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Compression travel is super important. That’s all the curb eating ability and stability the car would have through corners specially with bumps which we have plenty of here. Cars going to look funny but it should handle well. Curb eating ability is important and it was lacking on the previous...

Learned lastnight the car don’t have no fucking compression travel. Thought I fucked up but no. With correct bump height settings this is what it is. Talked to fortune auto and they’re like, do you wanna be a cool guy or have a proper suspension with actual travel? I’m gonna have to raise...

No unfortunately I haven’t gone through this yet but based on the internet these cars like to sit a little higher. Apparently the rear has some crazy toe charge under compression but more height back there seems to help apparently. I’m going to raise the car all around a little then I think...

Finished the rear of the car today. Wasn’t too bad. I think I need to raise the car all around a little. At least a few turns of the collars lol. It was way too high at first now I think it’s too low. Gonna put a little more rake in it as well. Took it for a quick drive around the block with...

100% This! You got it. This is what I’m hoping for. More throttle commitment, more consistency, more curb eating abilities. Not having to lift in certain spots. There are definitely a few spots at a few different tracks where I could feel i was limited. Either eating the bump stop which just...

Spent some hours in the garage lastnight doing the proper coilover setup. No more “set 5mm of preload and good to go”. Unfortunately that’s not really correct. I was quoted $1400 for this job which motivated me to DIY it. I now fully understand the quote. This is hour intensive. 2.5 hours in...

I was most impressed. I tried them once back when the car was stock. Got a good deal on their pads for the oem caliper. From that point onward I knew they were the best pad I’ve ever used but I went around and tried all the “trendy” stuff. Now back to cobalt as nothing else I tried was even...

Went through a set last season already. Not sure on the whole carbon ceramic thing but they make the same noise as any other "track race" pad. They are all loud as hell once you get away from the street stuff. Rotor wear was also amazing. 9 events on a set of pads and the rotors were already...

While my eye is still healing(fucked it up bad putting the civic back together) and I’m fighting the -20c weather this week… Nice little sponsorship package arrived from cobalt brakes. These guys have done a lot for me already. Seems like a great company to work with. I didn’t expect the...

All done. Car is back together(mostly). Seems it was the throw out bearing. Picking it up and it sounded like a maraca. Can hear the metal rattling around. New bear was nice and tight. 0 rattle under the same tests. Made sense when I clutched in the noise was gone. Next up we are getting...

Spent 2 hours or so today prepping the car to drop the subframe and transmission tomorrow. I believe the throw out bearing which I reused once or twice now is making a hell of a noise. Pushing the clutch pedal stops it. Typical symptom I’ve seen before for bad throw out bearing so here is...

Looks like I have a brake pad sponsor coming onboard for 2026. This is great news. Consumables suck! https://cobaltbrakes.com/ These guys are a smaller company. Maybe that’s why they are so good to deal with. Waiting on the final details of the deal but yea. 2 sets of pads per season means I...

I’ve talked to him before back in my speed days. He did a block for me which is still in use somewhere. He’s far is my only problem. We’re talking almost 2 hours one way

His son has replied to my email. Mentioned he is in the process of gaining access to the shop and the books. It’s too bad…I told him his father wasn’t really a “books” guy. We operated on handshakes and cash. Here is hoping I get my stuff back. As for my hunt for a new shop….nobody...

He will be missed for sure. He was a good guy and we talked a lot. He loved what I was doing and he was a big fan as well as a supporter and a sponsor. It sucks. It sucks bad. I hope I can get my stuff back as it’s too much to eat the loss on all of it. RIP Harold. I wish we could’ve at least...

In other news...of course with the good news of my suspension yesterday i also received some bad news last night. I was informed my machinist has passed away. We spoke last February 4th and he said he was feeling good. He passed on the 6th. I just found out last night. This is upsetting. He...

apparently they do have speed 3 coilovers. the 500 series which is street oriented. Theres some facebook shop that has been pushing them for a few years now. Grave yard performance i think it is. The support from these guys has been top notch. Its really impressive. I love that i called them...

So one dude made a good point on the k20 forums. He was saying the helper spring is better ontop so it doesn’t have to carry the weight of the main spring. This makes sense. When I checked Google, it seems people run it either way. When I asked fortune they said it don’t matter. It’s...

Well gaahh dang! This stuff is nice. I feel like a fraud. This is too much for me I can clearly see the lengthened shock body’s with the additional stroke. I will be able to properly set droop now which will change a few things. Being that the car is on factory suspension right now I actually...

The aluminum rear dampers were definitely a nice surprise. We didn’t talk about that one. I called them already today. Felt like a fool. Asked them if the orientation on the new bump stops mattered and also had to ask which are my fronts and which are my rears since they look the same lol...