Wondering if anyone has any experience with "Omnipower Full coilover kit" (10k front 6k rear ) .... just looking for some general / basic feedback.


http://www.omnipowerusa.com/Pr...r.asp

"So whether you are looking for a great track set up or you need a suspension that adapts to public roads, you have found the right coilover. Omni-Power, Designed and manufactured for customers who demand the very best!"




Thanks.

 

I think Ryan [vtecvoodoo] is going to shock dyno them....

 

I'll let you know in a week once I get them on my EK. Runnin Infineon on the 21st w/ these and will report back then.

 

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Awesome! Thanks, exactly what I was looking for... Keep me posted.

 

Try talking to splitime, he tested them at an autocross for omniman sometime ago.

&lt;- will hopefully be ordering omnipower coilovers soon

 

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&lt;- will hopefully be ordering omnipower coilovers soon </TD></TR></TABLE>

He also did testing at Gingerman. From what I hear, he loved them, and the valving is perfert for the spring rates.

 

They seem to be too good to be true !

 

ill wait tell i see a shock dyno, and he uses the same springs as skunk2 and i don't like those so thats already a down fall.

from what i can tell from the looks and them always talking about "shipment will be in". i think the damper them selves is the same as the hayami (sp) and some of the tohers that look the same, and have the same fetures.

now this is all speculation nothing proven. as for me ill stick with koni's and ground control

 

Drove a CRX with them and wasn't too impressed. Definatly lower performance than Tein HA. I've never driven a car with Tein SS or Tein Basic but I'd say they're probably on par with the Tein Basic's. I hate to join the bandwagon but I'd have to go with Koni's and ground controls over these. I drove a car with that setup on it and it felt pretty damn good for a daily driver. Unless of course you just want to slam the **** out of the car, then the Omni's would give you more shock travel when you're riding around with the tires tucked.

 

I personally went from Tein basic's to the omni power 10k/6k rate setup. My first session at Gingerman with the Tein basic's was ok...but i didnt like the roll it allowed and when braking hard the nose dove way too much. I switched to omni-powers for my next time out and it was night and day difference. I was very able to enter these turns alot harder and exit them much smoother. And for daily driving they are way nice. For the price i think they may be the best thing out there.

 

Sounds like most of that was from the spring rate difference.

 

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my thoughts exactly, and as far as im conserned the tein basic's are about as good as your stock suspension but allow you to adjust the height, NOTHING MORE.

so thats like saying, "i went from stock springs to OTS GC and it handles the best now."

well yes in comparision, but i haven't heard any body actually compare these to a setup that should be equal or better than the omni's and like the omni's.

i sent vtecvoodoo a link to this thread lets see what he has to say

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by RyanR &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Drove a CRX with them and wasn't too impressed. Definatly lower performance than Tein HA. I've never driven a car with Tein SS or Tein Basic but I'd say they're probably on par with the Tein Basic's. I hate to join the bandwagon but I'd have to go with Koni's and ground controls over these. I drove a car with that setup on it and it felt pretty damn good for a daily driver. Unless of course you just want to slam the **** out of the car, then the Omni's would give you more shock travel when you're riding around with the tires tucked.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Do you know what the rates on these were?

I am also thinking of picking up a set of these with the 12k 10k rates for my EK.

 

Also im running Apollo's on my integra sedan. I've gotta say that side by side these coilovers look like the same exact thing. I cant do a real comparison on account that my integra is a pig while my crx is a feather. Im real happy with the apollo's as far as daily driving goes. The ladie's dont complain whatsoever. But when i push the apollo's hard into the corners the do give in more than the omni's. The omni's feel more aggressive.

 

pretty sure they were the standard spring rates, which are something like 10k front and 6k rear. i have the cusco zero2's on my ek with 9k/5k rates and honestly the car handles much better than the car i drove with the omnipowers.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by slammed_93_hatch &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ill wait tell i see a shock dyno, and he uses the same springs as skunk2 and i don't like those so thats already a down fall.

from what i can tell from the looks and them always talking about "shipment will be in". i think the damper them selves is the same as the hayami (sp) and some of the tohers that look the same, and have the same fetures.

now this is all speculation nothing proven. as for me ill stick with koni's and ground control</TD></TR></TABLE>


No they arent haymai.. ive had customers who took off the haymi's and put these on and can tell the huge of difference

they are now instock adn ready

new rates now apply:

street: 10k-8k
sports: 12k-10k
drag rears: 18k

if you got any questions or need any information on them! let me know!!!

i offer full warrenty on them and you cant find that anywhere!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by KTeller8 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i offer full warrenty on them and you cant find that anywhere!</TD></TR></TABLE>

Except for Koni.

Are the dyno sheets available?

 

he PM'd me with this

KTeller8 (2:40 PM 8/6/2004): your speculation is wrong.. ryan was sent a shock dyno before
omni and hyami are two different items all together..

pm member b cruz he took off his hyami and put on omnipower. they fit, ride and are a ton better!

we even have sport and street versions, i dont think haymi or other do.

even now have 18k rear drag setups!

about the member Bcruz taking of the hyamas(sp) it was because they sent him the wrong ones, i think, i had a conversation with him about what was going on with his car. and that seems to be what i recall happening.

i just want 2 question's to be answered.

