John has been wondering what to do with his suspension. The stock suspension on the 8 is pretty good by all accounts. Nothing is perfect though and there are many choices out there. He used to have the Mazdaspeed dampers and springs on his old 8. They were the non-tunable type. He is currently using the Mazdaspeed anti-roll bars on his new 8 but still has the stock dampers and springs.
I'm using the Autoexe Sports tunable suspension and while I feel its pretty good, I find it a bit on the noisy side over bumps. Also with an extra passenger in the back it can bottom out sometimes and I have had different trouble with it over time which I won't go into now. It would be cool if he had the same as me so we could compare things but then again why not try something different? I know I would if I could choose again.
A fast few people we know have the Quantum from RE-Amemiya. That's a big drop (yen wise) but looks to be well worth it. But just how much better can it be for the likes of us? Wouldn't something cheaper do the job? I'm not thinking dirt cheap here. Just cheaper than 460,000 yen! I'm thinking the Revolution suspension looks pretty good and is about 160,000 yen cheaper than the Quantum. Revolution has some quality products and has good write ups on some of their testing. They even got a 1'05 at Tsukuba which is pretty damn decent :-)
So Revolution gets my vote to kick things off. Please see the left panel to vote on a specific suspension and/or leave a comment here! This is your chance to play with John's wallet!
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Hi Tom & John,
Some of my friends installed Revolution's damper. They mention it is very good.
Also RE Amemiya's Quantum is excellent. As you know, Eightlien and I are using. The advantage of RE Amemiya is the setting know-how, I think. And if John chooses RE Amemiya's Quantum, he can use the data (Alignment, Hight, damping, etc) of Eightlien car :-)
Where do I buy "Other"? It's the most popular choice! For those who chose other please leave a comment about what you recommend to help me. Thanks!
名無しの権兵衛様、Thanks for your comment. That's very true regarding the RE Amemiya suspension. I did not think of that. Something to consider John!
John! The poll is closed. Seems like you have to buy either Ohlins or Other... Let's check out suspensions on the 5th at the Eightlien day. Looking forward to that.
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