Reviewing the KW Clubsports for those who are thinking about them or @
Racecomp Engineering Tarmac 2's which are based on the KW's
Lets break this down into the following
Installation: Straight Foward, I could have installed it my self since the units come in 1 piece and its a swap out, but I decided to get everything done all at once and get it aligned/corner balanced at the same time. Thanks to @
ptuning for all of the install/alignment/corner balance work
Stock Alignment (Nothing added on) I was able to get -3 in the front and -2 in the rear.
Corner Balance Numbers goes as follows:
Corner balancing w/ 215 ballast:
TOTAL WEIGHT w/ BALLAST = 2922
BEFORE:
LF = 867
RF = 780
LR = 660
RR = 615
CROSS % = 49.28
AFTER:
LF = 856
RF = 789
LR = 671
RR = 604
CROSS % = 50.00
Daily Driving Comfort: I would say these are a small percentage harsher than the Stock setup on certain surfaces. Essentially you have a bump or 2 here or there you will feel if you don't slow down but anything big and you will definitely feel it. Also any valleys or hills in the road that go on for a while will result in the car really transferring the feeling back to you and almost make you a bit dizzy nauseous if they go on for a while (Normal people).
According to KW the rates are 340/400 with RCE's tarmacs being a bit more rough so take that for what its worth when it comes to daily driving
Handling: Cars has 255/40/17 Direzza ZII tires with 17 x 9 Enkei RPF1's 45 offset. It rubs the splash shield at full lock. Car feels like its riding on rails, I have not gotten the rear end to break loose at all yet but I will be fully testing this out at auto crossing in the next 20 days or do.
Drop: Only dropped it functionally minimally as most of the lots we race in have lots of hills and valleys in the pavement and I really don't need anything scraping underneath. I would say drop is about .75 inches
I think thats it? Not sure any questions. DC Streets are tough and its not too bothersome
