What exactly does Sport Suspension mean?

BAC5.2 · Post by **BAC5.2** » Sun Feb 15, 2004 11:37 pm

I was recently wondering how our suspensions are designed in the Turbo's.

Is the whole car setup with Macpherson Strut setups, or do we run double wishbone or what?

What's the difference in suspension designs. Any sites would be helpful

What makes the Turbo suspensions so sporty?

THAWA · Post by **THAWA** » Mon Feb 16, 2004 12:08 am

Looking here it looks like the rear sway bar is bigger but the rest is the same. Dunno though, I'm sure someone else can give more info.

evolutionmovement · Post by **evolutionmovement** » Mon Feb 16, 2004 12:30 am

It sounds like you're asking general suspension questions, like: what are the differences between suspension systems. We have MacPherson struts all around (for vertical load control) with lower A-arms (for lateral and transverse loads) on the front and dual lateral links (for lateral loads) with trailing arms (transverse loads) in the rear.

Last generation Hondas had double wishbone, which is usually reserved for exotics due to expense. Various searches on the internet for different suspension types should get you some useful info, but I don't know of a specific site for everything.

Steve

BAC5.2 · Post by **BAC5.2** » Mon Feb 16, 2004 12:41 am

Cool man, thanks!

I was just curious, I know the new Civic Si's use MacPherson Struts instead of Double Wishbone like the previous generation.

I was mainly curious about the performance benefits of the Macpherson Strut versus the Double Wishbone setup.

scottzg · Post by **scottzg** » Mon Feb 16, 2004 1:45 am

the turbo struts are much stiffer at the ends of travel. they have larger rear swaybars, springs are the same. There is no difference in suspension layout.

We have macpherson struts all around, which are good, especially for their long travel and adjustibility, but are inferior to the double wishbones.

EJ22TGC8 · Post by **EJ22TGC8** » Fri Feb 20, 2004 3:50 am

When you say that the springs are the same do you mean that they are bigger then an NA legacy's because I compared some springs the other day and the turbo's were bigger

TheSubaruJunkie · Post by **TheSubaruJunkie** » Sat Mar 20, 2004 8:58 pm

Adjustablility??? Can we adjust ours for more ride height? I would love to get another .5" out of the rear end if at all possible.

-Brian

ciper · Post by **ciper** » Sun Mar 21, 2004 5:52 am

Turbo springs arent bigger. From what I know the sport suspension includes different struts and sway bars and nothing else.

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What exactly does Sport Suspension mean?

What exactly does Sport Suspension mean?