Press release info
http://www.tein.co.jp/e/products/edfc_active.html

Blog post
http://teinusa-blog.com/introducing-...n-edfc-active/


If all I'm doing is street driving is there any reason to switch from the standard edfc that I always have set to 16/16(softest setting) to this new model?

 

Thanks for the post. Think I'm going to have to pick up a set.

 

super cool gadget.
so how much does it cost incl GPS and all?

too bad i ditched Monoflex in a favour of KW v3. actually it was a good decision

 

looks kinda silly. It only adjusts damping front to rear to firm up for accelerating and decelerating, not side to side. It won't firm up the compressed damper when your pitching and yawing in left/right transitions.

 

i think speed sensitivity is the most important part here - be firmer at normal speed and softer at very high.

 

I was expecting it to provide more control per corner like a magne-ride or hydraulic adaptive system in the McLaren MP4. Meaning provide variable damping force based on shock compression velocity + acceleration
==> supple on rumble strips and firm on sweepers with variable control over low and high speed damping.

I suppose there could be value for corner exit acceleration and trail braking deceleration to minimize nose pitch/dive.

 

Might also reduce the effects of lift oversteer.

 

Seems like a good idea for the street. Makes me wonder how quickly it can adjust things while at the track, and what sort of wear this will cause on the adjustment mechanism of the coilover.

If you could somehow tap the GPS to recognize relative location on track, you could have it set to different settings for each corner. That'd be pretty sweet!

 

A good driver would reduce the effects of lift off oversteer too.

 

F1 did this years ago, then outlawed it...it's finally hit the consumer market