Suspension for Rallycross, going from BC coilovers to something with more travel Options

[rustyspoon]

I have a 1994 celica GT4, it is a fabulous car, i really enjoy it. I bought it to rallycross in. nothing fancy, just amateur level. My dilemma (well, the most recent one at least) is that the car is currently on the BC coilovers that modified the stock setup with welding the original suspension. It turns out this set up is not suited for rallycross; at all. Great in autocross however!

Now, here is where my questions come it, I have been hunting the internet trying to get information on what I need to do to get this thing back into a rally friendly format. I have come up with little; well, other then lowering them seems to be the only thing people want. I am hoping I can stumble upon a great set of coilovers that will meet my needs for a reasonable price. In lieu of nothing being out there fitting that bill, what do i need to return the car to stock? or what do i need to do to make the car able to handle more then a slight dimple in the dirt?

does this help me at all? http://www.sunrisejapanese.com/parts-acces...prings-gt4.html

thank you all for the valuable information you are about to provide!

[Nial]

The TRD suspension might help a little with travel, but is always find the spring rates a bit high, although that's not a hard thing to change. Problem is if you want competition worthy suspension you are going to have to spend a lot of money or be lucky and find some second hand, which due to the rarity of GT4s almost never happens, even in the UK where there are plenty of GT4s, good competition suspension is rare on the second hand market.

Last time I went to a rally suspension specialist I was quoted £4000+ for competition worthy suspension! I picked myself up off the floor and left

Personally I would look into putting the standard shocks back on and looking at getting some springs custom made at a suitable spring rate, then save up for something better.

I can't remember if I dreamed this or not, but doesn't BC offer a long travel version of their suspension?