previously no, and my setup is actually soft while the tire being stiff. it doesn't push the tires to the road enough especially during road imperfections.

during the video, camber was at -2.6-2.7 lol.
inner is definitely more utilized as it's showing 50celcius as opposed to the outer tire 40 celcius (using infrared thermometer gun)

yeap that is definitely the plan, and playing around with toe settings, as well as tire air pressure, be it hot/cold

at the moment i'm having front -1.8/-2.0 ish camber and 1mm toe in each side, not a huge difference on steering feel, stability seems improved.

i dont think i'd mind less twitch/agile steering capabilities so long the car is stable, and then we can slowly take it from there once i reached stability.

my iswara is the older full spec auto, so it had very close to 1 ton (the original paper sheet kerb weight was over 900kg ady iinm), not to mention subwoofer and sound proofing and lotsa stupid snake worm bars.

regardless, it still isn't a 1280+driver 1360 kg inspira no doubt.
and the more speed it carries, the more momentum additional weight will affect.

well that's what RCS is been telling me for my dampers, overall it's the combination of the tires and dampers. if i want to run these tires, i need harder dampers to push the tires to the ground more to deal with road imperfections.

to give an idea, softer tires (particularly sidewall) can deform to road imperfections (lets use a rock as an example), and stay firm on the ground. harder tires like these ad08r has steel plate reinforcement on the sidewall to make it very damn stiff, road imperfections will cause it to "bounce/hop" off from the road and when that happens, that's good bye to grip/traction already, even if it's only for a split second.

not to mention, if it isn't pushed to the ground hard enough, there will be a point where the weight shift/damper rebound will exceed the softer dampers limitations, while you may not realize it as you're having a false sense of grip due to the much grippier r spec compounds the ad08r offers.
it'll be a dangerous situation where you're still having firm grip and then out of a sudden your car is sliding non stop.

you'll probably never see such situation happen in my videos as i have stability control system to limit the car's power/correct any traction lost via braking modulation. However the screeches despite "not so fast" cornering speed (definitely something the ad08r by right should EASILY handle) should be a dead giveaway.

tldr/summary/lesson learned: soft or hard dampers, coilovers with extremely stiff springs, extreme tires (like the ad08r) or semi slicks, you'll need a good overall combination to make things work and not simply dumping the best/most expensive piece and expect miracles to happen.

4k front 3k rear, RCS don't rely on springs a lot for their stiffness

they did recommended for revalving however they made it clear comfort will be thrown out the window, so it's something i do not wish to compromise as a daily ride.

As mentioned, if the experts (RCS) themselves said it's the dampers being unsuitable, i don't think it's worth the effort to dispute them.

besides between inspira/iswara are both different ball game entirely.

in fact in regards to wet performance, my iswara had absolutely no issue going above 160 (with damn awesome splash waves lol) passing through mrr2's stagnated water puddles under very heavy rain (around fajar/kepong area towards the metropolitan park)

the inspira was struggling for grip/traction after hitting water puddles around 140-150kph, although surprisingly, ASC did not trigger unlike those shitty cc5 that can even trigger on 60kph in a straight

it could very well be the car's weight, or the wider profile tires (225vs195, 17" vs 15"), who knows. but the difference is there.

my current damper have no knobs to tune

i got my shocks from RCS, feel free to contact them for your suggestions lol:
http://www.rcs-suspensions.com/Contacts.html
https://www.facebook.com/RCS.suspensions
afaik they on silkolene anyways

also, im not sure why you're surprised on the alignment/camber spending, because i only spent like less than rm40 for alignment/camber adjustments.
i don't go sunway or something and spend rm100-150 (or more) per adjustment lol.

as much as you can demand, they do charge for re-tunes/re-valving as they aren't titan lol (tune by feel, not by calculations/extensive testing)

per revalve/retune iinm is ~800-1k++
compared to say, rm40 for alignment.
the choice was pretty obvious lol

not to mention, if i revalve the dampers to suit my ad08r, comfort will be gone, and that's not something i'm readily willing to compromise for a daily driven car.

but hey like you said, arcade centers are actually more expensive than alignment/camber trips and it gives a lot less satisfaction too. reminds me i still haven't finish my wangan midnight 4 story mode lol

and yeah, sunway horsepower street is filled with customers willing to splurge, no surprise they charge a premium for pretty much anything, everything.

it's definitely not something i'll look at for the time being, main reason is still money and im really hurting on that of late.

RCS have warned me if i were to revalve, comfort will be sacrificed. and even the current setup it's no doubt less comfortable than the original stock (inspira stock dampers/spring are REALLY soft and comfy) but that's a small price to pay for a lot of performance gains.
again, just not willing to pay more (whether in money or comfort) just to squeeze a little bit more to further utilize my tires.

and despite being stiffer, the spring rates would probably still remain (4k front 3k rear) as RCS mentioned that there isn't much point to go for stiffer spring rates for my car unless i am converting it into a track only car. so you're *probably* misunderstood on the harder/stiffer that RCS has spoken to me.

It's not that it's the end of the world as the main issues are still on road deformities which is almost non existent on a proper race track like Sepang.

also there are car washes that cost rm2-3k+, and yes it's in Malaysia, no joke.
it isn't in sunway though

totally agree on the above especially on bolded

quick update/bump on this thread:

Yokohama AD08R had exceeded all my expectations and definitely did not disappoint despite the surprised i've had with RCS suspensions and the warnings i've been given.

Although they had not heat up to the 80 Celsius temperatures that RCS said required for the AD08R to perform at its full potential, i managed around 78-79 Celsius and it definitely amusing witnessing rocks being glued tight to the tire surface; As i tried to pull them off, there were black strings of rubber still clinging to the tire, similar to how you would see when pulling off slices of hot pizza where the cheese develop strings still attaching to the main piece.

Overall, I'm glad i did not cave in to the naysayers in telling me to sell my tires.
It may not have been very suitable for the streets with my suspension setup, however on the track, it was a totally different beast altogether.
Suspensions, tires, are more than adequate of what my 116 whp car can push.
All in all i managed 3:05 on my first ever Sepang with my Inspira, and 3:04 on the second day.

another sifu/bro phobian with the same AD08R managed an improvement to 2:39 from 2:41, a good 2 seconds!
originally targeted 2:38, however 2:39 is still a VERY respectable timing for an Evo X

Great tires, reasonable pricing, and great service from nestum
thanks for the wonderful Sepang experience

Yokohama lansi la dun wan sponsor

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This post has been edited by Quazacolt: Dec 22 2014, 05:33 PM