How to Properly Set Up Coil-overs
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- Опубликовано: 11 июл 2024
- We don't often get technical with our videos, but I've spent so much time setting up my suspension for the last few years that I felt like you all might appreciate an in depth look at setting up suspension.
These are the coilovers that I got for my civic:
fortune-auto.com/coilovers/dr...
If you're looking to learn more about some of these topics, check out these resources:
Setting bumpstops -
honeddevelopments.com/bumpsto...
Roll Center correction -
honeddevelopments.com/suspens...
Bumpsteer -
honeddevelopments.com/honda-c...
Motion Ratios -
deltavee.net/2013/10/wheel-ra...
Setting up control arms -
professionalawesome.com/the-d...
Corner Balancing -
• What Is Corner Balanci...
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00:00 - Intro
01:07 - Coilover Options
03:12 - Compression and Rebound
05:00 - Installing the Coilovers
05:49 - Setting Ride height
07:20 - Setting Bumpstops
10:36 - Compression/Droop Ratio
12:06 - Corner Balance
12:50 - Alignment
12:58 - Conclusion 
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Momma I made it 🙌🏾 in all seriousness, I’m happy you’re on our suspension finally and the results speak for themselves!
Damn devin ahaha um 😳
@@zoetice433 huh ? 😅
our boy!
He's been on Fortune for years?
@@N3RV001 nope, he was on Ktuned prior. Tall Ben has been on our suspension for a while
Good work on explaining the complexities of proper suspension setup. I’d say 80% of slammed car owners don’t understand this and another 10% of owners don’t do this.
If anyone understands it, it is going to be the slammed vehicles lol. Considering they have to account for chassis swap to not buckle or crush a body panel.
Finally a channel that shows the correct way to set up coilovers 👏
Thanks for being that car channel that best describes my interests within the car community. You guys are phenomenal. It’s been a trip, I’ve been watching since the escort and the progress speaks for itself…
Good job going through this all! Definitely one of the clearest videos for teaching how to setup 2 piece coilovers with goodninfor to take to one piece coilovers. Will be sharing as a demonstration of how to setup suspension.
I absolutely love it when you guys do the work on your vehicles yourself! Loved the video!
This channel has come a long way from working on your turbo escort. Great to see the progress.
Keep these type of track technical video coming 👍 ❤️
This couldn’t have came at at better time! I just literally installed 2 way adjustable Coilovers on my c5 vette & I was wondering how to properly setup them up. Awesome job explaining everything.
One of the very few youtube channels that goes over the correct way to setup coilovers! Great video as always!
Fortune auto is great, and Devin is a huge help for dialing in my setup!
I love this civic. Excited to see where it goes once you decide to go higher class again!
Great resources. Huge fan of what you guys do. Much love!
Finally someone made this video. So many people dont know and dont really show how to set it up out of the box.
Think I need to watch this again because it’s so good and redo my simple 1 way coilovers. Amazing video
great explanation on everything! broke it down nicely! really enjoyed this one
Great episode! Been waiting for this one for a while.
Can’t wait to see the changes with the new suspension
Thank you for this. Interesting. Hope this gets a follow-up on the track with some explanation about what you notice and how you adjust.
Without a doubt, this is the best coilover setup video in the history of RUclips. I'll see you in Club TR next year! 🍺
Love the information, thank you for the time and effort
Finally a proper guide for coilover install!
Thanks for the content guys,,,love from kenya 🇰🇪
Excited when mine arrives
These videos make my saturday mornings
really wish you guys would do a in -depth series on this technical stuff that no one on yt talks about. you know,, in your usual way and not in front of a chalk board. it would be very educational; for those whom dont have the connections for this type of reliable info locally.
Awesome video...... for sure i have to see it more times as i custom fit some coils to my car
Thanks Ben
Hey thanks for all the valuable information!
Nice seeing the science behind suspension travel. If done right, double wishbone’s ability to toe out is going to create some magic.
Your project civic car is getting faster as well as becoming prettier than ever before!
