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FT-86 SpeedFactory · 10-16-2012, 10:33 PM

Just wanted to drop these here. We sat down and took some time with the couple sets we have on hand to take some quality photos for you guys.

This Buddy Club Racing Spec coilover for the Scion FRS and Subaru BRZ is a JDM spec unit. The intended use of this coilover is for someone who does a few track days a year and some autocrossing. It will also work out well for a daily driver who wants to improve the handling of the FRS/BRZ.

Spring Rate:
Front 9K
Rear 7K

Video Review:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Nl3OTup9nM"]Buddy Club Racin Spec Coilover for the Scion FRS and Subaru BRZ - YouTube[/ame]

Photos:

Racing Spec Damper Kit is a high performance sports suspension kit designed by engineers using a vast quantity of data that Buddy Club has accumulated in the past 15 years using its high performance aluminum damper (ie. spec 30.1 Racing Damper) on various racing cars and tuned cars, focused more on the proper damper size, spring rate, dampening, stroke length for customer's use in winding roads and race tracks. The car specific pillow-ball upper mount design, proper spring rate, 15 level damper adjustment, and height adjustment capabilities accommodates driver's requests.

15 Level Adjustment
The 15 level adjustment corresponds to variety of racing stages, from Touge mountain roads to circuits. Adjustment is easy with its click adjusting dial. The dial is located on the upper shaft for regular dampers or on the lower shaft for inverted dampers. This damper is also designed for town use; hence, dampening setting ranges from hard to soft.

Single tube type shell case
Unlike visual based cartridge damper, adoption of the single tube shell case enables the use of wishbone type 46 and strut type 36. This leaves an extra space for larger pistons. Also this change allows for better heat dissipation, which prevents performance deterioration from hard runs. Special steel and anti-friction components are used to minimize friction.

Specialized Pillow-Upper Mount
Application of the upper pillow upper mount allows you to have greater handling response, by minimizing upper chassis movement. Caster adjustment allows the correction of camber for further tuning ability. Caster adjustment plates are not included on all applications.

Spring seat / lock seat
Each single full rotation equals 2mm drop. The adjusting locking seat allows for spring stress to adjust with out the necessity to change suspension position.

Original spring
Tremendous enhancement in durability resulted from a high quality surface processing. Constant testing resulted in a perfect spring rate for each application.

Racing Spec Dampers inherited the same great quality of the P-1 racing damper. Each Racing Spec Damper is made with special components and are tested and produced with out compromise. Each damper are assembled by skilled engineers to provide the best quality possible.

_F-R-S_ · 10-17-2012, 06:36 AM

whats the best autox coilover.. plus everyday driver?

FT-86 SpeedFactory · 10-17-2012, 09:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by _F-R-S_

whats the best autox coilover.. plus everyday driver?

KW V3. But the price tag is quite a bit higher as well.

dale.m · 10-17-2012, 09:57 AM

Thanks for the write up! I've been wondering about these for awhile now. MSRP?

FT-86 SpeedFactory · 10-17-2012, 06:34 PM

Dale, MSRP on these is $1799. Thank you for the positive post. It's good to see that people are enjoying these threads.

ModBargains · 10-17-2012, 09:19 PM

I had the Buddy Clubs on my Honda Fit and it's definitely a great budget coilover system - I'm pretty sure it's going to be same case for the FRS / BRZ chassis.

-Frank

DOTman05 · 10-17-2012, 11:22 PM

Price?

FT-86 SpeedFactory · 10-17-2012, 11:39 PM

MSRP is up above.

DriftEightSix · 10-29-2012, 08:25 AM

Do I want these or KW v3s?

JoeBoxer · 10-29-2012, 02:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DriftEightSix

Do I want these or KW v3s?

These are way stiffer than KW's, depends on how much you value ride quality. Personally i'd take the KW's.

DriftEightSix · 10-30-2012, 07:28 AM

I do like my ride quality and I feel in stock form I really baby it over speed bumps and stuff so I don't want it to get much worse which i think heaps stiff would do... so KWv3 it is.

Sorry for hi jacking.

FT-86 SpeedFactory · 10-30-2012, 10:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DriftEightSix

I do like my ride quality and I feel in stock form I really baby it over speed bumps and stuff so I don't want it to get much worse which i think heaps stiff would do... so KWv3 it is.

Sorry for hi jacking.

No problem on the hi-jacking. KW V3 are a great coil as well.

Boosted · 10-30-2012, 01:46 PM

I just ordered a pair and am excited to try them out. Had some friends use these on their track/DD cars and loved them.

-Alex

FT-86 SpeedFactory · 11-14-2012, 10:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boosted

I just ordered a pair and am excited to try them out. Had some friends use these on their track/DD cars and loved them.

-Alex

Thank you! Holler if you need any help.

