Zawn's Dark Horse

Samurai_Blue

Yolo Whippin'
Its a good system to look cool but not the best out there. I think the spring rates are too soft for what patrick wants to do with the car.
 

ZaWn

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Nick4dei said:
Oh I know rates aren't everything, and we all know eibach makes good stuff, just saying it is set up to understeer pretty bad. Which is because they are for DD and DD designs are always more understeer oriented for saftey reasons. Are the skink2 really that bad? I need to ride with Dolla some time then. lol

Also, keeping those alignment specs secret? lol
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You might be coming into the turns a little hot and not late apexing. I oversteer my car with the soft suspensions I had.

For the alignment spec, what measurements did you want? I need to find that sheet of paper that they gave me.

Samurai_Blue said:
I guess also me saying I don't mind 12k 10k for driving around also didn't help xP
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The Illuminas are not as stiff as these coilovers. The springs is what holds up the car when you take a turn but what really makes the car feel stiff is the shocks.

XjoEnX said:
Nice new goodies Thadya. Ballllllin'!!!! :)
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Thanks Joe. XP

Local said:
Which option. I went with the P1 selects myself.
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I already mentioned that I got the 12k/10k lol.



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Nick_C78

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Yeah I brake too late sometimes, but even when I dont I can feel my car naturally wanting to understeer. Not sure how you oversteered with your last set up, I wish mine did.

Just curious about your camber and toe. im running 0 toe all around -1.75 front camber, -1.6 rear. I feel like I should have more for the rs3, but I DD the car a lot.
 


ZaWn

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Nick4dei said:
Yeah I brake too late sometimes, but even when I dont I can feel my car naturally wanting to understeer. Not sure how you oversteered with your last set up, I wish mine did.

Just curious about your camber and toe. im running 0 toe all around -1.75 front camber, -1.6 rear. I feel like I should have more for the rs3, but I DD the car a lot.
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Damn you respond hella fast. We have different wheel setups and so we will have different alignments. Closer to 0 the better for toe. I think you should look into adjusting the caster. Where do you go to get your teg aligned?

The integra is not like any other FWD car because the weight distribution is close to 50/50. I have always had the stiffest setting in the front and softest in the rear, which most people consider, a RWD setup. Yet I still induce oversteer. Hehez.

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Nick_C78

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I know it will be different, I was just curious what yours is lol. I like seeing the variety of set ups. And yeah, nothing else to do this late at night. Uhh isn't our caster not adjustable? And I go to Darin at WestEnd

50/50? Our front to rear weight distribution is 62/38, not exactly what I'd call close..Unless you mean cross weights, which is very close to 50/50 stock. I actually plan on going 650f/700r for when I get my new suspension, just cause I want to super twitchy. I still dont get how you oversteer so bad. Are you lifting when you shouldn't or something? Wish I could have gotten a ride along with that set up.
 

redGSRguy

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ZaWn said:
I got the 12k/10k. It's pretty rough for daily already and I have been in a few cars with stiff suspension. I do have the coilovers on the stiffest setting to break them in though but from talking to the rep from PIC performance, they did mention to me that 12k/10k may be too stiff to daily drive. I did some calculations before I made my decision on getting the 12k/10k so I could roughly predict how much more stiff they are compared to my old suspension.

In my opinion, don't get the 14k/18k if you daily your car. Also, I don't like the fact that it's stiffer in the rear than the front. The engine is in the front so there should be more support for the front so that the car does not get too upset, when you're braking and turning, because of the weight transfer.

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Sounds like your setup will be fun on the track. I don't daily my integra but I still had to swap out my rear 500lb springs for 350lb since when I did drive it on the street it was too rough for me, haha. Was nice on the track tho. Keep us updated to how it handles on the track!
 


Samurai_Blue

Yolo Whippin'
ZaWn said:
The Illuminas are not as stiff as these coilovers. The springs is what holds up the car when you take a turn but what really makes the car feel stiff is the shocks.
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awe yeah! i kind of wanted something stiffer haha!

Nick4dei said:
Yeah I brake too late sometimes, but even when I dont I can feel my car naturally wanting to understeer. Not sure how you oversteered with your last set up, I wish mine did.

Just curious about your camber and toe. im running 0 toe all around -1.75 front camber, -1.6 rear. I feel like I should have more for the rs3, but I DD the car a lot.
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You dont have enough camber for like a track like Thunderhill. I dailied my car at -2.5 f -1.5r and i never had a problem with wear. At a track like Thunderhill for example i think my alignment will change to -2.7 and -2.5

ZaWn said:
Damn you respond hella fast. We have different wheel setups and so we will have different alignments. Closer to 0 the better for toe. I think you should look into adjusting the caster. Where do you go to get your teg aligned?

The integra is not like any other FWD car because the weight distribution is close to 50/50. I have always had the stiffest setting in the front and softest in the rear, which most people consider, a RWD setup. Yet I still induce oversteer. Hehez.

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i do notice your car tends to understeer a bit, but i think its because we are spin buddies! :thumbs up i honestly prefer a very neutral car.
 

NastyDB8

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.....(TAKES PEN AND PAD) starts writing down notes. : ) it's gonna be fun to work out the dynamics of my 4 door.
 

Samurai_Blue

Yolo Whippin'
JDMxDB8 said:
Skunk2 Racing is a good company. You just bought the wrong parts my dude. If you asked me if Skunk2 springs and shocks were good for track, I would've told you to go in a different direction.
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You know Patrick would have gotten whatever he wanted lol. I told him koni gc man.
 
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