Gas/hydraulic suspension?
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Gas/hydraulic suspension?
Ok so first off I'm not entirely sure they actually make these, however I am pretty sure.
First off what I am looking for I first saw in Super Street magazine a while back. It was a suspension kit for a '04 WRX that was either gas or more likely hydraulic. The suspension came with 3 preset setting that could be changed with the turn of a knob while driving and switched the ride height and stiffness for stock-sport-race.
I still have the magazine somewhere at home but since I'm at work and just remembered it, I thought I'd make a post and see if anyone has seen a similar unit for the S. The units I was thinking of were made very specifically per application so that the "stock" setting would be very faithful to the original suspension. The review of the suspension was very favorable saying that the "stock" setting was dead on, and the other 2 settings gave the car very good handling. The only real negative I can see might be that you may not be able to tune the settings to the way you like which would be a shame.
In general I would love a good hydraulic setup that could perform well on the track. It would be the best of both.. or all 3 if you include looks at the flip of a switch.
My settings would be:
stock - for getting over speed bumps and potholes.
track - for time that you just want to go fast.
slammed - for car shows or just cruizing around.
First off what I am looking for I first saw in Super Street magazine a while back. It was a suspension kit for a '04 WRX that was either gas or more likely hydraulic. The suspension came with 3 preset setting that could be changed with the turn of a knob while driving and switched the ride height and stiffness for stock-sport-race.
I still have the magazine somewhere at home but since I'm at work and just remembered it, I thought I'd make a post and see if anyone has seen a similar unit for the S. The units I was thinking of were made very specifically per application so that the "stock" setting would be very faithful to the original suspension. The review of the suspension was very favorable saying that the "stock" setting was dead on, and the other 2 settings gave the car very good handling. The only real negative I can see might be that you may not be able to tune the settings to the way you like which would be a shame.
In general I would love a good hydraulic setup that could perform well on the track. It would be the best of both.. or all 3 if you include looks at the flip of a switch.
My settings would be:
stock - for getting over speed bumps and potholes.
track - for time that you just want to go fast.
slammed - for car shows or just cruizing around.
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From: High Knob Mountain
Never seen that for the S2000, besides everytime you change your ride height you also change the alignment, which is not good.
Anyone who actually drives on a race track would never bother with something like that.
Anyone who actually drives on a race track would never bother with something like that.
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Wait, are you talking about chaning the ride height, or just the shock stiffness?
If you're talking about stiffness, I think some people have gotten the Tein EDFC system working on their S.
http://www.tein.com/edfc.html
If you're talking about stiffness, I think some people have gotten the Tein EDFC system working on their S.
http://www.tein.com/edfc.html
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I was hoping that they'd actually be good 
If it was possible to have a suspension that could be raised and lowered while actually providing decent handling that would be ideal for me. There are a few horrible speed bumps where I live that have scratched even my non-lowered Porsche, and would scape any sort of lower defuser/splitter that I would put on my S.
I also really like the look of the S even with stock body panels when lowered .75-1", just gives it that little bit of aggresiveness, but again this would still scrape on a few of the worse speed bumps around here. (and yes I do take them as slow as possible at a 45 degree angle and No i can't get around them any other way).
If it was possible to have a suspension that could be raised and lowered while actually providing decent handling that would be ideal for me. There are a few horrible speed bumps where I live that have scratched even my non-lowered Porsche, and would scape any sort of lower defuser/splitter that I would put on my S. I also really like the look of the S even with stock body panels when lowered .75-1", just gives it that little bit of aggresiveness, but again this would still scrape on a few of the worse speed bumps around here. (and yes I do take them as slow as possible at a 45 degree angle and No i can't get around them any other way).
