MeisterR

I just want to give an advance notice that we have now secured a deal with Enkei International as their official UK distributor. We are in the middle of reviewing the 2016 prices. Expect price to drop across the board from the current RRP. We will also offer discount to forum members. As always, £0 down 0% interests free financing is also available. So if you want some nice shoe for 2016, might want to start thinking about RPF1 or PF01. Jerrick

Just to post up the latest update on this. Lucio have finish 1st place at Race 10 also. As you notice, there is only 3 competitors this round because they are the main challenger to the championship. With this 1st place finish, Lucio will lead into Race 11 and Race 12 on December 5th/6th at the Royal Purple Raceway in Baytown, Houston. However, it will be very tight as there is less then single place worth of points between the 3 competitors. So who ever do the best in the next two rounds will take home the championship trophy as no one has a big lead at all. We will report back with some news, hopefully it will be gold but there are no guarantee in racing. Jerrick

Well, here is the finale: 90HP MX-5 + MeisterR Zeta-R Coilovers + Kumho V70A (185 R14) Base Lap time: 9:21 Final Lap time: 8:39 That is right, the coilovers and tyres knock a WHOPPING 42 seconds off the lap time! This 8:39 lap time tie the 90HP RingBanana MX-5 with a standard 240hp Honda S2000 driven by Horst von Saurma according to the Nurburgring lap time record… Enjoy the video. Jerrick

I guess that will depends on how you look at it, but lap time is something that isn't linear, so you can't calculate it base on percentage. Just as doubling horsepower do not half the lap time, I think you have to look at it from a relative point of view to see what other car can relate to similar lap time. Especially when you are on 10 years old road tyres because your actual limit on how much grip the car can generate are solely based on the tyres it is touching the ground with. Jerrick

Just an update on this as we just had Race 9. I am happy to report that Lucio have taken 1st place in Class. There is 12 race in the season, so we will see how the end of the year go. The last race will be on December 6th. We hope for a podium finish in the championship, will see how it goes. Jerrick

10 years old, sorry about that. Not the best when it comes to writing things up… just excited about the result. Jerrick

The latest episode from the Ring Banana is out… and talk about shocking (Pun intended). We all know that tyres has one of the biggest influence on the performance of a car, as they are the only thing that touches the ground. The Ring Banana set the base lap time of 9:21 around the Nurburg Ring, then knock 22 seconds off to 8:59 by changing out the 10 years old tyres to a set of semi-slick tyres. The goal of getting a sub 9 minutes lap around the Nurburg Ring with the 90 hp Mazda Miata / MX-5 was shattered on the first try. In an interests to find out how much difference will just the MeisterR coilovers make, they install the coilovers, do the alignment, and put the 10 years old road tyres back on for another go. We expected maybe a 10 seconds improvement, but nothing prepare us for the 27 seconds improvement that the coilovers provided! That is a 8.54 lap around the Green Hell with a set of 10 years old road tyres!!! Shocking performance from the new shocks! Full in car lap video can be found here: Jerrick

The damper settings are there if you want to push them more on track as some owners have done. They would be different to other brand with higher spring rates but you wont be disappointed as they cover quite a wide range of needs with the adjustment. Edwin

Hi, We specified and designed them with UK roads in mind so they are not spin shattering but compliant. Good for fast road and occasional track days. You can read some feedback of some members who have them on on testimonial thread http://www.350z-uk.com/topic/71285-meisterr-pictures-and-testimonial-for-new-website/ Edwin

Not the cheapest wheel, but awesome quality with a pedigree. Not to mention it looks awesome on the Z33. Jerrick

Hi, RPF1 18inch silver ET15 and assuming PCD 5x114.3, 9.5J = £346 each, 10.5J = £367. Total £1426 discount makes it £1283.40. Edwin

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Offer still available to all forum members. Most coilovers in stock. Edwin

That is looking good, how are you finding the MeisterR coilovers? Jerrick

Same as the 370Z kit, so £674 delivered after the 10% discount. Jerrick

Just another idea, we can do a complete coilover kit with adjustable damper for the 370Z at £674 delivered (after 10% forum discount). This will allow you to dial in the damper stiffness so you can find a ride quality you after. And chances are it won't be much more expensive than a set of springs air ship over form the USA, but you get much more. Just a thought. Jerrick

A bump to this thread, we are working on a new website​ (again) so any new testimonial are welcome. Jerrick

We have Zeta-R for the E82 BMW 1-series in stock. It was a fun exercise, it was great meeting and chatting to the other driver also. There was a convoy of track car to a local Mexican restaurant after the race, it was all great fun. Jerrick

MeisterR Zeta-R, standard springs rate of 10/8. We purposely use the entry level mass produced coilovers in this test, because custom build coilovers like the GT1 will almost be unfair against the Bilstein. After all, it was a comparison of an off the shelve product vs. an off the shelf product. Jerrick

