i did a search and came up with nothing, what im wondering does anyone have any experience with this new set up. thanks in advance

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by one8toh8 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i did a search and came up with nothing, what im wondering does anyone have any experience with this new set up. thanks in advance</TD></TR></TABLE>

Everything I have ever seen made by Megan Racing has been cheap generic parts. No, I haven't had any experience with them, but you get what you pay for.

 

this new kit is just under $1000, it is camber and 32 way dampening adjustable, it looks really good but i just wanted to know if anyone has had any experience with it.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by one8toh8 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">this new kit is just under $1000, it is camber and 32 way dampening adjustable, it looks really good but i just wanted to know if anyone has had any experience with it.</TD></TR></TABLE>

no honda civic from 88-00, and no integra from 90-01, and most other hondas and acuras from 90-00 can be camber adjustable from the coilover unit.

and so what its 1000, sound like expensive **** to me.

 

got a link to this suspension

 

i read some good reviews over at clubrsx.com

 

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I have their exhaust. Everything is very nicely tig welded. All made out of stainless steel too. Also it's full 2.5"

Compare that to an Apexi N1 for example, 2.36" piping, shitty aluminized steel.

So not all their products suck.

 

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no honda civic from 88-00, and no integra from 90-01, and most other hondas and acuras from 90-00 can be camber adjustable from the coilover unit.

and so what its 1000, sound like expensive **** to me.</TD></TR></TABLE>


as far as that you are going to have to go to tornactive.com and you can see for your self, i would reseach before i said something was nothing


and the web site is tornactive.com it looks to be good quailty

 

http://www.tornactive.com/pd_megan_racing.cfm

Interesting...dyno graphs would be a must.

 

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as far as that you are going to have to go to tornactive.com and you can see for your self, i would reseach before i said something was nothing


and the web site is tornactive.com it looks to be good quailty

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The pillow ball mounts where you adjust camber, will do nothing on the honda's that slammed_93_hatch Mentioned, I would understand how your suspension worked before I try to disprove what others are saying in here.


Modified by Solracer at 10:43 PM 7/12/2005

 

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You hit the nail on the head

 

spring rates are weird, 8kg up front and 12kg in back, sounds more like drag racing coilovers to me

 

That sort of combination would does provide better handling, with some oversteering characteristics. 12k is not terribly stiff, we are using 18kg for our drag racing springs in the rear.

 

some oversteering. its probably like alot. having more spring rate in the back isnt all that good on a car where its weight is all in the front. i guess it just depends on the driver then.

except if ur drag racing

 

12k in the front and 18k in the rear is what you call a DRAG SETUP

 

i went onto the megan racing website and its 8k/12k for the rsx and 12k/8k for an eg.. not sure about the others cuz i just looked at those 2

 

That makes more sense as the RSX has a MacPherson strut front suspension and therefore need lower rates up front. And it will also need to have adjustable pillowball mounts to allow for camber adjustments.

 

y would it need softer upfront? y would macpherson strut suspension req. softer rates?

 

A front drive car with all its weight on the front is going to understeer. So stiffer rates in the rear helps get rid of some of that understeer.

 

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It will need to have lower rates because a strut setup has the damper mounted dircetly to the knuckle, while on a double wishbone setup the damper is mounted a good bit in on the lower control arm. This means you will have shorter travel on this damper (wishbone setup) compared to wheel travel, and a higher force acting upon it, hence the need for stiffer springs than on the strut setup which has a longer moment arm and therefore needs lower rates to do the same job. Basic physics really.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by snowman0520 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">some oversteering. its probably like alot. having more spring rate in the back isnt all that good on a car where its weight is all in the front. i guess it just depends on the driver then.

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you should really do research on this stuff befor you say stuff like this, because you are completly wrong.

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as far as that you are going to have to go to tornactive.com and you can see for your self, i would reseach before i said something was nothing


and the web site is tornactive.com it looks to be good quailty

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and as solracer and bosco said, you need too acutally figure out how your suspension works befor going any futher.

 

I have about 2 times the roll stiffness in the rear Vs the roll stiffness in the front of my car. This is what is needed to balance a FWD, front engine car. It is NOT something that only drag racers will do. Most of the Honda road race cars will do this also. However if you don't know how to handle a car that is set up a little loose you will end up spinning out on ever other turn that you try to take at the edge of tire grip. This is why most places try to sell "performance" springs with higher front spring rates. They don't want sued every time some kid spins his car into oncoming traffic.

I have no experience with the Megan racing set up, but it looks like they are trying to help balance out the major push our cars have in stock from. I bet your car will still be very predictable with some push even with their set up. The guys at http://www.robearracing.com are real nice to work with and I know they carry them.

 

I dont know about you guys but my friend has them on his rsx stock everything except the megan coilovers and ive almost thrown up cause its so damn stiff.. its seriously insane im just wondering if there the same on integra cause i think im going to have to get me some of those.

 

i've ridden in a couple 240s with the megan full coilovers and i like them alot. they ride real good and all you've got to do is turn the ***** and youre ready for the track. if i had some extra $$$ i'd buy them and still plan to buy at some point. my 2 cents