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    Hi,

    Wondering if anyone knows of a fix to this, I get this crazy rattle at above 4k RPM's on my Nvidia N1 when the silencer is in, I think it is down to how im bolting it, just using a M8 screw + Nut + Washer, am i missing something here?. Im almost tempted to put sound deadening material like silentcoat around the silencer, not sure if this is a good idea due to heat.

    Thoughts? :)

     

     

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    Yeah, I think so too. I saw someone on the other forum with a similar set up including the drop, the rears had the slight poke but the fronts didn't, so I guess tiny spacer for the fronts.

    I'll see when they get here and post pics for opinions :)

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    Just wanted to say, thanks to all those that came on Sunday. It was nice to meet Lionel and have a good chat with the regular attenders. Sorry I missed the couple of you that were parked up, but I couldn't find you! 
    The next one is on the 19th May same venue. I will be at the Cumbria International Show in Kendal though that day. 
    Here's a vid where I think all our cars are featured at some point. 
     
    Haha yeah, it was good. I spotted your car but couldn't find you guys :(

    Mine was the black 86 with sard style spoiler and red mud flaps

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    28 minutes ago, Lauren said:

    I have a custom TEIN setup with my own spring rates and valving on my dampers as well as EDFC Active Pro. 

    The thing is here, is that Ohlins and all that will be far better, but you need to factor in the cost of rebuilding them every 20K miles at £600 a go or so. You can pretty much fit and forget the TEINS. Ultimately I'm sure the Ohlins will outperform the TEINS as they are over twice the price. But ask yourself how good a driver you are, I reckon most who go for super expensive setups won't know how to get the best out of it which will be on track only. Also think how you are going to use it and whilst nice expensive damping should give a better ride, that will ultimately be the real benefit over anything else which is worth having if you can afford them along with their servicing costs. If it's just a weekend car, I suppose the mileage thing matters a lot less. 

    Interesting, did not know about the requirement of servicing at such intervals for the kit - and of course, I wouldnt consider myself an expert at driving.

    I reckon its best for me to go for the Flex A/Z and spend the rest on some time with a good HPDE instructor.

     

    Thanks for the input guys! :)

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    But also there is jack of all trades, master of none. There is optimal valving for different pavement and even different maneuver types, like braking, accelerating, cornering .. and dynamic adjusting allows to get that optimum for each, instead of compromising some middle ground, even if high quality one. As to which nets most .. hence why i mentioned that more input data / experience needed, to evaluate which solution will net more per buck, cheaper shocks with dynamic adjustability, or middle budget shocks of fixed damping, to make educated choice. I have no own experience with both (still driving on stock, only now considering replacing them with bilstein B6), but it would be interesting to find out more nfo for, who knows, maybe potential future choice/purchase.
    I wonder if anyone does have experience with both, or perhaps it might be a good idea to find this out at a meet. Would be fantastic to find someone with Tien + EDFC to compare with another who has KW V3 or similar.

    But obviously, the high end coilovers would be a better choice hands down. But personally the cost of them doesn't justify the improvement for me at the moment. Would rather go with turbo + performance tyres + brakes at that range.

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    17 minutes ago, Church said:

    "Save for"? Aren't Flex Zs already among cheapest bunch with relatively good quality and rich package for that price point? I wouldn't consider other coilovers at that or even lower price point, at most - struts only, like koni yellows or bilstein B6. Imho other coilover alternatives at that budget might be seriously quality compromised, and by then about only sensible the very cheapest option seems buying and retrofitting slightly used shocks from MY2017 twins on early twins. 

    I say save for, as I intend on running them with the EDFC Active Pro - thus bringing the total around 1.3k, which seems to be quite close in terms of price point to BC ER Coilovers or KW V3. Thats why I mention if there might be a better option altogether with similar sort of control system for adjustable dampening.

    As you say, on their own the Flex Z's or even Flex A may indeed be the 'best for cost'.

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