My easter weekend fun

[ameenr]

Hope everyone had a good easter.  Here's the fun I had over the weekend:












This impact wrench was a life saver (600 ft/lbs of torque goodness!)

Not even close to the super clean wheel wells of Mike G's RHD civic

Motive power bleeder FTW!!

Uber camber


Body roll: none
Brake dive: zilch
Clunks/bangs/noises: nada
Ear to ear grin: everytime i approach a turn at speed


Specs on the coilovers are as follows:
Custom spring rates f/r (10k/8k)
Inverted dampers
25 clicks of adjustment (both compression and rebound)
Threaded damper bodies allows me to raise and lower the car and maintain 100% of suspension travel


I'll be headed to Shilling this thursday to get it my alignment dialed in

[Ataru]

Specs on the coilovers are as follows:
Custom spring rates f/r (10k/8k)
Inverted dampers
25 clicks of adjustment (both compression and rebound)
Threaded damper bodies allows me to raise and lower the car and maintain 100% of suspension travel

Wow.....those coilovers are DAMN SEXY!  and those spring rates are INSANE!  I'd hate to know how much they cost. 

The car is definitely getting "Nationals Ready".

[LowFlyin]

Are the springs interchangeable from front to rear?

[ameenr]

Jason-

Yes at first glance the rates are pretty "up-there", but surprisingly my car now rides smoother and more crisp than on the oem strut/spring combo.  The range of adjustments these dampers have really help tame the springs nicely.  I expect to improve the ride even more once I pile more miles on and continue to try different settings. 

The stock STI suspension gets complaints from everyone b/c of the "bobblehead" feeling it has.  Thats mainly due to the USDM STI springs being softer than the original JDM spec springs, so your end result it a completely stock car riding on the bumpstops which progressively send the effective spring rates through the roof.

Chris-
The front springs are an inch shorter than the rears as the dampers are as well so it wouldnt be recommended to swap them front/rear.  A lot of subaru's tend to run higher rates in the rear, but when you take into account motion ratios, weight dist, and especially roll stiffness, its a constant battle to keep all four tires on the ground.  STI's are the only ones that literally freak out the instant you tripod the car due to the layout of the diffs (evo's, wrx's, and many more dont) and basically feels like the car pops out of gear until that 4th wheel gets back to terra firma.   

   

[MeanstreakCivic]

Wow that was a great upgrade. Im glad you really like how they ride. Congrats on your two victorys today!!

Oh...and no need to be as clean as my EF...it will just get dirty again.

[ITZBITZ]

So what's the verdict on your upgrade? You were certainly fast this past weekend, so you must be pleased with the results.

[The Kev Master]

So what's the verdict on your upgrade? You were certainly fast this past weekend, so you must be pleased with the results.

He absolutely loves them and how he can adjust the car to suit the conditions.

[ameenr]

My verdict isnt final, but with without an alignment it drove great over the weekend.  After I installed them last week all I pretty much did was make sure the pre-load was set right, and my target ride was in check all the way around.  Playing with the dampening from Saturday (dry) to Sunday (wet) was an immense help as it pushed like a pig in the rain.  The new Dunlops are probably due more credit as they just got faster and faster and faster once they warmed up.  I've got a hefty amount of cross camber at each end, and some toe in that needs to be dialed out later this week.  I Can't wait to get this thing aligned

[allen56]

I meet Ryan every few days on I-44. You don't realize how mean that car looks with the BIG tires until you see it going down the road amongst normal vehicles.

(wheel augmentation)