Recommend a setup for fun street driving

[MAGS1]

It's a good path. Maybe you can put 40s on the 20" wheels. I do love 20's look but can't handle the comfort loss or the huge weight penalty of wheel and tire that also decreases ride quailt.

Cost of 27lb rotary forged or forged wheel plus decent tire adds up as well.

40 profile on a 20” tire is going to get pretty tall. I run 285/35/20 in the summer and the ride quality is actually pretty good. No different than running 285/35/19 if we’re being honest. You’d need to run 275/40/19 to get better ride quality.

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[MAGS1]

lol, hey now…are you even old enough to contemplate NB

Mid 40’s so maybe

 

[mejohn50]

I have the Steeda minimum drop springs paired with the Ford track dampers. It's a good setup for a fun all around street car. I also have the rear cradle bushing lockouts and that's it for suspension.

I suggest those Steeda springs, the dampers of your choice, the cradle bushing lockouts, and lighter 19" wheels with a high performance summer-only tire. I also suggest a mild tune, like the FP power pack which ramps in the ignition timing quicker and has a nice bump to the midrange throttle pedal translation making the car feel really punchy in normal to somewhat spicy driving. Finally, I would make sure you have the non-inverted front brake rotors (you should since you have a 2022) and put the PP1 front brake backing plates in the car. That should help shed some heat from the front brakes.

Then, I would go drive the car a bunch and see what you think. Maybe you'll want sway bars or maybe you'll be happy with it like that. I think those few things will give you a nice all-around street-friendly package that can still make you smile through the curves.

 

[wingnutt]

If I’m doing that why not trade into C7 Z06?

tell you what… I routinely drive Dallas to Valdosta for a side job, and occasionally go thru ATL instead of running highway 82. Next time I do, meet me at McDonalds and you can romp on a 350R for a bit, but I get to ride along

(that sucking sound you hear is the purists who would never let someone drive their car)

 

[MAGS1]

OP, maybe add Steeda vertical links (poly bushings not the delrin) to go with your list and you should be good. I have the FP strut tower brace, cowl brace and cowl extension plus the Steeda G Trac 2 point brace to help shore up the front end a bit if you want to add that to your list as well. Probably won’t notice it too much street driving but I think it’s noticeable.

 

[GrabberBargeCaptain]

I have FP track springs/dampers (very mild lowering probably less than an inch, IMO you need the stiffer spring rates for spirited driving but depends what kind of cars you're used to, how aggressive you drive and the roads you frequent.. but like you said this might not be tenable with your driveway) and used steeda sway bars since the FP sway bars were out of stock.

Added the PP control arms, strut tower brace, cowl brace, and k member brace as well. Adding wider wheels and sticky tires also of course made a huge difference.

Still need to do the rear toe link bearings and steeda IRS brace, unsure if im gonna do the IRS support inserts or just leave it at the brace. Rear still feels a bit sloppy, front end is rock solid. Gents on here say shoring up the rear IRS is priority numero uno and I can't argue with them.

 

[CorvZ061]

tell you what… I routinely drive Dallas to Valdosta for a side job, and occasionally go thru ATL instead of running highway 82. Next time I do, meet me at McDonalds and you can romp on a 350R for a bit, but I get to ride along

(that sucking sound you hear is the purists who would never let someone drive their car)

Thanks for the offer, I may take you up on that but don’t want to ruin what I already have.

 

[CorvZ061]

My old car was a PP1 with IRS lockouts and a good tire in stock sizes. It did pretty much everything I expect in a fun street car.

The more I think about it the more I’m leaning towards ford performance shock/strut with Steeda minimum drop springs and camber plate's. I’m not sure sway bars are 100% necessary. I’m also considering getting the wheels I want and putting some Indy 500’s on them and keeping the stock 20’s and all seasons for the couple months in winter we actually get some weather.

 

[RiotfunK]

I would get a tune unless you like the stock maps/modes and the way it drives. You cannot use the FP tunes since you have a 22. Go Wengerd tune, headers, intake if you're looking for a lil more power and better trans tune.
Springs and sway bars will deff help the handling. Same with wheels and tires. I dropped about 14lbs a corner when I switched mine out since the ford stuff is made with tungsten. I'm running 285/35/19s conti DWS+06.

Steeda IRS setup will tighten up the rear. Really aren't going to know what you need until you need it.

Unless you're like me and just need shit to have shit

 

[GrabberBargeCaptain]

By base pack you mean just the IRS support system?

 

[GrabberBargeCaptain]

Was that enough for you to feel the slop was taken out of the rear? I'm still not sure if i should do BOTH the IRS bushing supports and brace or if i should just do one or the other. I don't give a hoot about wheelhop so much as i do the feeling of the rear wheels squirming around during hard cornering.

 

[lo-fi]

I bought a bone stock 2018 GT. First I did the k-brace and subframe support brace. Noticeable improvement. Then I added the strut tower and strut tower to firewall brace. Very noticeable in how the car behaved. Now I've recently added the Steeda front and rear sway bars, plus adjustable end links, and the difference is massive. Just massive, I would consider sway bars a must have mod. Not to mention you don't have to mess around with ride height and alignments. I really can't overstate the difference the sway bars made in how the cars feels on a curvy road.

I am going to incrementally add more suspension modifications, but I'm doing each modification in isolation so as to feel exactly what the benefits are and if I have an issue, or excessive NVH, I know what caused it. I'm studying on which front and rear end links plus real spherical bearings currently. I'm thinking coretex as I can have them press in. After that is done I will then move on to coilovers. I've decided to go with Ground Control as it is a koni/eibach setup. You can have GC add helper springs and they come with camber plates. I'm likely going with 200lb fronts and 800lb rears. I'll be dropping the car somewhere between a 1/2 to 3/4 of inch. I currently run this same GC coilover setup on another car and I like it.

 

[S550HPP]

When used on back, gravel and poor roads all the typical mod benefits aside from some struts and chassis stiffening translate into regret, especially NVH, ride comfort and stability under braking and acceleration.

For OP use I would also reccomend rock / splash guards and lower side and full QTR panel.PPF at a min.

The guards protect ppf from getting shredded.

Eibach front swaybar on soft is also great transforming the balance removing understeer. Whe. Tou see how they are made on youtube everything else sems like back gard with welds at critical joints etc.

I’ll look at 19’s too, I just haven’t seen a wheel that I like as much… yet.

20's look way better. 19 with 45 series and some offset poke fills the archeds nicely.

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