TRD shocks and springs

[NoHachi]

Well, the answer is....drum roll. I don't know

Unless somebody manages to dig up some dyno graphs there is really no way to know. Al that remains are educated guesses.

We've seen the marketing graphs for the HTS and according to rumour they are ok. The HTS is linear in the lower settings and digressive with higher settings, best enjoyed with stiffer springs but reasonable at lower rates.

If you want to find a reasonable set of koni's, then best thing is to look which car matches the AE86 best in springrate, cornerweight and suspension type. If someone can dig up the stock AE92 springrates? SW20 is 3.75kg/mm, but has a 60kg (25%) higher cornerweight. I'm guessing that they will be too stiff for 3kg/mm springs on the AE86.
You definitely want to find a set of koni's where you do not need to touch the adjuster. If the AE92 ones are really monotubes (how can you tell?) then they might be a very good option indeed.
Maybe someone can bug the guys over at McNamera for the TRD shock printouts. They advertise everywhere that they had Spax copy the TRD curves exactly, so they shouldn't have any problems with coming up with those figures.

Bilstein is my personal favourite, but you would have to get some cheapie secondhand units and have them refurbed and revalved. To much of an hassle for most people, but cost effective if you know the right people. Lots of inserts will fit, but S13 inserts, shaved 1mm to fit inside the cartridge are best and have the beefy 36mm internals.

I really need to build that shock dyno that I have been dreaming about. If someone can get a hold of a load cell (0-300kg) or linear position transducer and wants to sponsor the forums, send an email.