PistolPete

We got to meet the man himself, Mike Levitas!

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Tom helping to swap the unit into the GT4

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[/url] by Peter Moy, on Flickr

[/url] by Peter Moy, on Flickr

PistolPete

And a few photos of some of the other cars in our Dragon road trip group so far:

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[/url] by Peter Moy, on Flickr

[/url] by Peter Moy, on Flickr

[/url] by Peter Moy, on Flickr

[/url]by Peter Moy, on Flickr

PistolPete

By the end of next week we should have about 2000 miles of back to back testing on highways and twisties in all types of weather conditions. We've already tested the monsoon weather today!

Stay tuned for impressions.

chewy08753

We will have a full write up at the end of our trip but I'm super impressed so far ����

Perimeter

Since you're just changing shock valving on the fly, then this only seems to affect shock rebound

Tom@TPC Racing

DSC adds compression to the front dampers to significantly reduce front dive during medium to hard braking. DSC also adds compression to the outside shocks during a turn to reduce body roll. DSC users can attest to this.

supercup

Looking forward to your write up and impressions after a week of back to back testing!

mrd_spy

+1 post up some info asap

PistolPete

I took a test drive jumping between my stock GT4 and the DSC equipped one. At sane road speeds and conditions, the difference in feel is hard to accurately describe but here goes:

Comfort: The car seems to glide over rough road conditions. You still "feel" any bumps and concrete road seams, but the initial hit is not as harsh as my stock car. You still know what is happening on the road, but it's not bashing you over the head.

Performance: Quick left right transitions on curvy roads the DSC car feels more planted and feels like it's not leaning as much. This may encourage you to push harder but I was not about to do so in a car that was not my own!

We put a LOT of miles on this trip (I had 2200 miles round trip) and drove the cars HARD. The owner of the DSC car has been swamped with work since returning from our trip and will post his impressions as soon as he can.

4carl

I put the DSC in my car about 200mi ago. I agree with Pete. To me the most noticeable change is in sport. The harshness is reduced and makes sport mode more usable . You can feel the difference more on transitions it actually feels like it quickens turn-in similar to adding a stiffer rear sway bay.

jmartpr

I agree.....this plus the improvement during hard braking, less weight transfer/dive. I also noticed that on bad surfaces (like one of our tracks) it helps a lot as the system will adjust accordingly between good and bad surface...also if you want to get a little over the curbs it helps.

4carl

Just came back from 40 miles of canyons because i wanted to get more seat time with the DSC. A lot of the difference is subtle and you notice it over time. It does make the ride more refined and sport-mode seems to have a wider range of usability.
i would call it a suspension tune up or fine tuning rather than an overhaul and with more miles i appreciate the difference more.

I took the focus RS i just got out after to compare and it felt like a po-go stick. Made the GT4 feel like a Buick
Ford did an awful job on the suspension tuning.
they have two settings:
1.harsh
2.Unbearable -(even on a smooth track)
carl

DSC Sport

Thanks for the feedback!

We've noticed the same thing on our development Focus RS. We're hoping to roll out support for this at the end of the year. Unfortunately, as far as I understand it will require the damper upgrade as well as the OEM dampers are not sophisticated enough for our control strategies (this is my best understanding, although I need to confirm with the engineers still).

O5C4R

great thread - how did you find it on aussie roads Bardman

Macca

I have a 2017 Ford Focus RS I've done 4000 hard road and track miles in over the 10 weeks I've owned it since new. I think it's nicely set up for fast road on the standard settings and the sport shocks work really well on the track (but are way too hard on the road). However I've spent the last 10 years in various sports cars from 993RS to 991 GT3.

I've just started tracking a GT4 after 3 years and 17000 miles on a 991 GT3 (20-25 track days). Comparing a GT4 to a Focus RS is comparing a sports car to a hot hatch. I don't think it's particularly fair or relevant but in defence of the Focus RS it has exceeded my expectations and I've been driving it more than the GT4. I have the Cobb AP with Tune+ Tune from Adam making 396 bhp and 550nm after