Coilovers in: Viking Crusaders

Busy weekend

Friday was fluids- did the rear diff and transmission. The diff was a little sparkly. It was also super dirty, so who knows when it was last changed. Trans fluid looked pretty okay. Amsoil went back in.

Saturday- Started the coilover install. I ended up going with the Viking Crusader dual adjustables. 600F/550R. Get the 2.25″ spring option as well as the clevis mount for the front. I didn’t order helper springs since I thought I was running at the upper end of the adjustment range and they are a significant expense. All this I got from Jeremy Swenson who was a GLTC champion. It’s a departure from the spec corvette stuff, but I think it’s going to be a longer road to get this fully prepped than I originally imagined.

edit- I eventually got the rear helper springs. You’ll almost certainly need them.

It was mostly no drama. However the front leaf spring I ended up cutting out. I couldn’t get the LCA low enough to slide it out. Rather than struggle with it, sawsall to the rescue. Nobody kill me, it was a base spring.

Here’s the installed coil over. They use an interesting offset mount in the rear with snap rings.

Here it is with everything back together. I have the suspension roughly adjusted, but it needs to go in for an alignment. I need to pull out the steering rack to fix a leak soon and I think I’ll install the rear helper springs before I hit up a race shop to do a full setup. Tires and wheels are also new. It’s 315/30r18 Nankang ns-2r and Forgestar f14 18×11 all around. I didn’t intend to buy this setup this year, but the CRS fell through with the shipping problems and I was scrambling for a solution before my first event next week.

Car sure looks a lot slicker with the new wheels. I have an autocross event next weekend to shake it out a bit.