WHAT MAKES COILOVERS AWESOME - How it Works | SCIENCE GARAGE

This Science Garage hits the road to talk with Formula Drift driver, Odi Bakchis. Odi runs his own suspension company, and makes coilovers for all the sick cars that need them. He runs us through the ins and outs and ups and downs for performance suspension and coilovers. We talk about what makes one coilover better than another, and how to know you’re getting a suspension upgrade that does more than just look good!
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[@DxnnyLy]

I like how Bart is speaking quietly. He’s being taught something and it shows that he is taking all of the information in. He’s truly paying attention. Despite teaching us about cars a lot, he’s not ashamed to be the student here and there. You never stop learning. Even if he already knew every single thing, he still stayed humble.

[@EdAk333]

So strange seeing Bart speaking instead of shouting everywhere.

[@Jarejander69]

Ikr? So relaxing to the ears.

[@EdAk333]

@@Jarejander69 Strangely, i felt depressed...

[@Jarejander69]

@@EdAk333 yeah, I miss Ronald Lee Ermey too...

[@dylanjoseph6010]

Very happy actually.... no need to be loud and obnoxious

[@Thrillowatt]

@@EdAk333 when you watch old "up to speed" vids

[@BrianKongXD]

Honestly, using graphics to demonstrate seems better. But I am still glad to see Bart working it out with his twin brother!!!

[@vimukthi.007]

I legit thought that was two barts in the beginning lol

[@ag135i]

Me too and might be many others too.

[@pet3r387]

Yea me too i wasnt looking at the screen for the first 10 secs and when he said Odi’s name i looked up and replayed it lol

[@bakemono668]

That's racist

[@aallffoonnssoopotato8280]

Haha they look the same

[@DjThunder]

lol same here! :D

[@rmiah91]

Never seen so much decent silence and concentration even myself. Very educational.

[@theuszindor6892]

Have we found bart's lost brother??

[@kasper5688]

No that's Odi Buttcheecks

[@Javierm0n0]

Bort.

[@markoz673bajen8]

Yes but still no sign of James' DAD ??

[@ratuldas7727]

They look strangely similar

[@kristjankalariu183]

For a moment i thought it was just edited but no it was real 😅

[@hippopotamusecho6413]

Thx u

[@Seb-Storm]

Just one has more body build than the other

[@TheRguru1]

It's actually Bart but stronker

[@robby3820]

I swear, Science Garage makes some of the only videos here on KZbin that I can watch without having to fast forward/skip, like....my attention is grabbed throughout the vid. Great Job Donut!👌🏽🤙🏽😆

[@JustinY.]

It just works

[@JoMiMi_h]

You're already here?

[@Longshin777]

Damn

[@903strikerunit]

Hi Nappy new year

[@Omar-em7rl]

you've said this already months ago, something more original you fuck.

[@Fidelitye]

@@Omar-em7rl He is right tho, Coilovers just work XD.

[@florascent9ts]

QUIET BART IS PERHAPS TOO QUIET

[@mohamadambrose8717]

finally sum 1 says it!

[@thejay8963]

mohamad ambrose Bone apple tea!

[@purplex360]

It's kinda unsettling

[@JonManProductions]

The most sciencey of science garages yet...

[@a.sonnevil605]

Got a set of Feal coilovers in 2016 for a track Miata and loved them. Thanks Odi

[@ytguy066]

You guys should do an episode about the difference in controlling AWD RWD and F(ront)WD vehicles, the differences in handling and what conditions each would be suited for.

[@deaglemeister247]

Most serious science garage ever!

[@RbNetEngr]

This is a great video that talks about many aspects of how a coilover damper works. Great job!

[@soren6330]

Sick Iron Maiden shirt 🤘🤘🤘

[@skyline2601]

Up The Irons!

