It’s awesome to have pavement ripping power, but it’s also important that you can safely put the power to the ground and how the car handles on the road. Years ago a vehicle owner used to have few suspension choices which were either “motorboat” spongey or rock-hard. Today, performance suspensions can give you supercar handling and be smooth and comfortable at the same time.  So how do you go about updating your suspension to support a high-performance high horsepower classic vehicle? When you are making an allowance for performance suspension upgrades, following are some items listed below are important considerations:

 

SWAY BARS

 

One of the quickest and simplest ways to get your car to settle down and really embrace the turns is by installing performance sway bars. The brilliance of sway bars is that they allow the vehicle to transfer weight and balance the tension from a wheel under heavy load more evenly across the width of a car while the vehicle is in motion. When there is movement or force in one wheel, it is transferred to the corresponding wheel for an even ride which helps tremendously. This also keeps the vehicle from feeling like a “boat in a storm” or “spongy” when making turns. More importantly, sway bars also assist the driver in controlling understeer and oversteer. Understeering occurs when your front wheels don’t have enough traction to take the car through the turn and oversteering is when your back wheels lose traction before your front wheels. The aforementioned can be changed for better performance by putting the appropriate stiffness on the sway bars. If you want your car to handle in turns, talk to England Motor Coach about installing sway bars to help you through the turns and improving the driving experience.

 

CAMBER TUNING

 

Camber is the angle at which the wheel and tire stand in relation to the road this may sound complex but it is not. Negative camber is typically ideal for performance driving as it keeps your tires upright and from turning outward when heavy cornering. The proper balance of positive and negative camber for your vehicle will also help in conjunction with sway bars with oversteering and understeering, improving the vehicle’s performance.  The staff at England Motor Coach can work with you having your car preforming like never before.

 

SHOCKS & SPRINGS

 

Shocks and springs are a crucial portion of the vehicles foundation in regards to your suspension system, sport springs and shocks can help you boost your suspension system’s performance. Coil springs, are a popular type of spring for performance vehicles as they provide more travel within the suspension and make the effects of aggressive turning, braking, and accelerating less stressful to the driver and vehicle occupants. 

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