10-16-2012, 10:33 PM	#1
FT-86 SpeedFactory Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: 2013 Scion FR-S Location: Des Moines, IA Posts: 7,694 Thanks: 1,298 Thanked 3,578 Times in 1,253 Posts Mentioned: 341 Post(s) Tagged: 5 Thread(s)	Buddy Club Racing Spec Coilovers - SpeedFactory Style - Good Photos and Video. Just wanted to drop these here. We sat down and took some time with the couple sets we have on hand to take some quality photos for you guys. This Buddy Club Racing Spec coilover for the Scion FRS and Subaru BRZ is a JDM spec unit. The intended use of this coilover is for someone who does a few track days a year and some autocrossing. It will also work out well for a daily driver who wants to improve the handling of the FRS/BRZ. Spring Rate: Front 9K Rear 7K Video Review: [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Nl3OTup9nM"]Buddy Club Racin Spec Coilover for the Scion FRS and Subaru BRZ - YouTube[/ame] Photos: Racing Spec Damper Kit is a high performance sports suspension kit designed by engineers using a vast quantity of data that Buddy Club has accumulated in the past 15 years using its high performance aluminum damper (ie. spec 30.1 Racing Damper) on various racing cars and tuned cars, focused more on the proper damper size, spring rate, dampening, stroke length for customer's use in winding roads and race tracks. The car specific pillow-ball upper mount design, proper spring rate, 15 level damper adjustment, and height adjustment capabilities accommodates driver's requests. 15 Level Adjustment The 15 level adjustment corresponds to variety of racing stages, from Touge mountain roads to circuits. Adjustment is easy with its click adjusting dial. The dial is located on the upper shaft for regular dampers or on the lower shaft for inverted dampers. This damper is also designed for town use; hence, dampening setting ranges from hard to soft. Single tube type shell case Unlike visual based cartridge damper, adoption of the single tube shell case enables the use of wishbone type 46 and strut type 36. This leaves an extra space for larger pistons. Also this change allows for better heat dissipation, which prevents performance deterioration from hard runs. Special steel and anti-friction components are used to minimize friction. Specialized Pillow-Upper Mount Application of the upper pillow upper mount allows you to have greater handling response, by minimizing upper chassis movement. Caster adjustment allows the correction of camber for further tuning ability. Caster adjustment plates are not included on all applications. Spring seat / lock seat Each single full rotation equals 2mm drop. The adjusting locking seat allows for spring stress to adjust with out the necessity to change suspension position. Original spring Tremendous enhancement in durability resulted from a high quality surface processing. Constant testing resulted in a perfect spring rate for each application. Racing Spec Dampers inherited the same great quality of the P-1 racing damper. Each Racing Spec Damper is made with special components and are tested and produced with out compromise. Each damper are assembled by skilled engineers to provide the best quality possible. Last edited by FT-86 SpeedFactory; 10-17-2012 at 09:22 AM.

10-17-2012, 09:57 AM	#4
dale.m Captain Slow Join Date: Sep 2012 Drives: 2013 Firestorm FR-S Location: United States Posts: 111 Thanks: 27 Thanked 29 Times in 14 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Thanks for the write up! I've been wondering about these for awhile now. MSRP? __________________ Flying and Driving.

10-29-2012, 08:25 AM	#9
DriftEightSix Pegasus White Join Date: Jun 2012 Drives: 86 Location: Brisbane. Posts: 973 Thanks: 646 Thanked 126 Times in 104 Posts Mentioned: 8 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Do I want these or KW v3s? __________________ Driving: Pegasus White Manual GTS 86.

10-30-2012, 07:28 AM	#11
DriftEightSix Pegasus White Join Date: Jun 2012 Drives: 86 Location: Brisbane. Posts: 973 Thanks: 646 Thanked 126 Times in 104 Posts Mentioned: 8 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I do like my ride quality and I feel in stock form I really baby it over speed bumps and stuff so I don't want it to get much worse which i think heaps stiff would do... so KWv3 it is. Sorry for hi jacking. __________________ Driving: Pegasus White Manual GTS 86.

10-30-2012, 01:46 PM	#13
Boosted Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Drives: 13 brz, 06 STI Location: Mid-Atlantic region Posts: 268 Thanks: 59 Thanked 135 Times in 82 Posts Mentioned: 13 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I just ordered a pair and am excited to try them out. Had some friends use these on their track/DD cars and loved them. -Alex __________________ 2013 BRZ Limited build: http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showt...d=1#post586737 2006 STI- lots of go fast goodies 551whp/491 Tq on 93(weekend car) 1988 CRX si- b16A1 (Sold) RIP 2003 WRX

10-17-2012, 06:36 AM	#2
_F-R-S_ Banned Join Date: Aug 2012 Drives: 13 whiteout scion frs Location: Baltimore Posts: 1,261 Thanks: 621 Thanked 202 Times in 155 Posts Mentioned: 6 Post(s) Tagged: 3 Thread(s)	whats the best autox coilover.. plus everyday driver?

10-17-2012, 06:34 PM	#5
FT-86 SpeedFactory Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: 2013 Scion FR-S Location: Des Moines, IA Posts: 7,694 Thanks: 1,298 Thanked 3,578 Times in 1,253 Posts Mentioned: 341 Post(s) Tagged: 5 Thread(s)	Dale, MSRP on these is $1799. Thank you for the positive post. It's good to see that people are enjoying these threads.

10-17-2012, 09:19 PM	#6
ModBargains Join Date: Sep 2012 Drives: FRS, M3 Location: La Habra, CA Posts: 296 Thanks: 48 Thanked 135 Times in 103 Posts Mentioned: 24 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	I had the Buddy Clubs on my Honda Fit and it's definitely a great budget coilover system - I'm pretty sure it's going to be same case for the FRS / BRZ chassis. -Frank

10-17-2012, 11:22 PM	#7
DOTman05 Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Drives: Evo 8 Location: SoCal Posts: 76 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Price?

10-17-2012, 11:39 PM	#8
FT-86 SpeedFactory Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: 2013 Scion FR-S Location: Des Moines, IA Posts: 7,694 Thanks: 1,298 Thanked 3,578 Times in 1,253 Posts Mentioned: 341 Post(s) Tagged: 5 Thread(s)	MSRP is up above.

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