Great info and great video 👍
A nice glaze over it but still informative to those who don't know. Can't wait to see the ZX2 get a set
I learned something today sweet!
This will be helpful when I go to get my new dedicated track setup
MY FA500s show up this wed! I'm really excited.
Great information.
It was very very very interesting !
Bro love your car. Bought a shirt the other day. Trying to set my car up for road racing.
👏👏👏👏👏 HAVE A BEAUTIFUL WEEKEND EVERYONE
Guess who just joined a Motorsport Engineering course. This is great help.
Great info!
droop is joy!
Great explanation, thanks Ben. Makes me wonder how much better can suspension tech get? Interesting stuff for sure.
Maybe not much better with current materials and design mindset but new technologies and materials science could radically change how cars and suspension works.
A LOT better with race dampers, and then even more with mode decoupling
new cars coming out like iphones no one's got time to do proper r&d
I can never focus on your topic when you're working on the Civic because I'm too busy admiring that Civic. That generation Civic hatchback has such a timeless design in my opinion.
Finally! Suspension made by an actual suspension company.
Proper video. Few points to add; Tbf it doesn’t make whole lot of sense to first set the spring perch heights(rideheight) b4 setting the full compr setting since you’re gonna adjust it anyway, this way, you can save some time by installing coilover directly, without a spring.
And every tire is different from another, for example 195/50/15 ar-1 vs 195/50/15 R888, there is a 7/8mm height difference in the tire. (Even some width) This means that the tire will hit the chassis in full compression..
And the bumpstop will compress more than what you’re able to do with the cars weight & lifting the wishbone & coilover to check bumpstop travel. For example at foxhole in nurburgring, there can easily be 2G’s. It’s a good measure to factor in a 5mm extra space between tire & chassis if you really dont want to rub in ANY situation.
this video was good
*Virginia in the house!*
What's sitting in your lap while you're in the driver's seat, showing the corner balance on the scale display? Ballast of some sort? I initially thought it might be your helmet/race suit, but it looks like it's attached to the steering wheel, so I'm not sure what I'm looking at! Great video, as always. Love that you're giving us this level of technical detail, it's great to see how much thought goes into making a fast car that tenth faster.
Now you know. And knowing is half the battle!
God damn. My man is running the dreadnought. Tell me your suspension is more expensive then your car without telling me.
So, where do you set the compression and rebound knobs on the shocks at? Set it in the middle as a starting point?
nice that you show the alignment for 8 seconds
I think the most important part is the camber and toe adjustment, I saw you doing it but not explained, off corse that can be dial in the track with a infrared thermometer.
Damn so I already missed you in Jersey
I have bc racing with 32 damper setting , should I put super hard or on 16 17 click for track day ?
Hey, so out of curiosity how/what did you use to mount the canister? Just got my coils and was wondering if you had any tips :)
Yay my morning poop held out 😂 best shit to wake up to.
hey Ben, are you running Helper springs or Tender/Assist Springs?
Hi what kind of spring rates are you running with the roll center correction?
Are you guys coming to gridlife in Colorado?
Nee clarification. When setting the ride height for 50% compression and 50% droop do you adjust the spring perch or the shock perch?
do these suspension setup tips apply to all cars in general or are specific cars different?
Serious question here!
Ik there are tons of factors when it comes to spring rates but looking for a good rule of thumb for a fwd track car. Do you want neutral spring rates or a stiff bias to front/rear? For context my car is front heavy 60-40,lowered, big rear sway bar, cambered -2,-1.5 with .01 toe out front and rear. Any help is appreciated as theres so much personal biased info but i want facts.
At 9:30 , are you also changing the preload of the spring?
How would you adjust bump stop height on independent suspension?
Do you feel the K-swap FRS\BRZ will end up taking over this class? Seems all that chassis needed was a better engine.
At 5:00......really like the LoFi background music.