Sorry for the delay, been a hectic week for Lucio and I... and I only want to post things once I have everything in place. The result are in, and it was very close racing! Lucio finish the day 3rd in the SCCA STR class the fastest time of 53.244, only 0.012 second behind 2nd place! The first 3 place in the class was separated by less than 0.2 seconds... Lucio time also made him the fastest S2000 of the day, with a 13th overall in raw time. Pretty respectable considering he is only 6.5 seconds behind the 1st place, and that was a fully prep Racing Go-Kart. Another interesting thing was we had 2 driver that day using the same car. Lucio was number 14 who finish 3rd, and Landon who was number 114 and finished 4th. It was interesting to see as both driver have different preference, so both found the best suspension setting that suit their driving style. They also tired out each other suspension setting to give a comparison but it was Lucio who was just a little faster in the end. The next car down is almost 2 seconds behind, so the front runner are fast compare to the rest of the group. Objective Result As Auto Solo track layout changes at every event, it is difficult to compare raw track time. The best way to compare is to use average time between driver who attended both event, so that is what we will do. In SCCA, each time you hit a cone you add 2 seconds penalty to your total time. Lucio time in round 7 was 55.297 after a 4 second penalty, so his raw track time was 51.297 which would of place him in 3rd place in the STR class. We will use the raw time for comparison. Round 7 (raw time 51.297) STR class average: 53.76 (beat average by 2.46 seconds). Total average: 56.65 (beat average by 5.35 seconds). Round 8 (raw time 53.244) STR class average: 55.90 (beat average by 2.65 seconds). Total average: 58.93 (beat average by 5.68 seconds). Difference between round 7 and round 8 STR class average: 0.19 seconds improvement Total Average: 0.33 seconds improvement So all in all, an improvement but wasn’t catastrophic. The biggest difference was getting 3 clean runs in round 8 vs no clean run in round 7. The clean run make a huge difference to the final result. Lucio was ranked 13th overall in round 8, but ranked 65th overall in round 7 just to show the difference. Subjective Feedback Getting feedback from Lucio after the end of the day, here is what he have to say: The car was tested on the street and the 90% of the set up was clean, the remaining 10% set up are based on driver preference. It was cool to see how Landon and I were able to select different set up to suit our driving preference on the same car, and really show how much difference a few clicks on the damper made to the overall dynamic. My driving is pretty aggressive and I was able to maintain the car ON the track with just one penalty on the first run Vs the previous race where I was not able to obtain a clean run in the all day. Adjusting the suspension to a softer setting for the 45 minute drive home was also impressive. I was not used to have a comfortable feeling in this car and at one point I visually checked the tire's pressure to see if everything was fine. The best proof was my 16 years old daughter in the passenger seat who does not have a lot of experience in sport car felt comfortable enough to take a nap during the driving home. Overall, it has been a big improvement and I am please with the result. Conclusion So that is it, an improvement but not a huge amount as expected. Auto-Solo only give about 60 seconds worth of track time and speed aren’t fast, so a lot of importance are place on the tyres and how much traction it can generate. The S2000 never made it out of second gear on the day, and this type of tight track favour the lighter MX5 / Miata. To be able to keep up with cars that is 500lbs lighter is quite an impressive achievement given the fact that there aren’t enough “straight†to allow the S2000 to use it’s upper power band. I hope this was an interesting read, and we certainly enjoy the experience working with the driver. 3rd place finish aren’t back, but we will hope to see 1st place in the future. Jerrick

Yep, lets hope so. I am off to the track now, will report back. Weather is looking good so lets hope for some good lap time. Jerrick

The GT1 are £1650, and normally a little more once you need something custom but I can always help out depending on what it is. The thing is that you got to build the suspension for the right purposes, so while you can pull something off the shelf you can do a better job if you tailor made the suspension for a specific car for a specific purposes. But let me know what you are after and we can make something bespoke that will work for your need. Just to say I got the date wrong, the auto solo event is actually tomorrow. So i should have some result once everything are updated with SCCA. One thing I do want to mention is that DO NOT TAKE THE RESULT TOO SERIOUSLY… It is meant to be a light hearted fun exercise, I am not out to prove MeisterR or Bilstein. There are still a lot of variable, and it is still subjective one way or the other. Some feel that I was out with an agenda, and really that wasn't the case. I would of wait until the result are in before I post anything if it was to ensure MeisterR is better. I post this up before the event, and will post the result whatever it is MeisterR being faster or slower makes no difference to me. That is it, I will report back once result are in. Jerrick

We can do that with the GT1 spec. And can be a little more involving than just corner weight, because we would need to worry about everything else such as motion ratio, tyre compound, usage, etc. But yes… we can build something specific for your car and for your need if you want that done. Jerrick

The MeisterR Top mount is on centre just as the OEM top mount, so the position should be the same. The Bilstein is under 1 year old as far as I know, as Lucio only started competing in the S2000 this year and mods was done for the competition. These are off the shelf spec vs. off the shelf spec, as provided by Bilstein / MeisterR. From what S2000 owners tell me, the Bilstein springs rate is a bit softer. Bilstein: 6.16kg/mm front, 5kg/mm rear MeisterR: 10kg/mm front, 8kg/mm rear So the MeisterR is a bit stiffer on the springs rate, but then at the same time both kit is being used for the same purposes: A daily driven road car with occasional competition use. We didn't change anything because as soon as you throw in a "custom" element into the mix, then all kind of variable are raise. If the MeisterR isn't any less comfortable than the Bilstein in road use, then it is still achieving the main objective of being a good daily driven road cars. Jerrick

To be honest I cannot say what the outcome will be, we will find out tomorrow. It may be faster, it may be slower… but I want this to be a meaningful exercise. Lucio do have video of the last round, and we will have video of the round coming also. As Auto Solo layout change during each event, the only meaningful way to compare is to take his fastest time vs the average fastest time of all other competitors, that way it won't seems "rigged". I will check alignment specs with Lucio because I know he is using the same spec. But I am not sure if he is aligning the car with a fishing string as he is old school. Jerrick