TubeDriver

Has anyone got actual experience with these yet? Same spring rates as the KWV3 but has more aggressive valving, Al tophat and thicker shock shaft. If so, how is the new valving working? At AutoX? at the track? street (getting any noise form the new Al tophats)?

KW V3 and the KW Clubsport are my first two choices. Tein SRC is a far distant 3rd choice.

FormulaRedline

I'm also interested to hear first hand experience on the Clubsports (or anything that would compete with it for that matter).

stocky

Im running those on the street car.

No noise from the tophads.
Pretty harsh when crossing bridge connections or such where some road connects to another (if you get what I mean)
The higher the speed the harsher the ride gets.
So the high speed valve is preset to be pretty hard.
Aprat from that is all on your settings but stil driveable on the street.
Almost no bodyroll (car is stock suspension otherwise)
Perfect grip so far.
No oversteer at all unless you want it to.
very minor understeer on WOT on sharp turns bu tcontrollable via the thottle.
very stable ride.

But again..all dependign on your susp.and geometry settings ,tyres and tyre pressure

mikegarrison

Stocky, please be less helpful. You make the rest of us look bad.

3312DC

Id really like to get the SRC, but I dont think they would be a good choice for our shit tracks out here...
The KWs actually handle the potholes at SummitPoint pretty well...

So im actually thinking of upgrading to the clubsports soon...
Probably no chance of just getting the tophats???

stocky

[QUOTE=3312DC,Aug 1 2008, 08:12 PM] Id really like to get the SRC, but I dont think they would be a good choice for our shit tracks out here...

stocky

Sorry

Billj747

Trust me you won't be dissapointed with either the V3s or the Club Sports, I can't necessarily say the same about the SRCs.



Clubsports have slightly higher spring rates and slightly stiffer valving as well as are constructed of better stainless steel that dissipates heat better than the V3. Both are double adjustable (lowspeed compression and lowspeed rebound) and have very compliant spring rates and highspeed compression damping. They are great dampers and i've enjoyed their products on many different cars i've driven on.

krnmike

interesting..

3312DC

Ive had the V3 on for over three years now... and I absolutly agree with you..

Looking for something different for next year.