'84 Fiero - Need suspension help

[924Guy]

Ditto that our first Gen did the samething scared the hell out of one of our drivers. Swapped them our and the car handled great.

LOL... took me a minute to realize you were talking about swapping shocks, not drivers!!!

[iambhooper]

hmmm fiero's.... tempting.... must fight urge to build ITA car....

anyway, agreed on the shocks. also, i think you need to go with the Koni on that car, and I believe they are reasonably cheap. spring rate is very important... there might be a stamp on the spring that would tell you. If your getting -2.2 deg camber in the rear, then i'm assuming you have slotted the bolt holes? the only thing more would be to actually install some camber plates.

do you have poly or Aluminum cradle bushings, and are the rear bolts torqued properly (the nut tends to pop from its tack weld inside the rear frame and it can be hard to thighten that bolt)? what about the dog bone mount, is it the originall one? also, have you added a second stay rod per the GCR?

yes these cars are notorious for having bump steer, and there are only 2 fixs that i am aware of... 1) the Held bump steer kit, which is likly not within the "spirit" of the GCR and 2) finding yourself a cradle form an '88 car.

also double check all your tranny and engine mounts... if original, or even questionable, replace them. this will eliminate much of the feeling of the rear sliding from side to side.

i really should build one.... if only they weren't 20 years old!

hoop

[924Guy]

I wouldn't "upgrade" to Konis from Bilsteins... no improvement IMO, I've long since chucked the Konis and upgraded to Bilsteins. But the big question there would be what kind of Bilsteins are you running?? Off the shelf, or custom? Maybe it's time for you to upgrade to some custom race units? I'll drop you an email...

[Gearheadotaku]

Thanks for the suggestions everyone!