Greetings I have been looking around here and have yet to see a real answer that works for me. What I am after is a suspension that will handle and cut corners fairly well but will also hook up good on the strip. I want to stay away from doing something as major as a 4-link or back half job. From my limited knowledge here I was thinking of using QA1 dual adjustable coil overs in the rear and Koni yellow struts up front. Any advice on this subject you may have would be of great help.

 

That type of suspension does not exist. Buy two cars

 

While an interesting idea of buying two cars, it is I am sure not in every persons budget. I think in this case we should attempt to give the best solution that will satisfy both of his needs. Personally I am not a suspension guru but it is a question I get asked all to often. For once I would like to have an answer of a good street strip suspension. Granted it wont carve the corners like I am guessing he is after.

The best thing I have heard to use is a 70/30 drag strut and a standard shock and spring in the rear but for street use it seems to lift too high in the front and wont hook up worth anything on the strip.

 

You have to decide how much of each you want so you'll know what you plan for.

 

Long and short of it is, what you gain for one, you will loose for the other.

Lets say you try and set the car up (stupid to put a figure becasue it is what it is when imbalanced) 70% strip/30% street cornering. It will actually be more like 50% strip/ 20% corner when compared to an all out strip car rated at 100% and an all out handling car rated at 100%.

Tires are wrong.

You have to go to VERY EXPENSIVE double adjustable shocks and struts and dial the settings different for ecah venue (if you are running around the steet more on handling setup and you decide to try and nail some guy off a stop light- well good luck, your shocks are not dialed right- and visa versa)

The list goes on-

Drag setup you want rear tire loading, nothing to say for forward motion other than low compression on the front dampers when the nose comes back down, you want it to basoically bounce back up and kind of stay there at the small end of the track until wheelspin possibility is gone...
.....just is not going to be competitve either way and a drag setup is DANGEROUS on the freeway.

Buy two cars. Harsh fact of life: If you can't afford to pay, you can't afford to play. don;t waste your money on what you can not afford, the guy that can afford it will kick your **** every time at the track so whats the point?