You guys need to remember that the spring rate alone doesn't indicate how stiff the car may or may not be. It's the spring rate combined with the valving. Teins come with 10's all the way around and are very soft on the street. Mine have 12's all the way around and would have no problem going to 14's or 16's. I personally like the car a bit stiffer.

Now on to my question. Has anybody with the higher end suspensions sampled the shock speed rates? If I could get that info, we could potentially have another high end player with shocks for our car.

 

Huh?

 

There is a shock manufacturer who is considering building a kit for our car.

That kit could be one of the best ones out there.
They need to determine the values for shock speed in transitions (low speed), as well as over bumps (high speed).
From that info they could derive if they have the components to build it.

 

Who are they? What expected price range? When do they expect to have them available?

 

Gernby, if you're considering the Buddy Clubs, have you looked into the JICs? They're very similar but have softer spring rates according to Docofmind. He and a few others seem to like them for their price.

 

I have considered the JICs, but I haven't seen them for $1550.

 

slick rick: You said your springs are 12s... are those Teins w/ 12s or something else? I had Teins on my Prelude (12/8), and they didn't feel too stiff, but the Prelude also had more weight up front, so a stiffer spring was not excessive. I can imagine that 10/10 probably wouldn't be too bad on the S2000, but I do wonder why most other manufacturers have a stiffer spring in the rear.

 

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Alex (who's fed up with school because he no longer has time to kart competitively, or track his S2000 for the first time)

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by mxt_77
[B]slick rick:

 

mxt,

I run JiC.

They are specially valved from Japan for my application. It has 12kg springs (672lbs) all the way around with little helper springs. The car doesnt' feel too stiff at all. As a matter of fact, if you drove in my car, you prolly wouldn't have any idea that they were 12's.
Some people went for a ride in my car at Buttonwillow. You can ask what they thought of the ride quality in my car.
As far as why most manufacturers put softer springs in the front?
I think it's like Vapros said. It has to do with tires. They figure if they are softer, then the car will work with narrower front tires. If the car has fatter tires in the front, then you can stiffen up the front. I don't know for sure. There are manufacturers out there who have taken different approaches and they all seem to work to some extent.