Guest WESTCORT Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 Realising that the pinto is much heavier than the xflow and thus negativly affecting the balance of the car and making the handling worse, what can i do to compensate for this? was thinking of moving battery to boot to move a bit of weight but what else can i do to keep the escort as a mint handling car? as it handles great at the moment? also if anyone knows the weight of a pinto and 5 speed that wud be choice, cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk5corty Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 up rate springs and get some good shockers, play with the leafs a bit or go the whole hog and buy coilover setup allround, a sweet dd 9917 2 inch mdf subbox would fair weigh the back down lol. Urethane bushes alround etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WESTCORT Posted September 9, 2006 Share Posted September 9, 2006 got kings lows and new munroes in the front with gabriel shocks rear with reset leafs with extra leaf added to stiffen... guess i could put some capri springs in to stiffen it up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
escortman Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 get some kyb shocks, munroe are shite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RT Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 munroes are as good as kybs. Its pedders which are shite.. my mates just put a pinto+type9 in his mk1 pannelvan.. hardly notice the difference in handling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoozin Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 Monroes are rubbish, the fronts in the KP have lasted sub 10k and the damping is utter crap already. Never going there again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaMpylobacter Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 rofl @ monroe loving, they're poxy as, concur with king_dick right thur ^^ that they last fuck all kyb/tokico factory replacements ftw, if not konis/billies etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RT Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 I wasn't monroe loving I just don't think kyb's are much better. Konis and Billies for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoozin Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 Can't argue that, Bilstein's in teh Alfa in the front, fuckin mean, Spax in the rear = also mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 I got large dia than standard Bilstein's in front escort. Cant complain with them. They are nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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