TCB Coilover?

[gabkwong]

What do you think about this TCB coliover?

[Radio-Active]

This is what I think about it.

But really, for close to the same price, you could go to the local guy, Track Dog Racing and buy the Tiens.

[SirHustlerEsq]

there's no data on them and he won't say what valves are in them.

[Nails]

Teins are heavier. They're not all aluminum. Ohlins are.

[Nails]

I was mistaken. Fortune's are not all aluminum. Thought that was awful cheap. Got info from their website.

Coilover Specs

• Dyno tested***
• Stainless steel body / piston
• 40-way adjustable dampers
• Pillowball mounts
• Forged aluminum locking collars
• Dust boots on all pistons
• 50mm piston (beyond the industry standard of 44-47mm)
• Anodized aluminum camber plates** on front upper-mounts
• Fully anodized body
• 1 year Manufacturer's Warranty
• Height adjustment independent of preload
• ISO 9002 certification
  

***Every Fortune Auto coilover is extensively dyno tested and matched with in specifications to insure a consistent and uniform set of coilovers. This rigorous testing has earned us our ISO certification.
Furthermore we incorporate features only found on our coilovers such as Seamless stainless steel monotubes, Forged lower mounts & proprietary nitrogen gas chambers

All Fortune Auto coilovers are rebuildable at our USA facility. Click for details

**Adjustable camber plates included on MOST vehicle front applications with Macpherson Strut suspension systems.

[gabkwong]

But really, for close to the same price, you could go to the local guy, Track Dog Racing and buy the Tiens.

But ... the group buy is only 2/3rd of the $$$ of Tein Flex from TDR. It is TCB cheap! This is brand new and from a new company. I guess it is a gamble to buy this. I think R-Speed should do a money back garantee to sell this thing.

[goofygrin]

http://stance-usa.com is who I use (the "MSRP" is to be ignored). Contact [email protected] for info on the good stuff. They are cheaper than ASTs but more expensive than Megans. They have a good name in the drift world and are trying to move into road racing and autocross. They have worked with me to develop new bits and pieces to make my setup better (different springs, perches, etc.).

The problems I have with what you've posted are:
- 40 way adjustable is just a marketing gimmick. You want adjustments to mean something.
- are they 1 way? 2 way? 3 way adjustable? It looks like they are 1 way, but they've described them as 2 way in the thread.

[Davidss]

Konis and springs would be better...

[Robert]

Konis and springs would be better...

+1

I don't know any thing about these but I don't like to have comp and rebound tied together. (one knob for rebound and comp) It's pretty comon on some of the cheap adj. shocks that the adjusters don't do any thing other times they are all over the map (turn them stiffer but they get softer).

The Konis single only adj the rebound which is best for a single.

I don't know if this applies to these but there are a lot of chinese crap shocks on the market.

[Robert]

Some info on shocks

http://farnorthracing.com/autocross_secrets6.html

and some info on shock setup

http://www.smithees-racetech.com.au/...hocktune1.html