Acura Integra Suspension
Front Suspension:
The front suspension system of Acura Integra contains different components such as an upper control arm, L shaped lower control arm, a coil over shock absorber performance rod and a stabilizer bar. The engineering team used a new aluminum shock tower bar which complements the 24 mm stabilizer bar and installed with ball joints in place of rubber bushing.
The top of front damper housing was tied with light weighted aluminum tower bars. Performance bar acts as a A-arm cross brace and improve precision, handling and restrict the front lower sub frame. To enhance rigidity and to contribute suspension precision the performance bar and tower bar are designed.
A coil over and gas pressurized damper assemblies are used in front suspension which are fitted with Honda Progressive valve (HPV) unit for liberal damping action. To improve performance handling the damping and spring rates have been increased greatly. At the time of braking ort cornering to increase the stability The L shaped arm has been placed with specially tuned compliance bushing.
These bushing offers the L shaped lower control arm to lend a toe-out condition on the wheels on front side. While braking, allowing the wheels to toe out in cornering helps to enhance the stability as well as it allows vehicle to track more precisely.
Rear Suspension:
At the rear side double wishbone suspension system is present. The component of rear suspension system are a trailing arm, upper and lower control arms, a stabilizer bar and a coil-over shock absorber. The straight rate spring on Type R has been changed to progressive rate spring to increase force across the entire range.
Damping rates was increased by 66 percent by changing the setting of compression damping in the progressive valve unit also the rebound damping reaches to 31%. Stabilizer bar's diameter has been increased from 13 mm to 22 mm hence the body roll is reduced. The bearing span in the rear wheel hub also increased by 10 mm to improve the stability of rear wheel.