New Fortune Auto Sponsored Time Attack car!
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Exactly what I was thinking. No offense to Terry but I haven't really heard too much from people on track about these coilovers. Now that they have made it clear and put it out there that a car will be tracking with them, I'll def. keep my eyes peeled about them.
Like I said, no offense. It's just I know Koni/GC setup is hard to be for the money and for the amount of money that either suspension goes for, I like to know 100% that it is what I want and that it'll hold up.
So this is a really good way to showcase the product. Plus they got cool ass t-shirts.
Like I said, no offense. It's just I know Koni/GC setup is hard to be for the money and for the amount of money that either suspension goes for, I like to know 100% that it is what I want and that it'll hold up.
So this is a really good way to showcase the product. Plus they got cool ass t-shirts.
As far as off the shelf GC/Koni setups. Unless you have a custom valved Koni these things will blow the off the shelf units out of the water. It is not even in the same league as far as damping goes. I have had Koni/GC and its nice stuff but not as good.
First off we have a lot of rebound adjustability...25 clicks to be exact. This helps with transitional roll (limits how fast the roll angle is achieved)
Also since we run a larger piston then most we can run higher spring rates with out negatively affecting the initial compression/rebound. This is not true with most setup because generally when they are over sprung the car tends to feel bumpy over the smaller imperfections in the road and it will absorb the larger imperfections better than the smaller ones. That is not the case with our coilovers and that lends itself to work great on rough tracks or even just bad streets if you use it for street driving.
I'm currently running a very expensive set of TruChoice/Koni coilovers for my SER and I'm very close to going to Fortune's. I trust them to make me happy on track and give me additional adjustability over what I'm currently running that may help me dial in my car a little better.
Being that I've already tracked Jen's Hello Kitty Evo I'm very confident in their product and I've tracked a LOT of different combinations on many...many different platforms. Once their car was properly setup and had adequate tires, I had the confidence to go fast and confidence is everything on track when learning how to drive...and the key to fast lap times.
It's good stuff.
Being that I've already tracked Jen's Hello Kitty Evo I'm very confident in their product and I've tracked a LOT of different combinations on many...many different platforms. Once their car was properly setup and had adequate tires, I had the confidence to go fast and confidence is everything on track when learning how to drive...and the key to fast lap times.
It's good stuff.
Yes he gets free parts and other perks
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Re: New Fortune Auto Sponsored Time Attack car!
On a less ranting note, I'm really happy to see that you've got damper dyno graphs available for all the products Terry; that makes me really happy and I've never really seen many other companies actually do that. Most other companies either haven't done that, are too embarrassed to do it, or won't share because their design is proprietary (and then you have to use your own dyno).
Now, if I could just afford them I'd be set.
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LOL I am sorry
Yeah I am ignorant when it comes to carbon fiber as you can tell
They told me it was "dry" carbon so I relayed the info.
So dry carbon is just some jdm bullshit thing?
And thanks!
Yeah I am ignorant when it comes to carbon fiber as you can tell
They told me it was "dry" carbon so I relayed the info.
So dry carbon is just some jdm bullshit thing?
And thanks!
I wish I could remove the words "dry carbon" from people's vocab and from everyone's marketing departments. Those words don't exist outside of the automotive aftermarket, they're made up and meaningless. That isn't a criticism of you, just a criticism of marketing that makes words like that become common in certain areas.
On a less ranting note, I'm really happy to see that you've got damper dyno graphs available for all the products Terry; that makes me really happy and I've never really seen many other companies actually do that. Most other companies either haven't done that, are too embarrassed to do it, or won't share because their design is proprietary (and then you have to use your own dyno).
Now, if I could just afford them I'd be set.
On a less ranting note, I'm really happy to see that you've got damper dyno graphs available for all the products Terry; that makes me really happy and I've never really seen many other companies actually do that. Most other companies either haven't done that, are too embarrassed to do it, or won't share because their design is proprietary (and then you have to use your own dyno).
Now, if I could just afford them I'd be set.
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yes sir. met him at summit point. smart dude. good driver. sick car.
He's very likable for sure...which i guess makes him also very marketable
and word. i was wondering how that worked because his car is just siiick. I can't remember but was he already running ya'lls coilovers or is he going to do so now?
extra perks?!?! MAN HUGGLES?!?!
He's very likable for sure...which i guess makes him also very marketable
and word. i was wondering how that worked because his car is just siiick. I can't remember but was he already running ya'lls coilovers or is he going to do so now?
extra perks?!?! MAN HUGGLES?!?!
