I have 1998 Cavalier 2.2 5 speed, all setup to go racing I have tires figured out, the car seems very inconsistant the more we race. What I am looking for is a how to, if anyone has some advice on what to do with the suspension, its all stock accept we used some camber bolts in the front and we cut half a coil out in the rear and we installed a front strut bar and ive got a rear one on the way. Im kinda looking at lowering springs, maybe some urathane bushings. But since ive never raced a j-body i really dont know what best for it, but we run on a high banked 3/8 mile track, bigger straights tighter turns.

A rear "tie bar" to tie the two rear trailing arms together yields a more consistent turn-in feel IMO.

Prothane control arm bushings, Prothane end link bushing, GM strut bar in the front, and any decent strut bar in the rear.

If you lower it, go with Tokico adjustible D-Spec struts, and Sportline springs. New strut mounts would help some too.

Im using poly control arm bushings and poly end link bushings, on mine with kyb agx struts and the eibach pro kit and it works great for me also the rk sport rear strut bar made a difference for me, the front one didnt seem to make a difference.


Erik Packard