Coil over spring rates

[steved0x]

Originally Posted by rastta

The Ohlins RT's I put on my Cayman are THE best street coilovers I've ever used. While not on my Cayman, I've owned KW V2's and V3's, Penske's, Bilsteins and others and the Ohlins are far superior on the street. I'll stick with my 2Way Motons on the track.

I've got the Ohlins on my Cayman and have about 10,000 miles on them and maybe 9 HPDE events, I love them and so has everyone that has ridden with me. I've never experienced any "higher spec track only" coilovers but for a dual.purpose hpde/weekend cruiser, I think they are great. When they wear out, and if I start trailering the car, I'll get them upgraded to a track only spec.

[Hasbro]

Thanks, looks like Ohlins is the way to go for me. I also spoke with Ohlins in North Carolina and they convinced me not to drop the spring rate and that I will be very happy with the 400/457 springs. Brian at Ohlins said to go as far as a 15 to 20 mm drop, possibly more but to be careful as there can be rear axle contact. That will be plenty and gives me maneuverability with my initial tires, which will also drop the chassis 1/2". I'm thinking initially to try a safe 100mm chassis to ground setting plus -13mm from the tires. About ready to start a build thread.