8 BRANDS OF COILOVERS ON THE SHOCK DYNO!!! WORLD FIRST TEST

I am pretty sure this is a world first Maxpeedingrods shock dyno test, Between the following:
OEM HONDA
BC RACING
BILSTEIN
CUSCO
AMR ENGINEERING
MAXPEEDINGRODS STANDARD
MAXPEEDINGRODS NEW BUDGET LINE
SHOCKWORKS
***HUGE THANKS TO CHRIS FROM SHOCKWORKS FOR GIVING UP HIS TIME & WORKSHOP TO PERFORM THE TESTING!!!!!!!!

00:00 INTRO
03:30 CHRIS EXPLAINING HOW THE TEST WORKS
11:42 BILSTEIN TEST
14:23 CUSCO TEST
17:00 SHOWA OEM HONDA
19:10 AMR
22:25 MAXPEEDINGRODS T5 YELLOW
25:03 MAXPEEDINGRODS BUDGET PROTOTYPE DIDNT GO INTO PRODUCTION
27:52 SHOCKWORKS TEST
30:50 BC RED
31:53 RESULTS AND WINNER
33:21 CHRIS'S CONCLUSION
34:41 WRAP UP OUTRO
37:21 CRASHED SHOCKWORKS STILL BETTER THAN ANYTHING ELSE
**THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT HAS LENT OUT THE COILOVERS FOR TESTING !

*A HUGE THANK YOU TO MAXPEEDING RODS FOR ALLOWING THE TEST
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Final Results
1/Shockworks
2/Cusco
3/Showa OEM 350, 000kms
4/Bilstein
5/New Maxpeedingrods
6/ BC Racing
7/Maxpeedingrods
8/AMR Engineering

[apexseeker]

I wish shock manufacturers would publish the types of graphs you showed. It would make shopping and comparisons so much easier.

[damcleandetailing]

Chris did a great job not only explaining the shock dynos and why a certain brand performed better than the other, but he stayed professional and did not bash the budget MaxpeedingRods which I think would be very easy for most people to do. That’s for this informative vid Tristan!

[aaronw]

I have been fitting shockworks products to a customers car. I have had several cars with different coilovers but have never driven with anything like the shockworks before! Ive definately learnt from this video, i was unaware that the shock is able to give body control. I thought that was purely upto the spring and swaybars.

Thanks very much for taking the time to make this video guys.

[qleap]

I'm not sure I follow how the Bilstein was rated lower than the Cusco when at 16:29 Chris said that, while both were a bit low on gas, the Cusco still didn't quite have the response that the Bilstein had.

[Busydadgarage]

The results of this test were shocking! The winner should strut their stuff! I am sure the runners up will spring back. They all will have to deal with their own bumps in the road though. This video definitely didn't dampen my spirits!

[JunglistMogwaii]

FYI, you are better using the full trace for Force vs Velocity rather than peak values as you are in the video. This shows you the hysteresis (lag is the term the operator is using) a lot more clearly and while you can see this in the Force Displacement curves shown, really you want to use both as they allow you to look at different things (hysteresis on FV, friction in FD for example). Peaks are OK if you are trying to hide a poor dampers performance from customers(as a lot of manufacturers do) but the full trace is much more informative, especially for comparisons like this. The Maxspeedingrods dampers are both plain orifice dampers, theres no shim stack operating hence the damping is increasing with a characteristic V^2 curve (i.e. as velocity increases, damping increases with a squared law). The AMR damper is definately topping out in one direction hence the force spike at the end of stroke in one direction (you can hear that even without seeing the force spike in the graph). I work for the damper dyno manufacturers in the UK and have used Dynosoft2000/MX extensively and designed many high end dampers ;).

[nobodynoone]

Time to revisit. Add KONI Yellow and the latest MaxPeeDingRods offering. I hear they "upgraded" them again. Maybe throw in some budget dual-tube style, and the latest bargain monotube.

Glad this vid shows my usual "Throw some yellow bils on it" for street cars, and "Don't you dare replace honda OEM shocks unless they are blown or bouncing" advice is sound.

[Blakek.]

I'm not a honda guy, but I am a car guy. Great info! Thanks for sharing.

[jamboyChip]

Just bought myself a 94' Civic sedan dirt cheap and I'm fn pumped to learn all about these awesome little machines! 😁

[crxdelsolsir]

Thank you guys for this test/review which is not only without any self interest but really objective, technical and really untainted results.
It seems "Made In Japan" is the best no matter the brand (Showa, Cusco, Buddy Club) or age (20 or over 30 years). I am sure KYB and Tokico would perform similarly. Safe Real value over time.
Mid range price may be a hit or miss.
Cheap is just good for stance, mild casual use and short term use.

[anthonyreyes]

id like to see more shocks tested/reviewed like this. maxpeeding rods has new shocks out now and id like to see how they look on the dyno. and with all the different coilovers out on the market these days i think this would make for a good video to make every week for a few of them if you can get your hands on more coilovers.

[ahmetay]

You have answered a massive question for a lot if civic drivers that have always wanted the best bang for buck when it came to ebay coilovers. You legend!💪💪🚗🚗

[elmaschingon]

I’m running the max speed black and red coilovers on my lowered Camry and I must say they perform pretty good for the price I can’t beat it. Had 2 blown shocks so anything helps. Thanks for the video man!!!! Keep them coming

[jinxtacy]

Thanks for producing this content and having Chris walk us through the results. I have seen some say that Bilsteins with lowered gas pressure are a really solid setup. I think they may be onto something as Bilsteins on the street can be a bit harsh and have quite a bit of feedback in comparison to a Koni yellow which does ramp up hard, but overall is more comfortable until it's not.

[TranceFur]

Soooo much valuable information and knowledge in this video! As a suspension nerd, this is just awesome.

[froilandmarqueses]

Awesome content. Definitely would stop all the arguments on the Honda forums and other ones too. Explanation is excellent from Chris and Shock Works. I have been using the old style maxspeedingrods on a budget track car EK like yourself Tristan but after seeing this I think I might have upgrade to the new style. Even if I don't win I will definitely use the discount code. P.S. Bro, you need to bust more myths.

[lacyfins]

I've seen about a dozen personal accounts, from members in a car forum I'm on, of maxspeedingrods breaking at the welds. Most commonly if there is a link bar bracket welded it breaks off. A couple said the base broke on rears where a skinny arm is welded. One person said the top cap split. Saving money isn't worth wrecking possibly dieing, get at least one step above!

[Wagamanee]

Bro the touges about to get absolutely munched by these weapon's HAHAHA, in all seriousness tho these would help big time when it comes to track and mountain passes, my fenders are carving new tread into my tyres every time I go around a corner. They're buggered

[joshuacraven]

Honda still uses Showa (Hitachi Astemo bought them), KYB, and even ZF for dampers, these days. Showa has made some really good dampers from civics to miatas, over the years. Thanks for the quality, humble content!