Hey Dan, I have a question on suspensions and maybe general advice.
Background:
I have a 350 w/ sport suspension. At Texas World Speedway, coming of the high speed front stretch, my rear suspension would completely compress, bottoming out the rear suspension, unsettling the car slightly (at ~100+ mph, this can be very unsettling). This is the same course Easty has on his video. On the other hand, on tight cornering/acceleration my SLK350 could outperform a lot of the smaller cars (Miata's/S2000/Evo's) which is great since my HP wins out on the straight passing zones (except for that evil turboed Evo), and of course I completely harass the Z06's in corners.
Instructor with me had a lot of driving experience (former SCCA champion in a Supra-Turbo, and former instructor for PCA), recommended more dampening and maybe slighty more camber (not enough to wear the tires unevenly, but to support turn-ins better). In the same group was an experience solo driver running an SLK55, which seemed to perform great on the track (blew by me on the high speed front stretch).
So.....
Question 1a: What would you recommend for suspension upgrade?
- AMG Suspension,
- Bilstein Active Suspension,
- Tein Active Suspension,
- MB Black Series?
Question 1b: Upgrade to an SLK55, because cost would be about the same and the SLK55 is not going to be passed on a high speed straight very easily by a Z06?
Input and opinion are appreciated, I am not looking for exact answer some insight on what direction to go before sinking a lot of money.
P.S. Of course, if I had lots of money I would go for the SLK55 black series.
http://www.tuningmag.net/?name=merce...edition-tuning