1.) who makes the damper?

2.)who makes the spring?


now i doubt either one of these question's will be answered, but WHY WONT THEY BE?

reasoning tells me that if a good company was manufacturing the dampers omni would want every one to know. it would give TONS of credit to the quality of the product. same witht he spring, and as far as i can tell they are the same as skunk2 springs.

we will just have to wait and see what vtecvoodoo comes up with on the shock dyno.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by slammed_93_hatch &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">he KTeller8 (2:40 PM 8/6/2004): your speculation is wrong.. ryan was sent a shock dyno before</TD></TR></TABLE>

I have not seen anything?

*shrug*

I am just curious thats all - I am not in any hurry to ditch the stock suspension on my car, but knowing what options are available is good to know.

 

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I have not seen anything?

*shrug*

I am just curious thats all - I am not in any hurry to ditch the stock suspension on my car, but knowing what options are available is good to know.</TD></TR></TABLE>

me either, personally i think it would be nice to have a good performaning full coil over at nice price. but logic tells me that if it was at all possible it would have been done befor.

ill stick to koni/GC untill my car become a full track *****, then its AD time.

 

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the hayame coilovers use a 42mm piston and have different valveing than the omnipower coilovers. omnipower pistons are 46mm both.

mono tube:
omnipower yes
hayame yes
skunk2 no (uses twin tube)

piston size:
omnipower 46mm
hayame 42mm
skunk2 ? (smaller than 46 because its a twin tube and probably smaller than 42)

spring material:
omnipower sae 9254
hayame ?
skunk2 sae 9254

spring rate options:
omnipower: street 10k8k/sport 12k10k/drag 18k rear
hayame: 12k8
skunk2: 8k6k?

warrenty:
omnipower: 1 year , with no hassles (two years from kteller.com)
hayame/spw: good luck
skunk2: good luck

retail price: non adj.
omnipower: 699.99
hayame: 999.99
skunk2: 900? not really sure but they have a lot of over head and an expensive marketing program that their customers have to help pay for. i hear the import tunner add (2 pages) with the 2 black cars in it costs around 12k/month. and thats only one magazine.

racing experience:
omnipower: over 70 races won in the last 6 years with one of my engines in the car, 2 perfect seasons, one in drag and one in road racing. recent back to back triple podium finish in the 2004 canadian touring car championship (nick and nigel Krikorian, and Mike Thornly). constantly helping out people on ht with tech ?'s and giving unbiased answers based on experience.

hayame: none that i know of

skunk2: after (1 1/2 years ago) nothing worth noting.

lots of people ask me are my camber kits and slipover coilovers are the same.

the camber kits start out as 5 peices each side. i buy them from the same stamping house. i have a jig that they are bolted to then all 5 peices are welded together. after that they are powder coated. so really the only thing your paying extra for is the box. i also have a rear shim kit that i include so you can get some camber out of the rear.

later i will have a picture up with the camber kits in each stage of production.

also i have a few new parts that im working on which will be on the website this week


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here is some info from a conversation with steve~ just to give you a piece of mind and more info

 

I have a set of Omnipower coilovers (10k/6k) on my EK and I absolutely love them. IMO they far surpass Tein Basics. I still havn't been in a car with higher end Tein's though, so I can't compare fully. For the price, you can't beat Omni.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by alphaoenz &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I have a set of Omnipower coilovers (10k/6k) on my EK and I absolutely love them. IMO they far surpass Tein Basics. I still havn't been in a car with higher end Tein's though, so I can't compare fully. For the price, you can't beat Omni.</TD></TR></TABLE>

thats stupid to compare omni's to basic's basic's are just a fuckn thing to lower your car with that keeps the suspension the same as stock maybe even worse.

i sure would hope that an aggresivly valved damper and spring with rebound and compression adjustments and a threaded body (i think all of these are on the omnimans). is better then something with no compression no rebound and a non-threaded shock body.

 

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thats stupid to compare omni's to basic's basic's are just a fuckn thing to lower your car with that keeps the suspension the same as stock maybe even worse.

i sure would hope that an aggresivly valved damper and spring with rebound and compression adjustments and a threaded body (i think all of these are on the omnimans). is better then something with no compression no rebound and a non-threaded shock body.

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I was referring to the quote by RyanR:

"I've never driven a car with Tein SS or Tein Basic but I'd say they're probably on par with the Tein Basic's."

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by slammed_93_hatch &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">thats stupid to compare omni's to basic's basic's are just a fuckn thing to lower your car with that keeps the suspension the same as stock maybe even worse.

i sure would hope that an aggresivly valved damper and spring with rebound and compression adjustments and a threaded body (i think all of these are on the omnimans). is better then something with no compression no rebound and a non-threaded shock body.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Omni Power Coilovers 92-95 Civic $650.00 (kteller.com)
Tein Basic 92-95 civic $675 (Pro Street Online)

So how is it stupid to compare them? I would say Teins are one of the most common full coilovers that people buy. Also from Pro Street Online the Tein Type Flex for EG are $1275.00, and the SS are $900. So it makes the most sense to compare the Omnipower to the Tein Basic.

Anyone tried the drag rears yet? Thinking about picking up a set for EG