Last June I had installed the NSX-R suspension including the front anti-roll bar. Last weekend I drove from Charlotte to BarnMan's shop in Nashville (450 miles) to have the CT non compliant rear beam and toe links installed - then on to Eastern Ohio then back to Charlotte.
This suspension has a wonderful direct response to steering inputs and very flat handling - no roll and no dive on braking. 98% of the time it was comfortable. Because of the progressive springs it actually takes bumps well - much better than my 944 Turbo S with linear springs ( 500 # front and 450 # rear) which banged and jarred on bumps. However there are stretches of roads with little irregularities which sets the front vibrating - and my head boucing up and down. But this is only about 2% of typical interstate highway. On smooth interstate in the mountains it is pure pleasure.
The Comptech non compliant rear beam and toe links did not transmit road or tire sounds into the cabin and there was no clanging from the plastic bushings. But I immediately noticed the handling difference in fast/hard turns. Instead of the rear of the NSX shifting toward the outside of the turn then taking a "set' when the rubber bushings compressed, there was no such movement which I found disconcerting at first. It seemed the rear was steering itself through the turn. Initially it felt like the car was perhaps unsteering because I was accustomed to the body rotation pointing the nose into the turn. But I soon realized that what I was sensing was an absence of the rear end shifting on the rubber bushings and that the rear of the NSX was turning without the usual rotation. It's like the NSX is on rails.
I am looking forward to three days at VIR in two weeks and learning how to control this new animal on the track.
By the way, BarnMan (Barney Demonbreun) did an excellent job of installing the rear non compliance beam and also CT headers. I recommend him highly.
Cell phone: 615 429-1648 [email protected]
This suspension has a wonderful direct response to steering inputs and very flat handling - no roll and no dive on braking. 98% of the time it was comfortable. Because of the progressive springs it actually takes bumps well - much better than my 944 Turbo S with linear springs ( 500 # front and 450 # rear) which banged and jarred on bumps. However there are stretches of roads with little irregularities which sets the front vibrating - and my head boucing up and down. But this is only about 2% of typical interstate highway. On smooth interstate in the mountains it is pure pleasure.
The Comptech non compliant rear beam and toe links did not transmit road or tire sounds into the cabin and there was no clanging from the plastic bushings. But I immediately noticed the handling difference in fast/hard turns. Instead of the rear of the NSX shifting toward the outside of the turn then taking a "set' when the rubber bushings compressed, there was no such movement which I found disconcerting at first. It seemed the rear was steering itself through the turn. Initially it felt like the car was perhaps unsteering because I was accustomed to the body rotation pointing the nose into the turn. But I soon realized that what I was sensing was an absence of the rear end shifting on the rubber bushings and that the rear of the NSX was turning without the usual rotation. It's like the NSX is on rails.
I am looking forward to three days at VIR in two weeks and learning how to control this new animal on the track.
By the way, BarnMan (Barney Demonbreun) did an excellent job of installing the rear non compliance beam and also CT headers. I recommend him highly.
Cell phone: 615 429-1648 [email protected]
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