Damper dyno testing - interesting video

[clarkj93]

Came across this: https://youtu.be/smNWdkv2i7U

Interesting watch, surprised how bad the BC which was wasn't that old at all came back as.... its the v1 so replaced now by the BR so would hope for some improvements now but not sure if it's going to be night and day.

Old bilstein came back good despite being 20 years old.

It's making me think that maybe b14/b16 for my "on a budget" track build is the better option than bc racing dr (digressive valving coilover)..

Thoughts/opinions/other cool sources to share?

[Krikkit]

Interesting! The BCs appear to have gone for a different damping philosophy, although perhaps worth checking out the non-linear ones on a dyno.

The Bilstein one is very impressize, looks like a B8 to my eye, but very rapid ramp-up.

[stevieturbo]

The testing is very interesting....but no real mention of how the various traits would actually behave on the vehicle.

I'm sure whilst say the Bilstein has very repeatable and consistent graphs...would it be identical on the road then as their own Shockworks which had similar graph behaviour ?
If so, what is the point of the aftermarket ?

Would be nice to have some more detail, but first time ever seeing a comparison or test like it