Frustrated Canuck in need of suspension help!!

[C5GTO]

Warning: not very good pictures because taken at night with halogen lighting.





These pictures are with the car on a jack, wheels hanging so the suspension is not a normal ride height. It's a daily driver as evidenced by the grease/grime build-up. I've got 36K miles since it was last aligned and even tire wear tells me it's still doing fine. The Carrera shocks aren't adjustable for dampening but the similar QA1 shock looked to be. These are adjustable for ride height.

I did do one other front suspension enhancement by putting a cross brace between the right and left suspension towers. I also put a panhard bar on the 9" rear. I can't say how much these two things helps with handling as I've had them on there almost since the car was built. I can say that the car handles like it's on rails though

Speak up if you'd like to see a picture of the front suspension brace. I can put up a pic.

[cobra1966]

Those pics are great thank you... which brand of arms are those? also in the last pic there is a gold colored bar going back towards the frame? what is that? and yes id like to see the cross bar for sure. I notice you've also kept the front sway bar I think im gonna remove mine , I really think with the right shock and spring combo plus the fact im running a small block with plenty of aluminum that the sway bar is doing squat?

[C5GTO]

Originally Posted by cobra1966

Those pics are great thank you... which brand of arms are those? also in the last pic there is a gold colored bar going back towards the frame? what is that? and yes id like to see the cross bar for sure. I notice you've also kept the front sway bar I think im gonna remove mine , I really think with the right shock and spring combo plus the fact im running a small block with plenty of aluminum that the sway bar is doing squat?

I don't recall the brand on the control arms as I bought them 20 years ago. The gold colored arm is the standard MII bottom arm triangulation link, it's just an after-market aluminum one instead of steel. Less un-sprung weight.

Here's a couple more pics, better as taken with natural light and at normal ride height.





Here's pics of the cross bar:







I'm not a suspension expert, but my opinion is that I benefit from the sway bars on my CR Cobra. I've got them on front and rear. The car stays very flat in turns. I'm not sure how much I benefit but I certainly wouldn't remove them if they're already installed. My 2 cents, take it for what it's worth.

[markantioch]

Did those cross braces come with the kit, or were they specially made? The same goes for the strut bar replacement. If they were ordered, I'd be interested in a link were I could purchase them.