hey guys im sure its been covored before but so has everything. I am building a sportfwd car and im about to purchase my suspension. im looking to spend in the 800 range on a set of coilovers. these are the 3 i am torn between. I like the omni drag setup alot with the 18k rears and 12k fronts. but i have also been hearing a lot of good things about the d2's. I plan to street drive the car maybe 1 or 2 days a week and im fine with a stiff ride. whats best for the 1/4 mile? what do you guys suggest i go with?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Rob! &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">hey guys im sure its been covored before but so has everything. I am building a sportfwd car and im about to purchase my suspension. im looking to spend in the 800 range on a set of coilovers. these are the 3 i am torn between. I like the omni drag setup alot with the 18k rears and 12k fronts. but i have also been hearing a lot of good things about the d2's. I plan to street drive the car maybe 1 or 2 days a week and im fine with a stiff ride. whats best for the 1/4 mile? what do you guys suggest i go with?</TD></TR></TABLE>

PM'ed you

Just to let you know most of the Top SFWD cars are running the Omnipower, Tony1 had bought a set for me for the Red DC2 that just went 9.80s. They work really well. Arturbo runs 10.20s with them also. Good stuff And we can sell them with the upgraded Steel lower front collars, no worries about any breakage

 

I personally havent heard many people using the D2 for drag racing but I could be wrong though.

Omni has been proven on and off the track so you cant go wrong there. The spring rates are a bit stiff for the street and may knock some teeth out

K Sport doesnt seem to have good enough spring rates to be drag raced but then again people race on regular springs and shocks all the time it just depends on how badly you want that 1.7-1.9 60 ft time

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Hybrid-Performance.com &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I personally havent heard many people using the D2 for drag racing but I could be wrong though.

Omni has been proven on and off the track so you cant go wrong there. The spring rates are a bit stiff for the street and may knock some teeth out

K Sport doesnt seem to have good enough spring rates to be drag raced but then again people race on regular springs and shocks all the time it just depends on how badly you want that 1.7-1.9 60 ft time </TD></TR></TABLE>

Exactly! My answer but more thorough

I have driven an S13 with some D Sports and they handled really well and were a nice ride, not too stiff by any means. I was also unaware of any Drag set up by them or KSport BUT could be WRONG. Again teh Omnipowers are tried and proven over and over again.

 

we put a car together for a customer that we used D2 suspension on it. Its a SFWD class car, but nothing competitive yet. It works well on the street and the track. Its also adjustable as well. We're actually putting them on our own SFWD car this year. We'll see what happens.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by exospeedAMcrx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">we put a car together for a customer that we used D2 suspension on it. Its a SFWD class car, but nothing competitive yet. It works well on the street and the track. Its also adjustable as well. We're actually putting them on our own SFWD car this year. We'll see what happens.</TD></TR></TABLE>


Battle of the Vendors!!!!!! HAHAHAHA!

What's up Wil?

 

hehe, sup Terry. Just adding some insight on the D2 brand. I've never personally used the other ones so I cant compare.

you want Omni ---- boostfed.com
you want D2 ---- exospeed.com
you want Ksport --- ???

 

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your gonna have to do a whole lot better than a 1.7 60 in this class!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

rumor has it that ksports are made by d2...
one name for japan and one for europe...? anyone know?

 

my suggestion is d2, i have seen omnis and ksport to strange and everything else in the middle, and for the money d2 is the way, i have been doing alot of suspension research for the best setup and d2s seem to be the choice for any application whether or not its road street or drag. omni does have stiff spring rates, but i know that stiffer is definitely not better my any means in drag racing, its all how you set the rebound and compression. i used a spring rate of 1200, changing it to 900 i went from a 1.68-1.65 to a 1.55-1.58 consistently. but its just how you set things up i guess there all good coil overs for the money but i would just buy some tien n1 if you have the cash or motion k

 

K sport will build you a set of of whatever spring rate you want from what I know

