A10beav, I dont know yet about handling but one thing is sure, I LOVE the adjustability. From the reviews Ive heard, it seems that it outperforms the coils, we will see. With the 4" exhaust going under the car and the MWC rear end its limiting my rear drop.
When the bump stops hits the axle I have no fender gap @ the rear wheels and my rear end rests on the gas tank (its a plastic tank) not a lot, but it touches it in the middle. So I might go with a custom tank in future... even tho that wouldnt do anything to help the 4" pipe coming over the axle. It would get crushed between the body and the axle.
The adjustability is what I'm after too, my headers and torque-arm mount hang pretty low. Of course Air Ride claims these cars handle great with their stuff, but I haven't seen many 3rd gen reviews. I'll try to keep watching this to see your thoughts later.
Keep up the great work!
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'99 Formula Firehawk
'88 Firebird, short version: TSP 402cid LS2 stroker with a D&D Performance T-56, Moser Ford-9 (31 spline, 3:50), coated long tubes, Random Tech cats, single Moroso Spiral flow in front of a Hooker Aerochamber. Tubular K-member and suspension components
I wanted to paint my car white but I am terribly happy with the ruby red metallic I chose. Well I was anyway. Thanks alot...
lol, thanks for the laugh man. That really made my day!
Im a sucker for white cars... but when it was time for the paint, I couldnt make my mind between white, red and dark grey. Im very pleased with the result but sometimes I image what it would look like being red or charcoal.
The adjustability is what I'm after too, my headers and torque-arm mount hang pretty low. Of course Air Ride claims these cars handle great with their stuff, but I haven't seen many 3rd gen reviews. I'll try to keep watching this to see your thoughts later.
Keep up the great work!
Irocbirdbuilder and sickness91z on tgo both have air rides and loved them. Irocbirdbuilder wrote a great review about 2 years ago. He has the same kit that I bought; Ridetech. If I recall well they are not using Koni's tho, so Im really hoping the best.
Rear brake hard lines (on axle).
New driveshaft u-joints, including rear 1350 conversion joint. Driveshaft installed.
New rear output tranny seal.
Electrical is done (body part), everything works... lights, trunk etc.
Rear end mounted on the car.
Re-worked my tranny x-member to make it mate with my mwc torque arm. I still have to finish welding and painting it.
Now the pics.
I wish I could take good pics. The flash makes the pics WAY overexposed and without it, they are blurry... blehh.
Enjoy!
I like this idea too, I have a similar tranny mount. But isn't that going to block the exhaust pipe on that side?
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'99 Formula Firehawk
'88 Firebird, short version: TSP 402cid LS2 stroker with a D&D Performance T-56, Moser Ford-9 (31 spline, 3:50), coated long tubes, Random Tech cats, single Moroso Spiral flow in front of a Hooker Aerochamber. Tubular K-member and suspension components
