Look at how trick the rear suspension is! The remote reservoir comes oh so close to the upper control arm but it clears just barely throughout the entire travel range.
You can see the details of the Wisefab suspension and the Mangus Motorsports subframe in this shot. Look how clean the underneath of the car is. This RS is filled with clean and thoughtful mods throughout the whole car.
The car has a nice functional stance. Next, the owner is going to stick some larger wheels and tires that match the capabilities of the suspension.
We adjusted the suspension for the owner whose main use is spirited mountain road driving. Starting with KW’s recommended track setting as a baseline point, we felt that this was too harsh for OEM DOT tires and driving on LA’s rutted pavement. We first reduced high-speed compression to lessen the harsh jar of broken pavement impacts. We ended up going about 4 clicks less high-speed compression all around. We then took out two clicks of low-speed compression to make the bump response even more supple. Finally, we added two clicks of rebound all around to tighten the car up slightly and to make up for the platform control we lost by reducing the compression. The result was a nice firm and controlled ride that was smoother than stock in some ways. When this car gets its lower profile and wider tires, we will have to do some additional changes to match the characteristics of the new tires but 3-way adjustment gives a lot of flexibility in the user’s ability to fine-tune the suspension.
For the discerning suspension enthusiasts, the KW 3-Way Clubsport is one of the best options for a car that gets a lot of year-round highway and track usage bar none.
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Hmmm are these still twin tubes? I’ve seen first hand KW Clubsport twin tube struts fail in <10k miles of road driving. The most common is the shaft guides wear and you end up with a pretty shocking wobble. Beyond that you can even pop the piston out on roads that well tuned OEM suspension can take daily without issue.
Also those front top mounts from underneath look really spindly (look at the picture at the bottom of page 5). Quite a few of these crack and fail on strut cars.
Every single case that we have seen was caused by air impact guns being used to install or remove the shocks. We have seen the shaft wobble on race cars after a season when they were being removed for rebuilding but a lot of shocks will show this sort of wear after a season of racing. In either case, these shocks have a generous warranty. As for the camber plate being spindly, it looks no weaker than any other camber plate I have ever seen. In fact, since a lot of adjustment is on the bottom, the slot can be smaller actually making the camber plate stronger than many.
I can confirm from a customer that even my “free” dxf I send out for an offset flat plate made in 1/4″ 6061 takes a hit hard enough to buckle the A-pillar to even bend the top hat.
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The stance looks great, and not low at all. What is your recommended ride height for the platform?
Unless geometry correcting parts are used, no more than 1.5″
so are these basically the same as V3’s with camber plates / top hats and having separate low and high speed compression adjustment? are there technology differences? or just valved differently with the same tech inside the damper?
Cause at 6k you’re in full race damper territory… I’d wanna know I’m buying more than just a tricked out V3 at double the price… If I’m spending 6k on suspension I want something like an MCS or JRZ or Penske… Monotube dampers. How does the Clubsport 3way compare to those? specifically in terms of damper tech, I know the Clubsport has better street use features like all the stuff being sealed and the corrosion protections.
The compression valves are pretty different, they use turret orifices like Moton for totally linear high-speed compression damping. The low speed uses a washer stack but with a spring-loaded floating needle to blow off to the high-speed circuit with gives pretty good high frequency, low amplitude response, I really like how these shocks work, the adjustments are more linear than KW Motorsports shocks and heck most others. The only shock as good in this respect is Moton.
ok so they really are more special than just V3’s with a couple more features. Thanks for the info!