There's nothing very innovative on my car
suspension wise - all of the good stuff is there, and people have done
it before.
The list:
There is one thing that I have on my rear suspension that not many people have done. While others have used air bags in the rear to keep from rubbing, I have merely beefed up the rear bumpstop. This prevents the rear axle from travelling too much; it'll hit the bumpstop before the tire rubs. Works quite well. The material is a very dense, nylon type thing called delron or delrin, forget which.
Brake upgrade? Upcoming plans include mounting a pair of Wilwood Superlite IIa 4-pot calipers onto the front. These things are just massive. Best of all, they will bolt right up, with very little modification. Their mounting centres are just 1.1mm narrower than the 90mm stock calipers. I may have to manufacture some spacers to push the pads up a bit closer to the rotor though, but this shouldn't be a big issue - just a CAD drawing and a laser cut away.
Pad area is much larger than the 9000 pads (and we all know the 88+ 9000 pads, with the same footprint as a BMW E30 M3 and Ferrari 328 are much bigger than 900 pads). The only potential issue is that the proportioning with the stock master may induce rear lockup first - iffy on the street. However, Justin Van Abrahams has them on his car, so we'll see how it works before I do anything else. May end up with a pair of proportioning valves to adjust things.
I wouldn't mind also snagging Brad's adjustable ride height setup. However, with the exchange rate to Canadian, this comes out to nearly $1000. Expensive. They may also be a bit harsh for the nasty roads where I live, but we'll see.