STX Coilover Advice
 

Just looking for discussion on what people have found to be the best setups in STX. If this should be in the suspension section please let me know and I'll delete and repost there.

I'm trying to decide between KW V3, Ground Control SA and RCE T2. So far what has the hot setup been?

Also with KWs and RCEs, what has everyone been using for camber plates?

Thanks for the input!

there are a number of STX related threads already... at least 5 on the first page of this section with recent activity...

you can start by reading them... they all have refrences to different coilover setups by different people.

I suppose that's fair. I've been looking through them, but I was hoping for more specific info if anyone has directly compared each setup.

I'll just poke through the threads and keep lurking then...

find posts by CGS mike, Racecomp Engeering or Moto-P

you're not gonna get too many people that have burned through 6-7 sets of coilovers on a single car to post any definitive observation. What you're asking for is a very expensive proposition.

Mostly all the fast twin cars in STX are on KW V3's even if they have changed spring rates if that says anything.

A lot of those guys bought their setups early on when the V3 was one of the few options available.

right on the button!

And then there are some of us that trophied at Nationals that are on the Feal Suspension 441's that are about half the cost of KW's

Well hi there....Bart? Erik here :).

I probably would have rocked the FEALs or Fortune Autos, but Ground Control offered a decent discount for me running their stickers, so I ended up getting those :).

Yup me.

Were you running the $1350 package from Feals? Or, did you have other suspension mods? I like the idea of paying so little for coilovers and camber plates, but that deal just seems way too good to be true. I am not slamming Feals, just being skeptical since a lot of what's in that price range isn't the best quality. Thanks for your input.
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Yea I have the Standard Feal 441 coilovers. I also have Whiteline Sway bars on the car too, 20mm up front 18mm in the rear. Lance who was also on the Feal 441's was running the stock sway bars for his 4th place finish in STX at Nationals.

KW V3 is the best bang-for-the-buck shock I know of. I've driven and owned many cars with MCS/Moton/Ohlins/AST and the KWs are about 90% as capable for 50% of the cost. Konis are generally similar but I don't know what Ground Control does for valving for this car. The KWs are very well-sorted - I think I made 4 shock changes all year, and really only to the rear bump and/or rebound.

If I wanted to spend $5-7k on shocks again, I'd be looking strongly at MCS, but you are REALLY hitting the point of diminishing returns fast. Not to mention that you a) still have to dial in the setup and b) drive in order to go fast. A lot of people forget about these things, so there's certainly no shortage of expensive, slow cars out there.

My car has the MCS singles. Very happy w/ them--just need to get the rest of the setup sorted--especially now that it's an SM car... lol