KW Suspension Variant 3 (Inox)
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Originally Posted by KZEVO
but how will the KW's perform against a professionally tuned JIC setup by John M.? The quality will be 100% better than the JICs but what about the setup which is a key on our cars unlike cars that come stock with crappy suspension and respond well to untuned suspension.
That's what's kept me from spending money on coilover yet as I would like a better quality like K&W, but would want a pro like John M. to set it up.
John Mueller, Robi...any comments?
That's what's kept me from spending money on coilover yet as I would like a better quality like K&W, but would want a pro like John M. to set it up.
John Mueller, Robi...any comments?
I'm happy to give you my Variant 3 settings, that were done by the senior racing engineer at KW if you like. They worked great in my autocross last weekend. Car was so well balanced that I didn't need to adjust anything. One other thing when installing any coilovers- take careful ride height measurements on each corner before changing anything. Than once you've installed the new coilovers be very careful to not lower the rear of the car too much. The warning I was provided by several Evo race suspension people was not to lower the rear more than 0.75" and front around 1.25". My car could be lowered more. It is only 0.25" lower in rear and 5/8" lower in front.
You may only be happy with the JICs, if you need the Mueller setup and can't work it out for him to tune the KW's. I don't know if you plan to autocross. If so, JIC's are not going to cut it beyond the regional level. Before getting the KW's, I was considering JIC. Two national-level autocross drivers I spoke with, one who used JICs last year and has switched to Ohlins, thought that JIC coilovers were not up to National-level competition. I think this is primarily because the compression and rebound are adjusted at the same time with a single adjustment. You are always having to compromise for this shortcoming.
Coilover choice is tough unless money is no object, you can buy the best hardware and take the car whereever it needs to be taken to have it setup.
Mark
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Originally Posted by Evo8RA
I've been talking with Tom at KW North America and the Variant 3 coilover suspension (w/ separate compression/rebound adjustments) for the EVO 8 is finished and is in final test. It will be available for sale in the U.S. in approximately one month.
Originally Posted by Evo8RA
The warning I was provided by several Evo race suspension people was not to lower the rear more than 0.75" and front around 1.25".
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Originally Posted by speedomodel
I've heard conflicting things on lowering. Some say to keep the drop the same from front to back, others say that dropping the nose more is alright. Does the spring rate determine what you can do?
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Originally Posted by TomG
Any price?
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Originally Posted by Evo8RA
I called to check. Pricing will be finalized before the EVO8 V3 coilovers are released in the next month, but is not at this time. I would think they would be somewhere around the $2225 figure on the website, but I'm only guessing.