How To Adjust Your Shocks Like a Pro and Go Faster | PART 1 - Single-Way Adjustable Dampers!
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- Опубликовано: 2 мар 2023
- In this first part of a new series we're doing on tuning the suspension on your car, we'll show you how to set up basic single-way adjustable shocks!
Check out our written version of this video if you want more detail: motoiq.com/how-to-adjust-your...
Also check out our Ultimate Guide to Suspension and Handling Series:
Part 1 - Wheels & Tires: motoiq.com/the-ultimate-guide...
Part 2 - Controlling Body Motion: motoiq.com/the-ultimate-guide...
Part 3 - Balance the Chassis: motoiq.com/the-ultimate-guide...
Part 4 - Reduce Weight Transfer: motoiq.com/the-ultimate-guide...
Part 5 - The Unforgiveable Sin - Overlowering Your Car: motoiq.com/the-ultimate-handl...
Part 6 - Adding Negative Camber: motoiq.com/the-ultimate-guide...
Part 7 - Tuning Your Toe: motoiq.com/the-ultimate-guide...
Part 8 - Understanding Your Caster, Kingpin Inclination & Scrub: motoiq.com/the-ultimate-handl...
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Don't apologize for your delivery. I guess some guys think it's dry, but sage wisdom is rarely flamboyant. Love this content and it is absolutely presented well. Most of RUclips is shouting and flashing lights, but this makes me feel like when I was an apprentice machinist. A great depth of knowledge is being handed down in a caring way that helps me grow without the decades of frustration and pain that come with learning the hard way.
This guy is way more interesting that youtubers out their talking about the color and finish of their coilovers. I agree with you Alex, its hard to find solid documentation or videos on this stuff.
i second this
+1
Delivery was on point. It’s like Jeff is talking to a younger buddy. It feels just right. Also the tempo helps to comprehend !
I third this
👏👏👏
19:30 rebound
19:48 low speed damping
20:28 mid speed damping
21:40 high speed damping
26:39 single adjustable shocks settings
26:56 more front rebound
27:56 to much front rebound
29:37 to little front rebound
31:31 more rear rebound
34:37 to much rear rebound
36:30 to little rear rebound
Thank you. So basically the video starts at 19:30...
Because leading up to this I'm about 13 minutes in and he's repeated to not lower your car too much and to get an alignment after swapping major suspension components... Lol
@@TravisFabel something tells me u dont get an alignment after lowering your car
@@TravisFabel it’s all great information that a lot of people who shouldn’t be in the car scene should learn
doing gods work 🙏🏼
Thank you 😊😎👍
Mike your delivery is direct, easy to understand, and has ALWAYS been to the point!
No high pitched RUclips intros, no rapid fire cuts and music, just simple easy education 💯
I hate those intros that are like 10 seconds long, I don’t care about that sh%t! Make it short and get to the vid!
and best of all, none of that insect music the youtube kids put on car videos.
Awesome video Mike!!
Thank you!
This should be a mandatory watch prior to joining a FB group
I feel like Mike just gave us the inner secrets of suspension. Everything he tells us feels like gold.
I have ADHD and was able to watch the entire video and learned so much. I think that whatever you teach I would learn. Thank you for your time.
I have been playing around with my BC coilovers with a 370z nismo. I had a lot of rear sag and was rubbing really bad. The back sags and about 1.75 inches with regular acceleration and felt unstable at high speeds. Added 4mm of preload and the car feels better, not 100 but I'll keep playing around with it.
The last part gave me confidence to keep adjusting and tweaking things until it's what I want.
Thanks again
Such valuable information, thank you. The biggest issue I have found when tuning anything is cognitive bias. It's good to have someone else do the adjustments so you don't really know what they did and just drive it to feel the difference. If you are expecting something then you can trick yourself into believing there is a difference. I chased my tail with that issue a lot until I learnt how to "not expect".
my feeling is that when you are learning, you do the adjustments yourself and get a feel for things. The best suspension engineers are the guys who learned setting up their own cars. These guys are better than formula SAE data nerd types. If you understand the feel and know how to reduce data, thats the best of both worlds.
@@motoiq one of many reasons engineers should be required to be a mechanic first. hands on is always the best way to learn
@@bradhaines3142 and also be able to ride with pilote (if it possible in two seater)
This guy could give me advice on ANYTHING and I’d listen for 42 minutes
Love these videos and your delivery is on point. I prefer these WAY over content that is obnoxiously loud or overdone; they usually feel disingenuous and often leave out important info.
