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Originally Posted by ultra
I'm picking mine up tomorrow, yay!
@ Moto-P do you have any recommendations on how to adjust the damper setup - either baseline settings or settings for street vs track?
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I've designed it with softest setting being the right setup for street and mild track use unless the situation is with a tire with grip higher than Falken Azenis RT615K, which is extreme. Otherwise setup at the softest setting is appropriate for most duties while being very compliant for daily use in USA roads.
I figured no one needed it to be any softer than this, while having a full range harder will accommodate for future wear, and also for more aggressive tires or high speed track uses.
Having said this, the softer setting is softer than what is specced in Japan to accommodate the bumpier USA roads, as well as less than ideal track surface on our older less pristine raceway. I gave it just enough softer bound settings to cover compliant ride, while not giving it too much rebound compression reduction to keep the tires planted.
In some cases the rear wheel may "lift" at times climbing a driveway where rear suspension will float the tire off the ground due to not having enough extension, but this is also a side-effect of having a very short shock dimension by original design of the FR-S.
And to make the actual road manners work well, we gave it a lot of travel room on the compression direction and preserving a lot of stroke for even the lowest setting at 40mm below stock for those of you who want things low, or trying to make 19" wheels tuck visually well.
There is no such things as one shock set that will work mighty well in ALL cases and application, but we tried out best to accomodate the use for mainly SUnday racers, and enthusiastic road, daily use system.
What the RS*R Super-i we designed this time is meant to make the car feel more expensive, by improving on the necessary constraints of the $25,000 automobile, what it couldn't have at this price-tag, and made it so that it is similar in feel and equipment to cars like Cayman and Boxter, M3 and S4 which all have a more expensive mono-tubed compliancy and poise. It's not a balls out racing setup, but simply a way to make our cars more refined as a sports car for the road.
Let me know how you like it.