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Originally Posted by TampaF87
Curious if anyone knows factory rates. I'm looking to run a spring with factory dampers, and prefer a linear setup and want a rate that's more aggressive than off the shelf H&R's or Eibachs. When looking for Swift's, I only came across M3/M4 specifics and their rates, which seem rather high, and I'm concerned about the valving on factory dampers at that rate.
My concern is twofold:
A ~15% in spring rate is negligible to me. I need something more than that.
A quality damper with proper valving for spring rate in my experience (including on an M2) in off the shelf coilover form is too expensive. Rode on a set of KW V3's and it was bouncy as hell. If I'm going to spend Ohlins or AST money, I better be tracking it everyday (which I'm not).
So I'm looking to try out a spring for factory dampers (they look beefy as hell, I'm just not sure of what rate they are valved for), and work on from there. If I need to upgrade damper afterward I will. If anyone can help, I would greatly appreciate it.
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Why not go with Dinan’s setup?
Springs are linear, slightly stiffer than stock, reuse factory dampers, and can adjust ride height and corner balance.
There’s a lot less roll & pitch, it remove the bounciness from the factory progressive setup, while being more comfortable over small/medium bumps, and a little harsher over big bumps.