Litchfield Launch BRZ/GT86/FR-S Handling Package

Award-winning Subaru tuner Litchfield has released details of its stunning suspension enhancement kit for the ‘Toyobaru’ that it has developed exclusively with the market-leading suspension manufacturer, Eibach. In an industry first, the British tuner has worked extensively with Eibach’s technical teams in Germany, The UK and America to create a truly world-class upgrade consisting of uprated springs and adjustable anti-roll bars.

The kit has been designed to be fully compatible with all variants of the BRZ, GT86 and FR-S, offering an easy and direct replacement for the factory parts. With a brief to enhance handling performance without trashing ride quality, Litchfield’s design team has managed to deliver a kit which offers a stunning compromise between the two. In fact, thanks to many hours and miles of careful testing and prototyping, Litchfield’s designers have managed to maintain almost factory levels of ride quality under normal driving thanks to clever use of Eibach’s market-leading progressive winding technology. This leaves a softer portion of the spring to ride around on under normal motorway cruising, transferring into a stiffer section as the car shifts its mass under harder cornering. It’s the perfect example of a company using its worldwide connections to deliver a truly game-changing product.

Offering enhanced body control, allied to an impressively aggressive stance and rake change, the Litchfield kit, once correctly fitted and aligned, will give the car a benign and controllable shift from neutrality to oversteer, whilst simultaneously transforming steering feel and accuracy. The lower stance and superior surface damping not only appeal visually and dynamically, but also offer increased high-speed stability on both road and track.

The kit is a true technical tour de force, thanks to Litchfield unparalleled access to Eibach’s global design and technical teams throughout the process. The springs have been through an extensive development process, with the R&D being undertaken by the same design team that is responsible for Eibach’s F1 and WRC programmes. Both front and rear springs have been produced by Eibach’s Special Projects division as bespoke items and differ significantly from Eibach’s own UK and US spec kits in terms of rate and specification.

Springs and Adjustable Anti-Roll Bar Kit
Although the new spring kit can be fitted in isolation, owners looking for the ultimate handling package will also opt for Litchfield’s custom front and rear anti-roll bar set up. Once again, these have been produced exclusively for Litchfield, by Eibach, and benefit from extensive testing in all manner of road and track conditions including several trips to both Spa Francorchamps and the famous Nordschleife. The bar features innovative new geometry developed by Litchfield’s engineers and is fully adjustable with 2 individual settings to allow owners to set the car up to suit prevailing weather or track conditions – or indeed, personal preference. Much of the testing was carried out by WTCC Champion Rob Huff, and as the accompanying video shows, this kit allows you to place the recipient car wherever you like on track!

The thicker rear bar reduces body roll through increased design stiffness over the OEM part. Developed on Eibach’s motorsport production line, they are manufactured from cold-formed, high-strength aircraft-grade steel for precision performance, and finished with the long lasting ‘Litchfield Blue’ powder coat finish to match the springs. The anti-roll bar comes complete with all new motorsport quality bushes to further improve response and precision.

The Litchfield Handling Kit has taken months of development, including comprehensive back to back testing of several prototypes as well as comparisons against the leading aftermarket solutions. The result of this hard work is that the kit benefits from a comprehensive 5 year warranty on all components.

The Litchfield kit offers much more accurate telegraphing of information between the chassis and the driver, increasing driver confidence, increasing turn-in, ensuring a perfect transition from neutrality to oversteer and creating a more stable high-speed platform, particularly over undulating surfaces. Evo magazine liked this set-up so much that the car was invited to their exclusive Track Car Of The Year event. They then described this kit as offering ‘progressive breakaway behaviour’ with ‘excellent turn-in response’. In their words, ‘the BRZ enters into a slide with real progression. You need to be quick to catch it, but once you’re on top of the car, everything happens in slow motion.’

The springs are priced at £204.35 + VAT and the pair of adjustable anti-roll bars are £329.00 + VAT.
No ‘Toyobaru’ is complete without it.

Please contact www.litchfieldimports.co.uk or call 01684 850999 for more details.