I didn't say it didn't have anything to do with handling, I just said it had A LOT to do with horsepower. Because if you can't get up to 70 in that space you're going to lose a ton of time. And if you can't get going fast enough then turning the corner isn't as big of an issue.
Yes, you need to have decent handling to make the corner, but if you don't have the horsepower or the brakes it won't be a win. The 3S does challenge the whole car, but, it's a very horsepower dependent event.
Yeah I don't know that I'll be making Moparty any time soon. I'd need more than a week to make that a viable trip. I love driving my car but I'd hate to show up and feel like I was out of it because I wasn't in the HP ballpark.
I'll have to refresh my memory, I thought you ended up with more than that into it! That wouldn't be bad.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
You're still running the factory LCA's correct? With 1.08's that would definitely limit your ability to lower the car.
The QA1 tubular LCA's give almost a full inch of additional travel clearance, so on my car with 1.12's running lower isn't a big issue. I occasionally bottom the suspension, but it's fairly infrequent. My issue now is that at full compression my wheel kisses the top of the inner fender, so I'm body limited not suspension limited. My Doug's D453's are only 3.5" off the ground at the flange, so I can't go much lower anyway before the exhaust bottoms out before the suspension does. I probably only have about 1" or maybe less of clearance there at full compression.
The '73/74 B-body LCA conversion that Firm Feel used to sell gives even more compression travel than the QA1 tubular LCA's, but because of the exhaust and inner fender those would have to be dialed back with a taller bumpstop.
The new Falken's are very impressive, with my old 615k's I wasn't getting any rubbing in the back with my 1/2" spring offset and 295/40/18's. Now with a new set of RT660's I'm getting a bit of rubbing on the inner wheel well again. I moved a step stiffer on my Hellwig rear sway bar, but I'm still getting a touch of rubbing when I'm pushing through the mountain roads on the way home with the trunk full from my Costco trip.