[@tyler196792]

So when I initially saw how this was going to be a “at location” episode and wouldn’t have as much goofy shit I was a little worried but hands down one my favorite episodes. Love how in-depth this was. Awesome as always

[@WarriorsPhoto]

This was a great video to understand high end suspension components. I’ve always wanted to understand them. And, now I do. (:

[@omgness1234]

Please keep doing videos like this, tons of KZbin channels do general stuff about car parts, but all this in detail stuff with a manufacturer was amazing

[@awzup57]

this is the most in depth I think Ive ever seen a coilover video go. great video.

[@red_reapergaming3710]

For the past few weeks you've been hitting subjects that my teacher is teaching in my class and this video is no exception.Thank You!!

[@raghaviyer3097]

Mechanical engineering student?

[@red_reapergaming3710]

@@raghaviyer3097 Auto Voc. (Advance Automotive Class) In High School but I hope to keep on going that's if I'm able to afford schools.

[@wrightladafoe.7525]

Odi = bart with eyeglasses

[@MrOREO86]

I use coilovers for my opel astra G.. I am in Ghana where there a lot of bumps on our roads... I realized after changing to coilovers, performance has increased together with handling.. I love it.. Unfortunately it isn't readily available and quite expensive

[@MrPrettyfuckedup]

Somehow graphics explain better, even better than the real thing

[@samhaines8228]

I found myself missing the diagram style animations, they can be very helpful especially when the action being described occurs internally. But pretty good job of explaining. They must have adjusted Bart's meds again, his tone was more subdued than usual, or his manner was noticeably even-keeled.

[@DarkSignal59]

I was thinking that throughout the whole video. not only am I a beginner at learning mechanics but english isn't even my first language. so basically the good old "draw it for me as you would for a little kid works better" XD couldn't really keep up with all the info so a visual representation is a lot more useful to me and other beginners. still I learned so much from science garage the past year :D this added to the mechanics in the driver's manual necessary for driving school and what I learned from experimenting with the tuning in Forza Horizon ( lmao I know ) are really starting to pay off. I've always loved cars but only on a visual level ( car models and manufacturers and such ). thanks to Donut Media and Forza I've finally started understanding and loving the "guts" of the cars too haha

[@samhaines8228]

@@DarkSignal59 I get what you are saying and can relate. playing racing sims helped grow my appreciation and understanding of the underlying physics and mechanical aspects of cars. I've been into cars since I was a toddler and the fascination continues!

[@Seb-Storm]

U2 reference?

[@NekoWinters]

Keeping your orfiaces properly oiled up when you're using them violently is super important guys ;P

[@NekoWinters]

@casey escobar indubitably

[@tiaelliott6651]

🤔🤨😑

[@NekoWinters]

@casey escobar for real I always suggest going over everything at least once a year if your going to go crazy with it, at the very least even if it doesn't need it, it helps you feel better knowing everything is at 100% and locked down so you're not going to be slowly losing bits and bobs over several different events and then worry about some crap getting free or having a catastrophic failure of a vital part

[@chumbawaumbacumpa]

*W e E a B o O*

[@elmervladimir]

This is such an exceptional channel, always learning something new. 👍🏼

[@Beskar181]

*Who is this mellow-mouthed L7, and what has he done with the real Bart!?!* 😂😂😂

[@ChadLeeP51]

Love what you are doing with the channel. I have learned so much. Could you do an episode on pushrod vs overhead cam differences?

[@digitalbilly]

This is so sad that Science garage is gone this was my favourite show... now I'm stuck watching reruns to get by in life.

[@kemchi8730]

I think Jeremy and Zach Job does a great job to fill in Bart’s place but I do miss him and science garage

[@804MRMAN]

Science Garage is what got watching roughly about 4 years ago.

[@miraclealiencookies9401]

Some of you guys obviously don’t know but odi is a formula drift legend

[@ShanerTheGrey]

And he’s also a complete IDIOT and calls a strut mount a “upper control ARM”.

[@JoMiMi_h]

🙌 RAMCHARGERS 🙌

[@francisj4058]

Let's keep this joke in 2018 please

[@Wassenhoven420]

@@francisj4058 Prob time for you to have your prune juice, then go for a nap.