Content like this is content I’m happy to subscribe to. The only thing I wish was different was that I was closer to your shop 😂
The timing of this couldn't be better. This was perfect. Thank you, Jeff.
Jeff!?
Lmao word like wtf
Fantastic video Mike. Should be mandatory viewing for coilover buyers! I will certainly be recommending it to many people.
All car enthusiasts and tuners should watch this video and know their suspension better. Thanks for this video
This was excellent. I always found that starting out at full soft (and most often staying closer to it) on the shocks was the way to go both in terms of ride quality and actual performance. Almost everybody around would think they need to have the car excessively low and insanely high springrates with the shocks set all the way to "hardest" to get the best performance, and all it would lead to is they had trouble with even regular everyday driving at regular speeds cuz they can't even get over speedbumps without going over em with their cars near parallel to them. They also had trouble hopping on to ramps to the freeway without screwing up the flow of traffic and at the end of the day, when they wanted to go racing, their rides would drive absolutely horribly and it was so obvious that they were doing it wrong that I had no idea how everybody didn't just wake up and notice these common sense issues.
MORE. OF. THIS. Thank you for taking the time out to bless us with this info.
The most comprehensive suspension lesson on YT
I love this suspension set up talk and I wouldn't mind at all if this became a series that got in depth and technical. With Mike's knowledge and presentation it would be excellent.
Always great info and knowledge in these videos. 👌🏼
Always appreciate your wisdom and patience to explain everything in detail Mike!
You are an automotive gem brother!
Fantastic video, Mike!
I agree, there were not previously any decent shock adjustment videos out there. Lookin forward to the rest of the series!
My favorite thing to listen to is you talking about shock and suspension geometry.
Banger video Mike!
As always, well thought out and presented reference material!
What an amazing content! Thank you!
I’m looking forward to this series!
Absolutely excellent content, as always. Thanks for your time.
How is he sharing this much knowledge for free. Wow!!!!!!
Im glad you made this series as I'm used to people just bottoming out their coilovers and calling it a day
This is an awesome video, great delivery on pure detail. Thank you so much for making it!
I love your videos. So much knowledge delivered. I'm looking forward to installing my D2's next week.
Thank you for this comprehensive video Mike. 😊
Absolute goldmine ! 👍🏻👍🏻
Your knowledge is always appreciated, your little tricks for self tuning were fantastic! Thank you for your efforts in helping the community 🙏
Well explained! Really appreciate a solid delivery and explanation. Thank you.
Awesome that you guys share this stuff. I wish this kind of knowledge was around when I was in my 20s :)
Wasn't choppy at all, you speak timely and clear. Thanks for the info
This is great, I've watched it twice. Thank you for this and many other vids. I learned about WPC from you, and now I continue to learn. Can't wait for what you got next
Great video 🙏🏽 thank you for your time and knowledge
Fantastic video! Thank you for spending time on common, lowly, single-adjustable coil-overs. I very much appreciate the "too much / not enough" guidelines and the front-back distribution. Thanks! 👍
This video is amazing.
You are amazing Mike. Thanks for such valuable information
Love your vids man! Knowledge isn’t supposed to be free, so thank you!
This is definitely the best shock tuning video that I've personally seen on youtube, thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. I'm excited for more content like this 👍
Love the information in this video...thank you. I learned a couple new things. I have been out of the "game" for awhile so videos like this are absolutely awesome refreshers and new knowledge.
Thank you.
Amazing info, I needed a good refresher on this all and this was it. AAA job
Thanks for this video Mike!! Keep it up!! Love how informative this is, almost feels like a cheat code
Great video and info, Mike!
What a privilege! Thanks for sharing this vast amound of knowledge in such an accessible way!
thank you so much for taking the time to explain all these.!!! Please do more suspension vid if possible!
Thank you! I have been looking and asking for something like this for 3 years now!
Amazing video and information, pure gold to get this information from a real expert. Looking forward to the rest of the series and hopefully one on spring rates
Great video!
The knowledge you posses is impressive to say the least. thank you for educating us!
These videos are amazing. Thank you.
