Coilover choice, Tein SRC or Ohlins R&T

[Doozer]

Originally Posted by CSG Mike

Let me ask first, why do you feel you outgrew the Ohlins?

In all honesty, I didn't know we outgrew them.

We had 2 pro drivers (A1 GP and F3 Macau) drive it this past weekend and they both agreed, the GT car needs GT type shocks.

Our shock guy (pretty sure you know him) has been telling us this for a while now, but he's an engineer and loves graphs and data. We needed a drivers description of what was going on. Now the graphs start to make more sense.

[Doozer]

Originally Posted by solidONE

From what I've seen the Ohlins has a very nice blow off on the compression damping at shaft speed over 2" per second. Hard to believe that they'd make the car shoot off curbing. Maybe you should share your settings and compare with what other guys are running before you chuck them altogether.

OTOH if you are determined to replace and sell the Ohlins... shoot me a PM maybe I'll pick them up from you if the price is right.

Shock settings for the ohlins are listed here:
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80118

With new tune from Delicious, we went from entering T1 at 165km/h to over 200. When you hit the curb at that speed the car really doesn't like it.

When we make a decision on shocks, we'll send a PM if you're still interested. These particular Ohlins are the Japan ohlins, not Sweden. Just FYI

[Xcursion]

Hi Doozer, those are pretty impressive times and write ups you have. I am also in Taiwan and tracks at Penbay Circuit often.

I am also thinking about Ohlins R&T but cannot decide whether I should buy from Japan or US for their different spring rates. Can you tell me what spring rates you are running on? You mentioned here that your Ohlins is Japan version, and on your other tread on Maxxis tires, you mentioned it was US version. Have you tried both versions and can you tell the difference between the 2? Have you tried the Japan set up of 9k/7k? Thanks for your help.