Monthly Archives: October 2011

Progressive-ness in the House!

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Hey everyone!  Back again with another bit of info regarding our S.Tech and High Tech lowering springs.

Both spring lines are manufactured with progressive springs rates which would differ from OE springs found on vehicles or any standard springs found on most coilover kits. 

 Progressive springs usually have two different spring rates – one softer, easily compressible rate and one stiffer or main spring rate.

The softer portion of the spring is actually not felt at all as it is designed with the idea to place a light load on the shock absorber when fully extended. Once load is placed on  the spring , the softer portion of the spring fully compresses  leaving the main spring rate to support the load. Silencer Rubbers are used in these locations to help in reduce  any sounds of coil binding that can be produced during normal operation. 

 

A common misconception about progressive springs is that they will change in rate during operation, gradually becoming stiffer as the springs compresses. Again, the main purpose of the progression is to allow some preload to the shock absorber assembly when fully extended (so that the spring isn’t loose in its mount).

I hope this was able to clairify any questions those may have had regarding TEIN S.Tech or High Tech lowering springs.

Formula D Rd. 7 at House of Drift

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This past weekend turned out to be one of the biggest and best turnouts for the Formula D series for 2011. As with past Formula D events, the Irwindale, CA event is a special one- It’s the last event for the year! So most spectators expect teams and drivers to go all out, because they know that for the driver, going home with the win is a big deal.

This year’s finale for Formula D was a sold out event. Again, there are normally some high expectations for this round. And, anyone who was following the series points knows how tight a race for season championship it really was. Drivers such as Justin “JTP” Pawlak, Daijiro Yoshihara, Chris Forsberg, and Darren “D-Mac” McNamara looked to be all in contention for the championship. Talk about keeping competition tight!

But this year, the event win goes to Tyler McQuarrie in the Falken 350z. A big congratulations to him, as well as to the crew at Autosport Dynamics (ASD) who prep and maintain his car. These guys are truly a hardworking team!

Photo courtesy of Formula D

Also, another big congratulations goes out to Daijiro Yoshihara for his season championship! Everyone who’s followed Formula D since its infancy knows that “Dai” has been there from the beginning. After putting in over 8 years into this, I’m sure the title of “champion” makes it all worthwhile. Our hats off to him and the Falken/Discount Tire S13 team!

Photo courtesy of Formula D

Let’s all look forward to an even better season for 2012!

ONLINE STOCK PAGE

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Our online Stock page has been recently updated.

Now you can search for the part number and get a Live Update of stocking quantity for both warehouses.

This should eliminate constant Stock Check phone calls (not that we do not like talking with you 🙂 ) we just hope that in reducing the number of stock check calls, we can better assist our customers with technical support questions.

The Stock Page updates automatically every time you hit refresh on your Web Browser. This page is linked with our Company’s Stock System and will update every time a part number has been sold or received in for stock.

Hope this will help every dealer and customer in finding stock for a particular kit they might be looking for as well as weekend workers looking to check stock.