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As we all know, the camry was never meant to be a handling car, especially an autocross/track car. With its 4-wheel independant suspension with soft struts and 98 lbs/in spring rates, well... you understand. Im not sure what the exact weight distrubution is on the V6 or I4 but im sure its better on the 4 bangers since the engine is lighter and more mounted towards the middle of the vehicle which is always good.
Anyways, here are my plans to make something of my V6 Coupe.
- carbon fibre hood : should take off a good 30-50 lbs off the front end of the car and shouldnt look to shabby on my dark green car.
- tranny swap : besides the givens (better economy, more power, better control) it will also save approx 100 lbs off the belly of the car.
- battery relocation : i have an optima yellow top 750 CCA battery thats been sitting in my garage for months now, and wont fit in my stock location because terminals are reversed. So... why not relocate it to the trunk an into a marine battery box. Thats 30-45 lbs shifted from the tip of the front to the tip of the rear of the car.
- springs : right now me and jeff are getting custom developed coilover collars from a company in hamilton and they are selecting the Eibach ERS line for the springs. Anyways, I was thinking of having a stiffer spring rate in the rear to combat the camry's tendancy to understeer. Maybe something around 250-300 lbs/in for the rear and 150-200 lbs/in in the front.
- shocks : if i wanted to be hardcore id go with tokico or even koni, but im gonna opt with only slightly stiffer than stock KYB's just to control a bit of the bounciness and to maintain some confort in the ride.
- rear swaybar : obviously the stock rear just wont do, so the whiteline 18mm rear sway is on its way. should also stiffen up the rear in turns and reduce body roll with the help of the springs.
My wheels this summer will probably be some 16" Rota Slipstreams in gunmetal (about 15 lbs each!) wrapped in Kumho Ecsta 712's for the street and maybe Kumho V700's for the track/autocross.
With all this I'll report sometime this summer if I get a chance to goto Shannonville and use their skidpad how much lateral G's i pull.
latez.
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