In fairness I shouldn't have gotten on your thread as I'm not an Import Scene kind of guy. I edited what I said earlier to make it a little clearer.
The pic is of my old Koni yellows from a year ago, not my Racing Konis. Koni yellows are very well made but merely adequate for serious handling. They are the standard for guys that can't afford Bilsteins. I explained that I have Swift springs and why - lighter, thinner/more travel, much more accurate, move up and down faster, therefor adhering to the ground better which means better traction.
Good racing coilover systems run in the 5k+ range. 15k isn't unheard of. Feels, Bilsteins, Penske, Ohlins. My racing Konis were about 2k, custom built to my computer rendered specs, and better than systems costing 2-3x what I spent. Double adjustable race Konis have separate adjustability for compression and rebound. Plus I designed them for 2 hertz, 2.25 hertz front/rear so they are relatively soft for the street. I don't believe any one else has done this with a Civic EP3 as Koni hasn't built another similar set.
Suspension points are where the suspension is connected to the chassis, more or less. Double wishbone suspensions have about 13 points of connections, for instance. Move one point 1/32" and it changes the geometry of all 13 points. I have changed some connection points (thank God for computers!) and this is the main reason that makes my Civic ineligible for the majority of sanctioned racing categories except for mostly cars that are designed for tracks. Unfair but I wanted to make the Civic handle well without caring about fitting in a category. Hence the track days. Porsche and many others don't have to do this to their McPherson struts as they have already engineered them to performance levels while being stock.
I hope this makes what I've done a little more clear.
The pic is of my old Koni yellows from a year ago, not my Racing Konis. Koni yellows are very well made but merely adequate for serious handling. They are the standard for guys that can't afford Bilsteins. I explained that I have Swift springs and why - lighter, thinner/more travel, much more accurate, move up and down faster, therefor adhering to the ground better which means better traction.
Good racing coilover systems run in the 5k+ range. 15k isn't unheard of. Feels, Bilsteins, Penske, Ohlins. My racing Konis were about 2k, custom built to my computer rendered specs, and better than systems costing 2-3x what I spent. Double adjustable race Konis have separate adjustability for compression and rebound. Plus I designed them for 2 hertz, 2.25 hertz front/rear so they are relatively soft for the street. I don't believe any one else has done this with a Civic EP3 as Koni hasn't built another similar set.
Suspension points are where the suspension is connected to the chassis, more or less. Double wishbone suspensions have about 13 points of connections, for instance. Move one point 1/32" and it changes the geometry of all 13 points. I have changed some connection points (thank God for computers!) and this is the main reason that makes my Civic ineligible for the majority of sanctioned racing categories except for mostly cars that are designed for tracks. Unfair but I wanted to make the Civic handle well without caring about fitting in a category. Hence the track days. Porsche and many others don't have to do this to their McPherson struts as they have already engineered them to performance levels while being stock.
I hope this makes what I've done a little more clear.
