Press Release: Darkside Engineering Sponsorship
We are proud to announce that Darkside Engineering has signed on as a Trip Supporter for the Evo X and the 2010 One Lap of America event! After contacting Logan about purchasing a street and track worthy coilover suspension without breaking the bank, it turns out he was selling the shop car’s low mileage setup and we arrived at a deal that could not be beat.
These are the BC Racing ER series Coilovers with external reservoirs and separate compression and rebound damping adjustments. They were in really good shape thanks to the excellent corrosion protection these units have. The list of features these coilovers possess are usually found on setups costing hundreds of dollars more making them an excellent competitor in the suspension market. I knew I didn’t want a full stiff track only suspension but the new 10k/10k spring rate combos should prove to work well and they can be ordered with 2k higher or lower spring rates without needing a revalve. You can also get the shocks revalved for whatever spring rates you choose but this will delay the order by about 3 weeks. I decided to get an extra set of 12k rear springs just in case we wanted to stiffen up the rear end a bit further without resorting to a full stifff rear sway bar and will report back my findings.
Plans are for Sean and I to get these installed and corner weighted within the next 2 weeks and get them dialed in with a conservative drop of about 1″ below stock ride height. We are trying to target about -2* to -2.5* front camber and -1.5* in the rear while keeping the toe as zeroed as possible to avoid excessive inside tire wear that toe out settings tend to impose. I’ve found that the Active Yaw Control of the Evo X already makes the car have excellent turn-in behaviour and there is no desire on my part to make the car twitchy and hard to control at the limits.
I’ve located a nearby site that will allow us to mark off a 100′ diameter skidpad so that we can see what kind of lateral G’s we can get along with the planned Yokohama ADVAN Neova AD08 or Bridgestone Potenza RE-11 tires mounted up. Now we just need some of this Winter weather to move out and make way for Spring!
I’ll be doing a full review of these BC Racing ER series Coilovers once Sean and I get some seat time under our belts, but in the mean time if you have any questions about the available options I would highly recommend talking to Logan at Darkside Engineering and see how he can transform the handling of your Evo X to an even higher level!
Be sure to check out their website at: http://darksideengineering.com/
