takchi

Don't you need to rebuild your SRCs? Hahaha. After 5 years and 60K+ miles (definitely not an easy 60k), I had TEIN dig into my SRCs and the internals were toast. Now I need to figure out how to mount front external reservoirs. Once I figure that out and replace all my torn bushings, I'll be back out for S2kC again! (excuse #1005)

On the side note, @bullwings...Dodge Viper ACR uses Bilstein Clubsports, which are kind of mega money compared to TEIN SRC & Eibach R2...that is if they actually made them for the S2000 platform. I'd say it might rival the JRZ RS Pro setup.

warmmilk

ah, this explains it, thats not what roll center adjusters are. roll centers has nothing to do with shock travel. below is a pic of a roll center adjuster (the pretty blue and yellow anodized parts and the ball joint)

here's an explanation of what it is and what it does
The Ultimate Guide to Suspension and Handling Part IX: It’s All in the Geometry - The Roll Center

f20kills

They also lower the bottom mounting points of the shocks, which lowers the car without touching preload or affecting compression travel.

f20kills

Mine need to be rebuilt Im sure lol its been years :P

warmmilk

ah, I see what you mean now. but the difference is really minimal and this isn't the reason to get roll center adjusters.

integlspwr

My current ride height is about 2 7/8 from the nub jack points on the fronts of the car and would like to keep it at that height. I feel I'll need RCA's. Maybe I should have just went with tein Super Racing.

warmmilk

so when you say you'll be trailering your car to events, do you mean track/autox events or car shows and stuff?

if track/autox events, why are you so concerned with being so low? raise it up a little and you'll get better performance.

if car shows and stuff, it doesn't really matter since the car will be trailered and then just parked... and you also got some nice quality coilovers for no reason when you could have gotten something much cheaper.

DavidNJ

Of course you can add this from Evasive and lower the car while keeping the geometry and shock travel.

Bullwings

Agreed. Top of the line Bilstein stuff is race winning at the top levels of competition.

My point was that the approach to the ACR (on top of quality performing parts) was to have the option to adjust everything, which also means the possibility of setting it up poorly and incorrectly if you're dumb like me...

The GT3/RS (997) on the other hand removed the possibility of user error by having non-adjustable shocks. Not as fast, but more than enough for weekend HPDE warriors. Hence i chose the ARE Bilsteins over the 8300 Penskes - the $2k price differential between the two also made the choice much easier.

integlspwr

when I say events. It will be both car shows and track events. I'm looking at making my car handle as good as it looks right now.