[@francisj4058]

@@Wassenhoven420 🤔

[@latin_girlbeeech2003]

@@francisj4058 Naaahhhh!!!!!!

[@WelcomeToTheMadness]

The value truly happens when you get into the second level ones. The lower level ones, are just to lower the car, and take your money. Aka, the $2000+ ones.

[@jimhopper2246]

Who makes second level?

[@VictorPitstop]

About to spend that kind of money on my NA Miata and we’ll see how big of a difference a ‘second level’ makes compared to my Eibach/Bilstein combo! I’m super excited. Will post a results video as well.

[@stevec7819]

@@jimhopper2246 racelands, duh

[@brianj7787]

@@jimhopper2246 KW, Stance, BC, Fortune Auto, Ohlins, etc, and a lot of these brands have cheaper options, aka first tier, and more expensive ones, second/third tier

[@dallatorretdu]

@@brianj7787 don't get Ohlins, they are so finely tunable that it usually ends up in a mess

[@dxbx214]

Iron Maiden --- Drift to the hills, drift for your life

[@skyline2601]

Drift alone in the hills, with the wind in your grille.

[@FreakinGhost]

This type of science garage is the best type of format.

[@Quartz-GT]

One of my favourite episodes of Science Garage!

[@MaxSpeedMike]

Who needs coilovers when you can cut the springs on a Honda!? Sike! Get the real thing. Cut springs suck.

[@terrabnadia1793]

Here you are again

[@eduardogears5259]

Nowadays i see more honda with coilovers than with stock suspension

[@lsuttercane]

Or u could weld the pieces of metal stock in between the springs like the 4x4ers do when the wanna suspension lift for their truck, that's really top notch work!!!, maybe??

[@kinslayergaming3159]

Your telling me too bad coilovers don't exist for my car

[@pauldavey57]

This was ace! I'm not even a car guy really, but this was fascinating! Loved it

[@BMWROYAL]

TJ Hunt need to watch this video, dude spends half his time fixing his bags

[@xxsparcomanxx8585]

Facts 👌 I just don’t like bags 💼 just my opinion

[@michaelspence3923]

Wow.....I guess he should

[@coreythamm]

Very cool they did this video at Feal, the 441 makes me smile on the regular

[@ericcall3715]

Love you guys so much xD I enjoy all these videos so much, I just love learning all about cars

[@VcrThunder]

Budget Volvo slamming: Ratchet strap around both sides of the differential, mounted to the spare wheel well

[@RoofTopFocus]

Thats fucking stupid. But at the same time I'm kinda pissed I've never gotten to witness that.

[@4cylindersoffury252]

Just call it suspension pre-loading.

[@jshgrdnr3081]

Yall make the perfect videos that force me to click them

[@raynfir638]

Best damn explanation of sprung weight suspension I've ever seen.

[@Masterjasko]

you guys are awesome. I love the bits of comedy everywhere, all of the content you cover, and most importantly, that IRON MAIDEN shirt. hellz yea

[@yungcake1]

I was looking for info on these all weekend. I love you guys

[@gavfijii]

awesome channel and I love the iron maiden tshirt too

[@quillmaurer6563]

Something I've always pondered about - magnetic damping. I've seen videos of a neodymium magnet dropped through a copper tube, it goes very slowly because of eddy current resistance - a form of damping, with force proportional to speed. Could someone build a shock using this principle? Would be extremely simple, and no fluid to leak. Could get more adjustability by using an electromagnet so force can be adjusted very quickly, still very simple and with very cheap components. No sliding seals, just linear bearings (which would be fairly simple to replace) so it ought to last forever. Would want to put fins on the outside for cooling, but internal components would not get hot as the heat is generated by eddy currents in the outer tube.

[@myxos]

These are the kinds of videos we wanna see. Great video!

[@verydoge5262]

Man if only we got more people in the industry for How It Works. Would really help bringing more info onto the table.

[@gabo42013]

Please do an episode on Long travel suspension

[@ssoffshore5111]

Well done guys, thanks for the education!

