Obioban's 2005 IR/IR Coupe

[Obioban]

Turns out eibach makes a 6” long, 2.5” ID, 375 lb/in barrel spring, that they don’t offer except through GC... which will let me live my OCD to two decimal places.

(going with barrel springs up front because I want to have the spring perch above the tire, so I don't need as aggressive wheel offsets, but then need all the travel I can get (as that pretty much limits me to a 6-6.5" long spring).

[Obioban]

Wow. Definitely custom.

Are corner weights the real starting point for flat ride? I have fooled around with the spreadsheet, but I guess I need to see if FCM has posted a "how to use the spreadsheet" video.

Jesse

Corner weights are a good place to start, though probably not necessary if your car is close to stock. If you can get them, though, you'll be more accurate.

[D-O]

Wow. Definitely custom.

Are corner weights the real starting point for flat ride? I have fooled around with the spreadsheet, but I guess I need to see if FCM has posted a "how to use the spreadsheet" video.

Jesse

[Obioban]

I am wondering why you did not just re-valve the Ohlins dampers to match the required flat ride spring rate. Does FCM do more than just valve the dampers to match the springs?

Jesse

Yeah, he does a bunch more-- they'll be pressurized and valved to my corner weights and spring rates, bump stop tuning,and I'm having him add his KBO (similar but I believe superior to Ohlin's DFV) and ripple reducer.

[D-O]

I am wondering why you did not just re-valve the Ohlins dampers to match the required flat ride spring rate. Does FCM do more than just valve the dampers to match the springs?

Jesse

[S14]

Pictures just came in from last weekends NJMSP event...

Awesome!

[Obioban]

Nice. I'll be paying close attention, might end up going with something like that too from FCM. Will you be posting updates here or in a separate thread?

I'm sure you saw, but Shaikh of FCM made an account and wrote some interesting posts in the E9X subforum. I'm curious to hear more about his experience with JRZ/MCS/etc and why he wasn't impressed.

I'll be making a separate thread, but whenever I make separate threads about things I do to my car I also post them in my journal... so here, too.

[r4dr]

I'm going to use the H&R coilovers, as those use a non adjustable bilstein shock, but are height adjustable (corner balancable).

I had quad adjustable, remote reservoir JRZs and Motons on our e36 race car and was never particularly impressed. Conversely, moving the Ohlins to be flat ride was an absurd improvement that blew my mind. So… going whole hog, and trying the shock setup to match.

Nice. I'll be paying close attention, might end up going with something like that too from FCM. Will you be posting updates here or in a separate thread?

I'm sure you saw, but Shaikh of FCM made an account and wrote some interesting posts in the E9X subforum. I'm curious to hear more about his experience with JRZ/MCS/etc and why he wasn't impressed.

[Obioban]

Pictures just came in from last weekends NJMSP event...

[Obioban]

Given that FCM only uses Bilsteins last time I checked, does this mean you're ditching your Ohlins setup completely? Are you going with revalved B6 shocks or something from the Bilstein motorsport catalog?

FCM's insistence on Bilstein dampers is a weird stance (heh) to me given I can't imagine something like 2WR MCS shocks not blowing them out of the water with the same amount of setup, but I'm definitely going to give him the benefit of the doubt as he is a pro in this field and I know fuck all comparatively, lol.

I'm going to use the H&R coilovers, as those use a non adjustable bilstein shock, but are height adjustable (corner balancable).

I had quad adjustable, remote reservoir JRZs and Motons on our e36 race car and was never particularly impressed. Conversely, moving the Ohlins to be flat ride was an absurd improvement that blew my mind. So… going whole hog, and trying the shock setup to match.

[r4dr]

So, I've been thinking about it for a while, but just put a downpayment on it so it's happening now.

Getting a FCM suspension setup. I won't be installing it until this winter (as I limit my car disabling projects to winter), but money has been spent... so it's happening...

Kind of excited, kind of scared.
(scared because I've never driven a car that drives better than my does since I went to flat ride... so hard to imagine better than the best I've ever driven. But excited because I only went to flat ride in the first place because of FCM, so... here's hoping their shocks work to match).

Given that FCM only uses Bilsteins last time I checked, does this mean you're ditching your Ohlins setup completely? Are you going with revalved B6 shocks or something from the Bilstein motorsport catalog?

FCM's insistence on Bilstein dampers is a weird stance (heh) to me given I can't imagine something like 2WR MCS shocks not blowing them out of the water with the same amount of setup, but I'm definitely going to give him the benefit of the doubt as he is a pro in this field and I know fuck all comparatively, lol.

[Sharocks]

Interesting. I just rode in my friends car with custom built Red Shift coilovers. Been thinking about moving the TCK DA's and going with them. Cost is unreal comparatively.

[Obioban]

I’m looking forward to your review on the FCM setup!

I'm probably going to make a thread detailing my journey through this, as I feel like a fair number of people are interested in FCMs offerings.

... but it'll be a slow burn of a thread. I won't be installing until the car is parked for the winter, and then I won't be driving it till the roads are clear of salt in the spring. So, realistically, we're ~9 months out on me driving on this setup.

[duracellttu]

So, I've been thinking about it for a while, but just put a downpayment on it so it's happening now.

Getting a FCM suspension setup. I won't be installing it until this winter (as I limit my car disabling projects to winter), but money has been spent... so it's happening...

Kind of excited, kind of scared.
(scared because I've never driven a car that drives better than my does since I went to flat ride... so hard to imagine better than the best I've ever driven. But excited because I only went to flat ride in the first place because of FCM, so... here's hoping their shocks work to match).

I’m looking forward to your review on the FCM setup!

[Obioban]

So, I've been thinking about it for a while, but just put a downpayment on it so it's happening now.

Getting a FCM suspension setup. I won't be installing it until this winter (as I limit my car disabling projects to winter), but money has been spent... so it's happening...

Kind of excited, kind of scared.
(scared because I've never driven a car that drives better than my does since I went to flat ride... so hard to imagine better than the best I've ever driven. But excited because I only went to flat ride in the first place because of FCM, so... here's hoping their shocks work to match).