[Supras] [SOGI-TECH] Tokico struts

[Brian Walker]

That's a good point Jim, but you know I really haven't noticed Tems
switched back/forth to firm during a run. I agree it'd be a bad idea in
the middle of a chicane for the suspension to suddenly change but I
haven't noticed any negative effects (other than soft rebound like Geoff
mentioned  and the linear rates) I feel my car is pretty predictable now
and the folks that drove it last week were amazed at how predictable it
was. Like I mentioned before, it may be that the design for a taller
spring is keeping the strut in a more compressed range and I'm not
'seeing' the setting change as much.

I was told that Vettes have had active diff. and traction controls for
quite some time but they can't process quick enough for auto-x use so
the people that use them do so on a track instead. I wonder if Tems
isn't reacting fast enough, so I'm not really noticing the change?

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Jobe [mailto:jjobe2 at supratech.org] 
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 11:12 PM
To: Jeff Mohler
Cc: Lew Shaw; supras list; Brian Walker; sogi-tech at supracentral.com; Ed
Di Cristofaro
Subject: Re: [Supras] [SOGI-TECH] Tokico struts


And the problem with TEMS is that it's REACTIVE.  Nothing like changing
handling DURING a turn.

On Fri, Aug 18, 2006 at 09:18:49AM -0700, Jeff Mohler wrote:
> Thats the primary problem with tokiko, they adjust compression ONLY
> with TEMS, not rebound.
> 
> So it 'feels' good but performance wise, it's adjusting the wrong
thing totally.