K-Sport Coilovers Installed!! W/pics..

[daedalus]

Sorry they are crappy pics. I havent seen it personally but i hear the drop is pretty wicked. Still need the front endlinks. AWR is getting a call tommorow.

Lets put it this way... The car looks stock height in the front in the pics. DID I MENTION THERE IS NO MOTOR IN THE CAR?! (cool)

Stock suspension w/o engine.
http://www.transonicracinginnovations.com/misc/protege1.JPG

K-Sport w/o engine
http://www.transonicracinginnovations.com/misc/mazdaspeed/7.JPG

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[Mr. Win]

awesome... still yet to here a decent ride review so hurry up and get your shit together.

[daedalus]

i'm sorry i'm sorry i'm sorry.... THere isnt even a hill around that we could push it down.

[Protege2K]

Where can you buy those at and for what price?

[daedalus]

got mine from apexr1.com for 784.00 shipped. Pretty good deal. Get them while you can. After apex sells out (which should be soon), you would have to get a D2 coilover which cost 1600.00 msrp.

[mspeed101]

Damn good price.

[daedalus]

just an FYI to adjust the shock on the rears you are going to have to pull the rear deck cover, and for camber adjustment, the coil overs will need to be removed.

i dont think any previous post mentioned this fact.

[ricenudles]

Oh, Apexr1 sold out of them. yeah, sucks. I called them last week and they sold the last set two days before i called!!!

[daedalus]

that was me. my bad dude. actually, to be honest, i'm not that sorry!

[ricenudles]

haha its all good. I just wanted to switch over from tein SS coilovers to Ksports b/c of the camber plates n pillow ball upper mounts. oh well!

[UnNaturalinc]

Car looks good... I've seen those coilovers here and there, they seem nice.

Got anymore pics of that white FD I see? :)

[SniperPR5]

I wanted the K-Sports sooo bad but yep apexr1 sold out, but he gave me a good price on the D2s so i am gonna get them Friday

[daedalus]

Car looks good... I've seen those coilovers here and there, they seem nice.

Got anymore pics of that white FD I see? :)


As requested.
http://www.transonicracinginnovations.com/gallery/albums/shop/IMG_0620.sized.jpg

http://www.transonicracinginnovations.com/misc/seven/13b1.JPG

Fully "built" rotory engine from cali... total shortblock cost.. 7k!!!

[daedalus]

awesome... still yet to here a decent ride review so hurry up and get your shit together.


Just a small thing. Bradon who is installed the kit is fairly big, and ugly man. At least 230.

He opened the door of the car and tried jumping up and down on the door sill. He said the car didnt move. AT ALL.

I'm guessing its pretty stiff. Which to be honest, I wasnt really wanting to do.

[Focus]

Just a small thing. Bradon who is installed the kit is fairly big, and ugly man. At least 230.

He opened the door of the car and tried jumping up and down on the door sill. He said the car didnt move. AT ALL.

I'm guessing its pretty stiff. Which to be honest, I wasnt really wanting to do.

Sat in the trunk on mine, and no, it does not move.

[txrxs]

Just a small thing. Bradon who is installed the kit is fairly big, and ugly man. At least 230.

He opened the door of the car and tried jumping up and down on the door sill. He said the car didnt move. AT ALL.

I'm guessing its pretty stiff. Which to be honest, I wasnt really wanting to do.

Well if you arent happy with them and they are to stiff, let me be the first in line to take them off your hands if you decide to sell them.

[KyRaceFan]

As requested.

Fully "built" rotory engine from cali... total shortblock cost.. 7k!!!

What kind of porting and apex seals on that motor? :D

[daedalus]

I dont know... but i garuntee ya that no matter what, those apex seals are gonna go just as quickly...

cool part is the thing is gonna sound like one hell of a pissed off weed whacker.

[SniperPR5]

Hey I am ordering the D2's later today i should have them in a week or two, depending on how long it takes apexr1 to get them. I will post pics of mine so we can compare them and see if they are truly identical. I know mine will be purple :( I like the orange on the K-Sports way better.

[daedalus]

Hey I am ordering the D2's later today i should have them in a week or two, depending on how long it takes apexr1 to get them. I will post pics of mine so we can compare them and see if they are truly identical. I know mine will be purple :( I like the orange on the K-Sports way better.


Sweeet! Keep us up to date!

I went and saw the car today for the first time. OMG. The thing is slammed, and that is on the stock height they were set at out of the box. The rear tire is just tucked up under, and the front, well the front is lower now without an engine than it was stock with an engine. The thing is absolutly dumped.

She looks like shes gonna be pretty stiff, because brandon diminstrated the fat man hop on the car, and yea... she doesnt move too much. Anyhow.

One thing I do need is, does anyone know of some good camber settings for fronts and rears so that we can set everything up right and not have to mess with it. Ideally for autoX, but I want stock tire wear charactersitics. If you know of any let me know I would really appreciate it.

[Focus]

Additional negative camber will increase front end cornering grip, but it will also increase tire wear at the inside of the tread, decrease straight-line grip when braking or accelerating, and decrease straight-line tracking ability. The stock camber spec for a BJ Protegé is 0.5°- 1.0° negative. 1.5°-2.0° of negative camber will provide good handling without extreme tire wear. Hardcore autocrossers and track racers may require 2.5°-4.0° of negative camber for maximum front end grip, but this much camber will generally cause excessive tire wear and front-end wander on the street.

[daedalus]

Additional negative camber will increase front end cornering grip, but it will also increase tire wear at the inside of the tread, decrease straight-line grip when braking or accelerating, and decrease straight-line tracking ability. The stock camber spec for a BJ Protegé is 0.5°- 1.0° negative. 1.5°-2.0° of negative camber will provide good handling without extreme tire wear. Hardcore autocrossers and track racers may require 2.5°-4.0° of negative camber for maximum front end grip, but this much camber will generally cause excessive tire wear and front-end wander on the street.

So howbout a little comprimise of 1.5° negative camber front and rear? Should be okay? Thanks again for your responses.

[daedalus]

GOt some more pictures, better quality, etc. to give everyone a little better idea of the drop possibilities, etc. Some other random shots of the car are thrown in there too...

http://www.msprotege.com/members/daedalus/ksport/pic001.JPG
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[thekid]

So howbout a little comprimise of 1.5° negative camber front and rear? Should be okay? Thanks again for your responses.

That's within the camber specs for an MSP anyway... I don't know the number, but there is a TSB for the MSP allignment specs and I think up to -1.58deg is allowed in the front. So your tireware should be ok.

Since you have built in camber plates, I find a lot of autoXer's with these will adjust there alignment to -3 or -4 degrees for the event and then put it back after the event... just a thought...

I'm still trying to decide what suspension setup to use for this coming season at AutoX since last year in DS running only R compounds, I was propositioning MSP's in the next class up who had done JIC's and GC Coil Overs. When a stock MSP is beating well equiped MSP's it doesn't make it easy to decide what to do! (scratch)