Quote:
Originally Posted by a_ahmed
The high end stuff, rarely do I hear people actually run it or review it, its like a myth, a legend, people mention it and everyone shivers at their greatness, but thats about it. Moton, JRS, Penske, Ohlins, what else out there. Bilsteins vs KONIs? So KONI 28s seems like something tried (alas by a microscopic few who speak of it) and proven...?
|
The people that run the high end components generally do not frequent the car club forums. Sadly, the majority of 240sx owners wouldn't know the difference between a Bilstein, Ohlins, Moton, or Koni coilover, and would be likely to assume they suck since they don't have adjustable lower perches.
I was tempted with the Stance GR3's, mostly because I was expecting to take them apart and custom make valves/ shims for them. I ended up with Koni 8611's because they ended up costing me about the same, but I get to go fast now. So far I'm at roughly $1600 without upper mounts (reused some cheap pillowball ones from my old setup), and using "normal" yellows in the rear, as I'm still working on fitting longer stroke 8611's back there. The other thing about Koni is that everyone seems to be capable of revalving/ servicing them. The same is true for Bilstein and Penske, but to the point where you can service most Penske shocks in your own garage, and configure Bilsteins however you want with "easily" available parts (one of the reasons Wiisass is running Bilstein, but he has access to a dyno, IIRC).
Really, any of the top names will be fast. Search through other car forums where people actually race their cars, such as BMW, Evo/ Sti, Miata, Porsche, etc. The general consensus was "worth every penny" (and it's a lot of pennies) as far as I've seen. One top autocrosser is on Ohlins with 800lb springs up front (14.2kg, and a similar strut setup to ours) and has a more comfortable ride than my car with 600lb springs (10.7kg), which is more comfortable than *insert your generic cheap coilover brand here*. Proper dampers = more grip = more control = more comfort.