like this setup because it's a coilover with a lot of height adjustability and that it has some nice rear bias in spring rate. So I'll ditch my 19mm rear sway with this setup and go with a stock sway. Then my rear end will be more independent. The downside is that there is no stiffness adjustability like in the stasis with koni damnpers. So I'm going to assume the ride is going to be stiff. So you don't get the alternative of a softer ride with stasis and their touring valved shocks. I assume the ride will be more similar to the track valved shocks that stasis has.
12-24-2002, 06:22 AM
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Just did mine. About 1.5" all around... a little too low but we'll see how she does.
BTW, have the Konis. Like the rebound adjustability they offer vs stock/Bils. Email me again and we can discuss(or post and I'll send you my findings).
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12-24-2002, 06:23 AM
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question about Stasis suspension
Seems like this is the latest hot stuff for our cars. But:
high spring rates are great, but think what you are doing to your suspension, subframes and unibody. Stress has to go somewhere and the stiffer the spring, the more of this stress goes to the car body.
Are any of you guys concerned about this? Don't talk to me about race cars please. Takes just one look at how reinforced the racecar's body is to understand that it has not much in common with a street car.
My understanding is that Stasis kits run for ~ $2K. How in the world do you justify this price?
high spring rates are great, but think what you are doing to your suspension, subframes and unibody. Stress has to go somewhere and the stiffer the spring, the more of this stress goes to the car body.
Are any of you guys concerned about this? Don't talk to me about race cars please. Takes just one look at how reinforced the racecar's body is to understand that it has not much in common with a street car.
My understanding is that Stasis kits run for ~ $2K. How in the world do you justify this price?
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12-24-2002, 06:27 AM
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Maybe for full-outs. I just bought 400/400s and put them on my KoniSports
Ryan suggested some things and he's spot-on. Just did some driving(at 2A this morning when I finished) and initial impressions are good. Will spend some time with them this week to get a conclusive view...