d-spec cable adapters KW owners
 

members with the KW variant 3's and the tokico d-spec adjustment cables. what adapter/coupler did you use?
I saw that polak (so i did search!) successfully done this, but he didn't provide a part number of the adapter he used in his post. I tried to contact him with no luck!

anyone?
looks like ill just buy them and work something out.

I have asked the question several times and the only answer I got was this https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-parts-sale-wanted-44/racing-beat-springs-set-tokico-d-spec-shocks-205832/

I have a guy that might be able to make some for me over the next month. If I come up with something I will let you know.

FYI, I track my car but I also drive it on the street. I adjust the compression and rebound in the front every track day and only the compression in the rear. For the rear rebound I set it at the recommended setting plus a half turn firmer.

Out of all the adjustments you can make on the car, the rear rebound is probably the least important. It can effect how fast you get weight transfer to the front under braking, but thats about it. You could probably set it fairly aggressive and it would have alomost no streetable change.

yea that post seems like a bit of a hack job. i know polak got couplers/adapters, but i dont know what part it was. i tried PM him and emailing too i even contacted his old company to no luck. im just going to go ahead and buy them and if worse comes to worse ill do the hack job with a couple Allen keys.

i think mine is too soft as when i was tracking, my rear end was way too loose on high speed hard braking.

Making a coupler or adaptor would not too easy, the allen key hack job seems like the best option.

Stiffening up the rear rebound could help. Also if you have not corner balanced the car you might have too much weight on the front. It is very common for people to adjust the ride height based on fender gap but the rear always has less so it is best to adjust based on hard points to the ground. Quote from eric Meyer "The proper way to measure a car is to get underneath it (w driver) and measure hard points to the ground. 4.5 front and 5 rear is a great place to play (hint, hint)"

I am not exactly sure what hard points he is refering to but you get the idea.

ill see what i can come up with. ill let you know if i succeed in making a decent adapter.

Going to get a corner weight balance as soon as my sways arrive. going to centerline suspension they are the gurus around here. I agree could be a combination of both cases.

BHR has the ones for D-Spec. You want the adjuster for the rear, the fronts not so much. $33 bucks a pair, It's a lot of work not to use these

http://blackhaloracing.com/products-page/suspension/

rotor i have kw variants the d spec cables need an adapter i believe. hence my post and the above convo between me and highway.

D-spec makes it's own adjuster cables. I've never heard of cables for other shocks, though I'm sure they exist. I doubt they are interchangable.

The D-spec ones are great when they work, but are prone to breaking, and beecause you use them in the first palce because the shocks are quite inaccessible, be sure to be VERY careful during both isntallation AND tuning them.

I guess $33 isnt an expensive venture regardless of their quality, plus parts like this are a bitch to source locally. charles the paypal request you sent to me is for the correct products will PM you now to confirm.
My email is still playing up (cant send from that account at all) stupid f*****g hotmail.