GR Supra Parts Introductions - formerly "This STB intrigues me."

[nibble]

I'm trying to get some translation of the video but unlike other STB, it's damper...

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[type-964]

Oh wow that’s interesting!

 

[bigcat]

Looks like it's licensed from Yamaha's performance damper.

and the list price is 250,000JPY (about $2,415): https://www.trdparts.jp/product/supra/price.html

 

[W4STOY]

It is interesting. I am not seeing it out there. Nissan only.

 

[Ultimateone]

Put on the CC on Youtube, the translations are decent

 

[Ultimateone]

Looks like it's licensed from Yamaha's performance damper.

and the list price is 250,000JPY (about $2,415): https://www.trdparts.jp/product/supra/price.html

Never seen that GR muffler, very cool

 

[Supra93]

The auto translation doesn't seem to be as bad as some of the other Japanese vids.

 

[type-964]

From Yamaha’s website:
https://global.yamaha-motor.com/business/pd/

The Performance Dampers is a completely new technology developed by Yamaha Motor to improve chassis performance. When the chassis is in motion, it limits dynamic distortion to just a few microns. A metal vehicle body has elastic characteristics and lacks damping force, meaning that external distortion energy is accumulated and released almost unchanged, repeating the cycle of distortion at a natural frequency.

The Performance Dampers adds a damping element to the chassis that absorbs distortion energy and releases it as heat. This curbs the chassis’s excessive distortion speed, not only boosting driving comfort at normal speeds, but also achieving both high mobility and excellent stability at high speeds, which are accompanied by relatively major chassis distortion.

Principle of the Performance Dampers
A chassis is an assembly of multiple spring elements. While in motion, it undergoes continuous distortion and vibration.

The Performance Dampers connects two points on the chassis using a special high- performance shock absorber (damping element), curbing micro- distortion and vibrations by intentional increasing the chassis’s viscosity.

Benefits of the Performance Dampers
Adds additional body damping to achieve optimum body viscosity.
Appropriate body viscosity is an essential factor in the comfort and stability that characterize high-quality and premium vehicle bodies.
The Performance Dampers is a product that delivers optimum body viscosity in a controllable manner.
EFFECT
Handling

• ■ Improve stability and agility
• ■ Improve yaw damping
• ■ improve traction
• ■ Improve shift feeling

Comfort

• ■ Improve ride comfort
• ■ Improve NVH and sound quality
• ■ Improve door closing noise quality
• ■ Improve audio sound quality

 

[nibble]

Interesting... for years if not decades, idea of rigid chassis yields better performance on handling dominated the suspension setup. Hence, all the STBs that I've seen so far for GR Supra (& S2000) was non-moving piece(s) of rigid material.. I could definitely see that this would reduce vibration that comes rigid chassis, I wonder how it performs in race car or on the track..

 

[Dannyvandelft]

Interesting... for years if not decades, idea of rigid chassis yields better performance on handling dominated the suspension setup. Hence, all the STBs that I've seen so far for GR Supra (& S2000) was non-moving piece(s) of rigid material.. I could definitely see that this would reduce vibration that comes rigid chassis, I wonder how it performs in race car or on the track..

Something that pushes back is stronger than something that is solid. The bar that we get in the 21's just holds it in place, where the damper is always pushing the two ends apart. Like how a shock is always pushing the wheel away from the car down onto the road. A solid strut the wheel would bounce, the shock keeps that from happening. Same applies to the strut damper.

Having said that, I think it's completely unnecessary for a daily driven vehicle. This is something you buy if you autocross or track your car.

 

[wfujay]

Put on the CC on Youtube, the translations are decent

This does nothing for me unfortunately. Just shows the Japanese subtitles.

EDIT: nevermind, I figured it out.

 

[type-964]

I want to own this part just because. LOL. I wonder how much it costs?

 

[bigcat]

Never seen that GR muffler, very cool

Yes, this is also new in their December update.

 

[nibble]

I want to own this part just because. LOL. I wonder how much it costs?

@bigcat replied earlier and was about $2,415.

 

[type-964]

@bigcat replied earlier and was about $2,415.

Maybe I don’t want to own this part.....

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