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Hi guys I thought I should post and get some demand on things that RC-F owners will be looking for to customize their vehicle experience. We have our list of identified products that we are working on the final stages of release but wanted to add to fuel to the fire. We will focus on performance and weight reduction.
Current plans are:
- Coilover conversion for the rear with adjustable lower control arms similar to what we have done on our 25hr sponsored 3IS race car. (Weight reduction/performance)
- Carbon ceramic brake upgrade using factory Brembo calipers.(weight reduction)
- Exhaust and header offerings via PPE. (Performance increase)
- Silicone intake from HPS.(Performance increase)
- Poly bushing replacements for the suspension.(Handling improvement)
- Verification of our differential mount bushings. (Performance)


Feel free to add to this thread and you think of things or mention things we might have overlooked. We are a small staff so anything to help our focus will just mean getting the products you want first. We have not slated an cosmetic items for the car just yet but we can certainly work on something if there is enough demand.

Mike

4TehNguyen

iTrader: (1)

wonder if the RCF needs the harder front LCA bushing like the ISF does

juvi22003

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Seems like you got it all figured out

FIGS

iTrader: (11)

absolutely, and these should already be a bolt on.

ArCeeF

I would ditch the coilover thing since this car have different suspension level so I wouldn't mess with it

Things I really hope to see are
Two piece light weight brake rotors for front and rear (unsprung rotation weight) very important!
carbon fiber drive shaft (unsprung rotation weight) very important!
Lighter weight brake calipers using one piece forged alloy.

that's all I have in my mind now. but the first two wish list are very important to me.

FIGS

iTrader: (11)

The driver for this is 2 fold.
-Weight reduction as a function of eliminating the pocketed spring and allowing a reduced winding and tighter coupling to the damper by moving it outboard. This will also allow us to damp more effectively and alter spring rates for different performance setups. As soon as power is added to the platform and wider tires the suspension demands will be higher. Despite the factory setup being a much better starting point than in the past, they are still constrained by cost and the selection of a several modes modes of damping. We would favor a higher performance dual flow mono-tube damper that will achieve similar results but provide faster response. One issue I have always taken with adaptive damping is that is uses the past/present to predict the future. Its good for an offset but ideally you want to be in the most responsive position to meet what road conditions are ahead regardless of where you have been. We will be studying the response and performance of the system and address things accordingly.
-Adjustment, the lower control arm with a pocketed spring will restrict adjustment to just the upper links, we would always like to add flexibility in addition to rigidity to the location in the suspension controlling weight transfer and contact patch. The RC-F does use a cast aluminum arm so the weight will be pretty good against strength, but there is always room for improvement at the margin and weight reduction on this car is going to be a sum of small parts.

We may find that this is unnecessary, but we will certainly be doing for the RC and 3IS platforms, so an adaptation to the F is at least on the road map for evaluation.

darbs242

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Bolt in race seat bracket/race seat kit would be weight reduction and cool. For this or the ISF. Being 6, 2" my head touches with a helmet on and I would like a lower seat option.

FIGS

iTrader: (11)

Yeah you got that right. I am 5'11" and my helmet has to be tilted as well. We can do it if demand is there.

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Also after driving the car this past week I am certain we can make improvements to the suspension.

Ryanmcd

how about a ECU flash to gain Hp and up the redline

darbs242

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^^^ please don't even start the ecu battle

FIGS

iTrader: (11)

ha, yeah, don't wanna go there.