M5150, I hope you actually know what you are doing here. You say you "plan" to go to the track. What track? Have you ever driven on the track yourself? What kind of track events do you plan to do? Do you have a road racing liscense? Do you plan to get one?

Prior posters have gently tried to suggest that you are putting you cart way in front of the horse. If what you are doing is mainly for the street, you are really wasting your time and money investing in the shocks you are considering. Many on this board and elsewhere have gotten by with lesser shocks for years before they needed or considered the three ways. If you plan to do "track days," try doing one first before you waste a nickle on the suspension. If you plan to race, go to a school first to see if you really like it before you spend huge money on the suspension.

Of course, if you want to spend your money, you will certainly find someone who will take it. Don't expect a shop or a vendor to try to talk you out of this, and don't fool yourself into thinking you are doing the right thing just because a shop owner is enthusiastic about what you are planning.

 

I won't answer that question as I don't feel qualified to. Perhaps some of the other guys will chime in.

I have a lot of respect for both Eric and Wael as individuals and R&D contributors for the S2000 community.

Eric is not only an excellent suspension tuner, but a professional race car driver. He has tons of seat time, experience and success with tuning multiple platforms.

Wael has tailored the JRZ line specifically, but not exclusively, for road racing. You would benefit from his applied expertise and knowledge. He has also taken time and effort to produce functionally innovative products that are unique to the S2000.

Ultimately this choice is a decision you will have to make for yourself. You can only extract as much performance as you have skill. Try to get a ride in cars equipped with both setups or just pick one and give blind faith to whomever you decide to go with. Either way you are in very capable hands.

 

I went from stock suspension to the 3-way JRZ after about 8 months of starting to track the car (averaged more than once a month, multiple tracks, and including taking the Derek Daly 3-day course), and I can say that I made the switch way too early. The adjustability became a distraction from focusing on driving, and I now believe that I would have progressed in driving skill faster if I had stayed with the stock suspension for longer before switching. I can also say that, after well over a year with the JRZ's, I a still trying to find the right settings for a given track. So my advice is, unless you are very experienced on the track, stick with a non-adjustable suspension so you can focus on learning how to drive faster rather than tuning shocks. Besides, it's embarrassing to have fancy coilovers and be whupped by another driver with stock suspension.

 

Don't try and reason w/ him. He's stuck on changing his shocks.

 

The KONI yellows are very modestly priced but . . . . .damn they are a bitch to adjust compared to other coil-overs I've seen (not a lot of experience mind you). But compared to something like the Buddy Clubs . . . they KONI's are hard to adjust. I think that is an important cosideration.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by krazik
Don't try and reason w/ him.

 

ACLR8 wrote:





Can you be more explicit? The Koni's are hard to adjust in terms of ride height, damping, access to the rear driver side adjustment screw, or is it something else?


Guy

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Wildass
ACLR8 wrote:

 

well guys, this isnt my first sports car, my previous sports car, an RX-7 had adjustable shocks for over a year. my next logical progression for that car was going triple adjustable shocks since i pretty much pushed the envelope on everything else and the shocks were the weak link. i *know* if i dont get a great set of shocks i wont be satisfied. it isnt like im some newbie who has completely no idea what hes doing, that is why with this car im not taking any short cuts, and am only buying the best mods to make this car perform to the best of its abilities.

 

how do you know the shock were the weak link tho?

What were your lap times at -any- of the cali tracks?