Budget Engineering. Stance'd Hella Flush S12 IRS in the making

To deal specifically with the suspension issues arising from my modifications.

Rear Suspension:
I broke it all apart, cleaned, wire wheels, sanded, and painted the rear suspension arms, wheel well, hubs, springs.

I am running Cannuck springs that have had 2 coils cut from the top.
Mustang Rear KYB GR2 struts painted black.

This has yielded me about a 2.5" Drop in the rear and still about 1-1.5" higher than desired. I am currently looking for a shorter stroke rear shock to fit the same application with about 1-2" less overall length.









Diamond Racing Wheels 15x10 -12 Rear, 15x8 +0 front. Stretched onto 225 50 15 & 205 50 15.

No spacers, With -3 camber in the front the fronts should tuck nicely and the rear sits just beyond flush with another inch down and rolled fenders this will sit perfectly.



Sitting perfectly flush.


Some of the unknowns?
Will S13 camber plates work on stock s12 suspension

I am going to section the mac strut housing for MR2 GR2 struts and use wither a weld on coil kit or cut the bound coils on the front spring.

Looking good!
But yes and no to your question... It will bolt on, but due to the large diameter of the factory suspension they will not allow much camber. Your best bet is a s13 suspension conversion. And then sell me the Canucks :p

Yeah he's right. The reason why we can get extra camber in the front with camber plates is because coilovers are narrower than the large-diameter stock spring... so there's room to move it around inside our strut towers. Switching to either a complete S13 *coilover* setup (not stock S13 suspension) or a coilover sleeve kit on your S12 knuckle/spindle will let you run camber plates and be able to actually use them.

Also, I wouldn't call your rear setup "flush". Your tire tucks nicely under the quarter panel lip, but the wheel is about an inch and a half out. What width is that wheel?

If you're looking to go lower in the rear, you might ditch out cut coil springs and just use adjustable perches and shorter springs. There are people who have done that in the rear. Lets you get right where you want to be.

This springs are about as short as I would care to have them, They could actually use a little bit more pre load on them and some shorter stroker struts in the rear. I am going to call a KYB rep and figure the length I need and find out what OEM use the mounting similar to mine like the mustang.

This will lower me the rest of the way and tuck in the 10" wide wheels and still keep the car from riding like shit.

On the fronts it may be the best idea to find a front 1/2 cut 240 and see if any have front coil-overs.

Look at pro comp shocks. I got some from them, they are for a 98 f150 and you can get different lengths. I believe the ones I got are about 19.5" to use with a 8" spring. The spring has no chance of falling out with my set up

great recommendation. Looking at them now.