Just pure knowledge, thank you for this video
Thanks Mike...great stuff
This is one of best video I've seen on explaining how to dial in rebound adjustments!
you are a blessing to the community .... thank you for sharing your extensive knowledge. your presentation is easy to follow, and clear. Time to clean up my coil overs for autox
Thanks
sitting here all happy i knew about the ziptie trick
thanks for the awesome series Mike. what a treat for newer folks to get a fast track into high performance tuning.
What a wealth of knowledge.
Thank you, Professor Mike!!!
Don't stop making these Mike. theyre awesome.
The most informative channel on RUclips. Never miss an episode 🤙
I could listen to you for hours man the knowledge you spill is priceless❤
Years ago I met Lee Grimes who at the time worked for Koni. I asked him how to adjust my single adjustable dampers and he told me to go to a parking lot, drive over some speed bumps at a slow-ish speed and adjust the dampers until the car bounced once, then settled...then don't touch them. I followed his advice and the car rode and handled very well, was very balanced and not jarring on the street at all. I even had other people drive the car on track and was told "don't touch it". That made me feel good.
Lee knows his stuff.
Amazing wealth of knowledge!
Exactly what I need now. Thanks!
This delivery was dope 🙌
Fantastic delivery mate!
I was looking for a video like the six months ago. Thank you so much. This is gonna make my car so much better for the season.
Seriously great video as per the usual from you and motoiq. I really dig the delivery, you’re honest and willing to help. Hella more then I can say for the normal RUclips channel, most of the time they just wanna hear themselves talk and never get to solving anything.
great delivery, thankyou for sharing
Mike, you're a legend. ❤
Great video. I really appreciate the guidence you provided. You've made the enigma of what happens when you adjust dampening a LOT more clear. Thank you.
I wasn’t even searching for this but I love learning and relearning about car tech. There’s always something to learn so I really appreciate this long form video. Especially from someone so knowledgeable. Thank you!
👑 YOU’RE A LEGEND MR.KOJIMA! Thanks for taking the time going in depth in coil-overs! 👑
What a legend! I learned a lot even in just the 1st 5 mins .. will keep an eye on future vids! ✌🏾
Best explanation out there, you should be proud of your work.
Wow. Thank you!!!
Clearing up some of that butt puckering is definitely key. Thanks for another banger upload!
Brilliant guide! can't wait for video on double adjustable shocks.
Coming soon!
Best explanation of what the different stuff do.. exactly what I was looking for.
This video is absolutely INCREDIBLE
God I love you guys for maing this information more accessable. Thank you. Everyone involved inproducing these videos, thank you so much.
this is such good stuff, especially since i will be doing a coil-over install later this year in my Z4 and possibly on some of my other cars too
I have been waiting for a video like this since I bought my feal 441 suspension 3 years ago thanks for the info you are a god
Your day has been blessed by the master
That was crazy informative!
Mike, I so much appreciate this, as well as your other interesting and informative videos and articles. Being a retired physicist and a gearhead, I really love the detailed explanations on the topics you so articulately explain. Keep up the good work!
Great video! Thanks for sharing
More, please - this was great... In fact its probably the only video that accurately addresses the "how to" as well as the "why."
As I watch this, I've jumping into suspension rebuilds of an old Porsche, Z32, and VW... Definitely took notes.
Thanks.
Well Done.
Anything and everything Mike says, I will trust 1000%
MotoIQ always doing good in the hood!!
I love this guy. Strait to the point. So modest. I dig into engine building. But any advice from this goat is well received!.
I have watched this so many times and my car is feeling way better 2 weekends in a row now still dialing it in
Master class. Thank you!
Excellent advice and info! Thank you.
Excellent, great video
Thank you for your knowledge sharing! Very very helpful, I haven’t found better explanation! ❤
You are really helping us, amateurs. But the more of us in the field, the better for every one, every participant, enthusiast, shop, mechanic, events organizers and even brands. It’s a compound interest 😊
And also, you have no idea where in the world you are watched :D
I love this!
This guy is one of my favorite "presenters".
To the point, great attitude, and an incredible amount of knowledge, what more could you want on these topics?!
Hey Mike your examples and insights into the symptoms of a poor setup are so helpful - more than anything I've seen on the subject. Most videos that try to cover the topic focus too much on the theoretical - not what it translates to. Thanks for helping me identify and better understand the logic in suspension tuning!