Now that's some great sponsored content
Following this series to help build my teams Passat endurance race car. Please help
Why do you want to lower the shock body and utilise the bumpstop (have the bumpstop compressed) inlieu spring compression? Most coilovers are height adjustable at the lower collar and using the strut lower cup. I just wanted to know why the need to utilise the bumpstop and not the springs to prevent bottoming out?
good to see you gave up on those ktuned coilovers. check corner balance when turning into a corner dependant on caster
Uhhh....Professor Ben, starting at 4:21....willl this material be on the next test?!?
When is the k swap glow up coming for the escort?
so when would you swap spring rates?
Hilarious question, but what lug nuts are you running?
What are your spring rates for rear?
How do you know by “feeling” I don’t get that lol. Like if I’ve never felt it before how do I know if it is correct or not
Take a shot every time he says “a little bit” lol
Бены! Вы крутые!
2:00 travel before bind is also a pretty relevant detail when selecting coilover springs (though not much difference between the Hypercos and Swifts here). Also, do the springs actually test out at their stated rate?
Swift springs are load tested :) i dunno about the other.
Stick em in a shock dyno
I want the most comfortable ride coilovers I can get for my daily driven ‘91 Civic hatch. As for ride height, I’m not looking to be slammed, again this is a daily driver so a little lower than stock is preferred. Currently my Civic has Tein progressive lowering springs with Bilstein struts. All other suspension components are Hardrace with hardened rubber bushings. So which coilovers and brands do you guys suggest for the most in comfort?
tein z and soften the springs and dampers and you're good
Entry level kW suspension show do
@@neonovember7023 are KW comfortable though?
6:53 Hi tall Ben...working on next week's video are we?
Let's Time Attack CiviC!!!!!!!!
Here we go again. Little Ben doing a commercial and wrapping it as ‘content’.
million dollar question, don you regret going full race car? was it more fun while it was simple? curious moreso than anything. great video as always
I mean considering he just tracks the car and never uses it on the road I expect him to not regret it at all. Especially considering its a FWD car. FWD cars really do completely transform when given full racecar spec. Also keep in mind that going full racecar allows him to get creative considering the class he is in, and obviously this is great for the YT channel. I don't know what his personal views are but I think he's done the right thing going full track tool on this one. And obviously the Honda platform is more than ideal for that
don't mind my English.. not native
@@miguelaguilera6601 I get that, and your english is good! I just wonder, is the fun of hopping into a car and ripping up the canyons missed. I'm sure track days are massive fun, but a massive headache too. The finacial aspect must be daunting as well
@@iansharpe8420 I sure miss the canyon days. Honestly I want them to finish the Mr2 Toyota engine swap build and the K swap S2000 build and do some canyon runs... I think once they are done with both of those cars which I would say it'll take them 10 months.. they should do a nice road trip. Something like east to west or north to south or diagonally crossing the country
When they’re free of course you’ll choose the Dreadnaughts. 😂😂😂
Number 1 item you need for this job, hydraulic lifts HAHAHA cant imagine the pain doing this without powertools and lifts
Actually not hard at with a floor and some jack stands.
You know what I take that back you right. Lol. This man taking it all off again and putting them back together
I like fortune auto coils but I also like bc
Yeeeee
explain the dialing in process :) That's gonna be interesting
I can't get over how handsome the fortune auto representative is at the beginning of the video. Like I'm not even gay, bro just has really great teeth.
It’s funny because isn’t fortune one of the coilover companies that say to adjust ride height with the lower collar and cup and not with preload? I do agree making sure your tire and arms don’t hit sure makes a lot of sense but I think fortune is one of the companies who say don’t adjust preload for ride height.
Watching Gears and Gasoline is like watching weekly Saturday morning cartoons
Is MIA still road legal btw
lowkey had to see if Cameron Hills brz was totalled or not before i clicked on this one 😳
You skipped checking the corner balance after attaching the swaybars. That's what adjustable swaybar endlinks are for. A lot of aftermarket bars aren't perfectly symmetrical and will "wedge" the car a little with equal length swaybar endlinks. Obviously this is a manufacturing tolerance thing so it's possible the bars are perfect, just not likely.
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Is this just one giant ad for Fortune Auto?