KW Coilover Suspension Kit

[Stanislav]

Hi Everyone, just found this and I am very excited about it. Coilover suspension kit for the Delorean made by KW suspension! It is pretty pricey, but all good coil over kits are, and KW is one of the top suspension brands in Europe. I'm sure it will make the Delorean handle amazing! When I get mine, this would definitely be a mod I would like to add. It's in german so you can use your browser to translate. What do you guys think?

Info about it: http://deloman.mwp-server.de/index.p...222&Itemid=157

To buy: http://www.deloman.de/index.php?main...roducts_id=442

P.S. One of our fellow members Deloman was most likely responsible for getting this made. His work is amazing!

[Doogie]

WOW! Really cool, but $1500 plus shipping is out of my league....:-(

[Stanislav]

WOW! Really cool, but $1500 plus shipping is out of my league....:-(

I'm just very proud of the fact that a world famous suspension maker like KW made a coilover kit for the Delorean!

[LEVY]

I'm just very proud of the fact that a world famous suspension maker like KW made a coilover kit for the Delorean!

Why so pride if you don't even own a Delorean?

To me, it is a kit that someone put together and not something specially made for delorean. KW website only show products for vehicles 1985 and up.

LEVY

[Dangermouse]

Maybe it is one for an Esprit?

[Nicholas R]

Not to be a debbie downer or anything, but why would someone want this?

First, there is nothing special at all about this suspension in the rear. The car already has a coilover setup back there. This is nothing new.

Secondly, I've been thinking about it over and over, and cannot for the life of me figure out how in the front, having the spring sit on the shock instead of the lower control arm, makes a damn bit of difference. After all, the shock is bolted to the lower control arm; the energy transfer is going to be the same. The only difference is that now, the shock bolt in the front is experiencing a far greater shearing load, as the weight of the car is sitting on it, instead of the lower control arm itself. Instead of being loaded only when the shock compresses, the bolt is now loaded at all times+impact loading.

Honestly, the only thing that this setup has going for it is the adjustable dampening... which you can already get from several different vendors. No thanks; I applaud the design effort but thats it. Honestly, I think a cooler project would have been variable spring rate springs for the car.

[LEVY]

Maybe it is one for an Esprit?

Not even!


LEVY

[LEVY]

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Not very smart to replace CV joints for Universal Joints on this application!

LEVY

[Nicholas R]

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Not very smart to replace CV joints for Universal Joints on this application!

LEVY

Agreed! I cant believe my eyes. You cannot simply swap CV joints for universal joints. Our Rzeppa CV joints are designed with a certain amount a plunge that is utilized when the the wheel moves up and down. Changing them out with CV joints means that plunge is eliminated, and you now have stressed half shafts. Some cars and suspension systems are designed with stressed half shafts, but not ours. As the rear suspension is compressed, the half shaft flanges are constantly being pushed and pulled on, and the half shaft is put in and out of tension and compression.

[dmc6960]

As the rear suspension is compressed, the half shaft flanges are constantly being pushed and pulled on, and the half shaft is put in and out of tension and compression.

It would appear that there may be something in the middle of the linkage to accommodate this, but I'm having a hard time picturing how its supposed to work.