Suspension - standard or updated?

[eman]

My half started kit came with some dismantled shocks, and as I never got to drive the original car I am unsure of their quality.

As I will be needing to instal shocks soon I am wondering on a couple of things:

1: Does the new chassis mount the shocks different, therefore lowering the car? (Meaning I wouldn't get adjustable shocks)

2: As the new chassis is lighter, would I be better with new original shocks and different springs? 

I have done a search and can not seem to find any difinitive answers.
what are people running and are they happy? 

[mikeeyboy]

I have not finished mine yet but decided to fit the standard shocks with 30mm lowering springs on them.

This will only be temporary to get it road legal and then I will put some decent aftermarket suspension on it.

From reading online the standards are valved incorrectly for the weight of the Exocet but it is not a massive issue for general road use.

[eman]

Wouldn't that make any after market shock valued incorrectly as well? As it would have been made for the original mx5.


For the vehicle to be spot on, would you need to get shocks suited to the weight of the Exocet?

Might do the same and fit the standard shocks and worry about sorting it after IVA.

Edit: having just read about shocks I feel maybe it's the springs that need to march the weight, and the shock just need to be decent quality to help? (But then I could be wrong) 

[jwagner]

I initially used the suspension from my donor - H&R springs that were pretty close to stock stiffness and Koni yellows and stock swaybars. With the perch set to lower the car as much as possible the car sat about right with (guessing) about six inches of clearance. The ride was pretty good on the street, but way too soft for autocross and track. Because they were too soft they pretty quickly got replaced with Flyin Miata VMaxx Sport coilovers. It's a much stiffer ride, but better suited for autocross and track use. If your car is street only, the stock suspension might be fine.

There's plenty out there on the internet on matching shock damping rates with springs, but if you're using stock springs and shocks, it should be reasonably close to get the car on the road.

[gbob]

I've been pondering this same question.

My donor vehicle has mk2.5 bilsteins with tein s.tech springs on it and flyin Miata sway bars. Tbh I think it should be pretty good but I'll find out when I build it I suppose.