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by GHOSTWORKS &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">my suggestion is d2, i have seen omnis and ksport to strange and everything else in the middle, and for the money d2 is the way, i have been doing alot of suspension research for the best setup and d2s seem to be the choice for any application whether or not its road street or drag. omni does have stiff spring rates, but i know that stiffer is definitely not better my any means in drag racing, its all how you set the rebound and compression. i used a spring rate of 1200, changing it to 900 i went from a 1.68-1.65 to a 1.55-1.58 consistently. but its just how you set things up i guess there all good coil overs for the money but i would just buy some tien n1 if you have the cash or motion k </TD></TR></TABLE>

..thats why the STRANGE ENGINEERING double adjustables are #1 imo. the super high spring rates are not always the answer to those sick low 60fts. dialing in the compression and the rebound on the Strange setup will get u there.

 

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..thats why the STRANGE ENGINEERING double adjustables are #1 imo. the super high spring rates are not always the answer to those sick low 60fts. dialing in the compression and the rebound on the Strange setup will get u there. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Tell Miller to send me some!

 

daym 1.5-1.6 60fts. hehe. Ya we dont have the setups down yet on our car. 1.7-1.8s with at 10.40s
With some better 60s, maybe we can get down to 10 flat.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Boostfed.com &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

Tell Miller to send me some! </TD></TR></TABLE>

haha. sez he forgot. i say hes burnt.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by boostfeen &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

..thats why the STRANGE ENGINEERING double adjustables are #1 imo. the super high spring rates are not always the answer to those sick low 60fts. dialing in the compression and the rebound on the Strange setup will get u there. </TD></TR></TABLE>

exactly, but the strange did have a problem of not having the coil overs go up high enough for some hondas with big slicks! d2 can go from almost stock hieght to the floor, but strange if they can figue out the hieght issue then i would deffinately go with that

 

my D2's work just fine 1.4 sixty foots all day long. great price and adjustable.

 

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exactly, but the strange did have a problem of not having the coil overs go up high enough for some hondas with big slicks! d2 can go from almost stock hieght to the floor, but strange if they can figue out the hieght issue then i would deffinately go with that </TD></TR></TABLE>

...hight adjustment workx out fine on my hatch even with big slickx. but i see your point. that could cause a problem.

 

yeah i've been thinking of purchasing a set of the rear omni powers, or buy some good rear struts for my ground control coilovers...

What shock would some of you recommend??

I'm thinking about tokico illumina's, that's what i have on the front.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dustin528 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yeah i've been thinking of purchasing a set of the rear omni powers, or buy some good rear struts for my ground control coilovers...

What shock would some of you recommend??

I'm thinking about tokico illumina's, that's what i have on the front.</TD></TR></TABLE>

You are probably better off with the Koni yellow adjustables in your situation. The Ground Control/Koni combo is great for the street and some run it on the track too.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by raceACCORDingly &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">rumor has it that ksports are made by d2...
one name for japan and one for europe...? anyone know?</TD></TR></TABLE>

To be quite honest with you, I think they all come from the same or similar manufacuter with a very little difference here and there. When it comes down to it, is the spring rates, how well built they are, and the type of valving they use.

We are about to offer our own line of coilovers, you tell me what they look like

 

Above evrything I would suggest koni's you can get a ser for a fair price and then use Eibach ERS Springs. I'm not a big fan of the stuff produced overseas if you nah mean?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Ekasey &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> I'm not a big fan of the stuff produced overseas if you nah mean?</TD></TR></TABLE>

As much as we like to say that, MOST things are produced overseas. Our clothes, electronics, car parts, even our food.

 

Agreed and i'm aware of that but i avoid it all costs. anyways Koni's are produced overseas ( holland) but i think you know what i'm getting at

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dustin528 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yeah i've been thinking of purchasing a set of the rear omni powers, or buy some good rear struts for my ground control coilovers...

What shock would some of you recommend??

I'm thinking about tokico illumina's, that's what i have on the front.</TD></TR></TABLE>

....skank 2 might work 4 your application.