I'm just going to have him come over to my house one night, get him drunk, and swap them out for my SRCs. He will never know the difference. hehe.
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hahahaha ain't gonna happen

You are more than welcome to try them if you'd like. Justin never reall drives his car so we'll take his

 

Mac-

thanks for posting all the info and photos and your opinions in this thread. I'd like to know how do you plan to use these dampers. What percentage on street vs. autocross and track? It would really help me understand your ride and performance comments if I know the car is 90% street or 90% autocross or whatever... I am leaning strongly towards getting a set of these, but it will still be a few months until the bank account is filled up enough

thanks,
Justin

 

 

how much of a difference is there from these?

http://www.modacar.com/products/OHLI...1966-7328.html

 

Sorry didn't see this till now, its a street car that see's some track and auto x. They're very comfy on the street and once setup properly for the track I'm sure they'll be great. I haven't finalized my track setup yet but I'm much closer

Here's a video of the second to the last session of the day with my personal best of 2:07:3 I had a 2:06 but I screwed up the sweeper on that lap and lost most of that time


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOKSN...e_gdata_player

 

thanks for the reply. Sounds pretty close to my exact usage! I was thinking the spring rates you have were really high for the street. Glad to hear it's still streetable, but I may still go a little lower than you.

thanks,
justin

 

I might reduce my rate down to 700-600 at some point just to see how it is but I don't think it'll be anytime soon.

I definitely wasn't running enough rebound in that session above, one or two more clicks of rebound and possibly a click less comp.

I need another day at BW, I left too much time on the track with my crappy driving

 

Anyone else on these yet?
Really looking forward to my next track day now that I'm finally in the ballpark for these, although I still need a stupid amount of camber for thes RS3's which I still don't have. Not sure if I want to go J's or SPC for camber, I've done a bunch of reading and just have to decide if the J's are worth the money.

 

I have Mac's last suspension: Bilstein dampers with his own valving. We have the same alignment and front sway. I have a stiffer rear sway bar, and he has non-staggered tires to my staggers. The Bilsteins are a huge improvement over stock, but lack enough low-speed damping in their current valving.

Took a spirited ride in Mac's Ohlins-equipped S. I said a lot of bad words. The way I described it to him was that at every corner I thought we were gonna die. We'd come into a corner at a speed where I knew my front tires would wash out, but Mac's car would just grip. The second the front started gripping, I'd know my rear tires would never hang on, but Mac's rear would just follow the front.

They have that magical combo of massive low-speed damping for grip and body motion control, with reasonable high-speed damping to keep the tires on the road over rough bumps and to keep the ride comfort totally manageable. He could get away with much higher speeds on dips that would bottom my car out, but the dampers were still plenty compliant when they needed to be. Totally liveable on the road, and an instantly noticeable increase in grip. I was in love.

 

sounds impressive!