After departing with my Gen 4, I was a little to say the least underwhelmed with the handling of my Gen 1.The black one [gen 4] sat on the road and handled better and it only had 205's on the rear. So fueled by this .I was on the improvement drive.
I fitted a gen2+ sub frame and springs were next.
On advice from Phill, i decided to invest in some coilovers and go the whole hog.
Ben from Masterton sold his white turbo recently and i noticed, he had a set of B C gold coilovers for sale. They were manufactured in 2013 and in mint condition and had very little use.They came with 5 and 8 kg springs.
I installing them with a 30mm drop and at this stage have set the dampering to half way.
On our Xmas run over the hill it would make an ideal opportunity to test out my new purchase.
What a transformation, it was like driving a different car. The steering was precise and you could go into a corner faster and steer straight out of it with no under steer at all.
Driving around the burbs is firmer,but importantly not uncomfortable .I have yet to experiment with the settings.
If anyone is thinking of investing in some, I couldnt recommend them high enough.
You can see the intake to the cold air box ,minus the ducting.
. My hatch does 6.2L/100km, and that's built in 1997.