HVT vs Raceseng Caster Camber Plates?

[MidnightRunner]

Originally Posted by was385

I emailed HVT about this very thing when I purchased my plates and was told that to switch over, you need is the new perches, which run $100 for the set.

Cool. Thanks for clearing that up.

[CSG Mike]

Originally Posted by SubieNate

In my correspondence with Jarrett I was told that the Raceseng plates would not raise the car. I *think* this is because even with standard springs they use a custom spring perch so that the total stack height isn't increased vs stock. That's my theory anyway, hard to say exactly without having them in my hands.

Cheers
Nathan

Stop by and hold one in your hands

[sw20kosh]

How are people doing with the HVT and RaceSeng camber plates? Still silent and comfortable on the roads? Or have they gotten noisy?

[Phaedrus29]

Originally Posted by sw20kosh

How are people doing with the HVT and RaceSeng camber plates? Still silent and comfortable on the roads? Or have they gotten noisy?

I ended up going with the HVT. -2 up front with the stock strut bolts. No issues at all...very happy. (Although I did initially overtorque and snap one of the small bolts for the camber adjustment...HVT quickly sent me replacement bolts/washers.)

[mav1178]

Originally Posted by Phaedrus29

So do the Raceseng plates affect ride height? I'd want to use the plates with stock struts and RCE yellows (for now) without affecting the drop from the yellows.

Depends on the setup.

The design of the @Raceseng upper mounts move the pillowball further up into the engine bay than a standard upper mount, so all else equal (perch, collar, etc) the Raceseng upper mounts will drop your front by a tiny amount.

For me, it dropped my front about 15mm versus factory Ohlins uppers.

Originally Posted by sw20kosh

How are people doing with the HVT and RaceSeng camber plates? Still silent and comfortable on the roads? Or have they gotten noisy?

No issue with mine, but frankly they won't be "silent and comfortable" compared to rubber stock uppers. That said, all pillowball uppers will be the same in terms of NVH until they fall apart, then they all sound the same.

-alex

[BRZZZZZZZZZZ]

Originally Posted by sw20kosh

How are people doing with the HVT and RaceSeng camber plates? Still silent and comfortable on the roads? Or have they gotten noisy?

12000km of auto x and lapping on mine and quiet as ever (Raceseng CasCam).

[drewbot]

My god the Raceseng plates are beautiful. I'm trying to resist putting them on before winter

[continuecrushing]

Originally Posted by drewbot

My god the Raceseng plates are beautiful. I'm trying to resist putting them on before winter

dont fight the urge!

[cnk]

Only a little over a month on my HVT's, but they are silent. Hell of a lot better than the Comp-C's where I was getting coil bind from a bad bearing every morning.

[Wepeel]

A challenger appears. Wonder if it's just a rebranded/painted HVT.
http://cygnusperformance.com/cart.ph...ategory_id=737

[ThreeEyedCrow]

Originally Posted by solidONE

The HVT is a more solid piece if you look at the amount of material being used and number of parts that compose the assembly, but raceseng... It's raceseng. Beautifully made and I haven't read or heard of any problem besides someone snapping a mounting bolt. Bolt replaced and everything is peachy again. I guess it comes down to budget and whether you want the adjustability and bling factor all raceseng products seem to have by default. Can't go wrong either way.

btw I'm the guy that snapped the camber bolt. Got a new profile. II highly recommend the raceseng plates. The reason the bolt snapped was because they are made of a soft stainless steel and I pulled an all nighter putting on suspension stuff. Jarrett was very quick to remedy the situation and send me some new ones. Great company and great products. I did end up breaking another later on so I went out and bought some steel ones from Lowe's. Still worth the extra money. The only question iI have about them now is if the ones iI got for my st coils will work with the kwv3's that I plan on upgrading to in the future? Does anybody know?

[solus]

good luck getting HVT new, according to the guys at ft86speedfactory they are having manufacturing issues

[Raceseng]

Shoot me an email - jarrett@raceseng.com - and I can help you!

Originally Posted by ThreeEyedCrow

btw I'm the guy that snapped the camber bolt. Got a new profile. II highly recommend the raceseng plates. The reason the bolt snapped was because they are made of a soft stainless steel and I pulled an all nighter putting on suspension stuff. Jarrett was very quick to remedy the situation and send me some new ones. Great company and great products. I did end up breaking another later on so I went out and bought some steel ones from Lowe's. Still worth the extra money. The only question iI have about them now is if the ones iI got for my st coils will work with the kwv3's that I plan on upgrading to in the future? Does anybody know?