[@ITzIRaccoon]

Ok, now i know where to buy my coilovers when have my S14! :D

[@beatsbyprodtmx]

Donuts+Cars=Donut Media *mind blown*

[@badcrispy3933]

Love Donut. Love Science. Love Garage. Love Science Garage

[@kelvpoon]

Thanks! Learnt something today!

[@kemothompson7809]

this man should be a hero i love this show

[@heygus1388]

can you guys talk about lifting cars? love my hybrid sedan and ive already done a couple mods that make me want to keep the car rather than buying an suv. uh thank you. this episode was great btw. thanks for the work.

[@CashleyFox]

this was a very helpful video thank you!

[@StaelTek]

i like this more "relaxed" episode instead of the screaming-all-over-the-place type of episodes. i enjoyed this video a lot.

[@Yourmomloser]

Oh boy here’s my chance to say something amazing to donut.

[@BrandMalone24]

Nailed it bud

[@nathanlevander1867]

Bring back Science Garage ! I slept better when it was around

[@tankeater]

Primary and secondary spring... The smaller spring rate (secondary spring) is for better ride over small bumps. That's why it's called a duel spring rate as opposed to progressive spring rate...

[@kevinthealienfpv]

I actually really like Bart in this type of episode.

[@0163844098]

I came out with more questions than answers after watching the video

[@faiqiqbal9850]

MAN I NEED THIS SHOW BACK....:(

[@captaindon23]

This was b-e-a-utiful. Science Garage!

[@TheCanadianBubba]

Roses are red, Violets are blue... When i listen to Iron Maiden, My neighbors do too !

[@ashwanishahrawat4607]

Very interesting stuff, reminded me of similar techniques used in F1 car i watched some long time ago.

[@corradokid90]

Very informative video. Keep up the good work

[@millaracing]

i like how you can adjust ride height with the adjustment on the mounting body.

[@DjKeNNyKiLoz]

Go to Hoppos and talk about hydraulics. I want to see more lowrider based videos 😎

[@angrybird29]

great stuff! thanks for the detailed breakdown.

[@mikeross5627]

Sick video guys!

[@flapjack4370]

Thank you for all your hard work and knowledge...🤘.😜👍

[@erp1776]

Thank you. You guys put together a great video

[@markb1935]

About time you made a video about coilovers.

[@drakeequation521]

It has been years upon years since I changed, adjusted, and installed a pair. What little I do recall is that each kit had specs that matched each make and model. I believe that markings were placed on the struts for vertical adjustment. Trying to understand this without doing it seems more difficult to someone from my generation.

[@804MRMAN]

Nothing has changed except ride quality has gotten better, meaning you can ride low and still be at oem comfort.

[@ubirter]

Plz make a comeback science garage!

[@mycool8980]

How does electromagnetic suspension work? I've heard of Koenigsegg tuning their suspension on the fly[GPS enabled] it could be the difference between carbs and EFI but for the suspension

[@JonManProductions]

They actually did a video on that sometime back...

[@albanybestdrumline]

@@JonManProductions I faintly remember seeing it with a picture of a mustang on the video just never watched it

[@ccubsfan94]

Essentially the fluid inside has metal shavings or a metallic flavor to it. When a magnetic field is applied to the fluid its viscosity changes and "clogs" the orifaces so it gives you different rebound and dampening settings "on the fly" by different electronic signals. Kinda old tech from GM in the late 90s. The whole story is its British made by GM money that was sold off to Chinesw investors. But the damper changes for each corner of a track by gps is kinda new. Also F1 started to play with programmable suspension in the 90s (I think) until it was banned because it worked so well.

[@zachaliles]

Cadillac in the early 2000's had a system like that. It would stiffen the suspension on the outside wheels when you made a sharp turn. And it would stiffen the front wheels under braking.

[@ilovetoyotatrucks]

Fantastic information i need this in the dialect of OFFROADING coil overs like bilstien , fox,king, fabtec, icon, ect

[@5cylinderdreamz]

I miss this show

[@ll-rb7or]

Well explained, in depth 👍🏼

[@PopcornSticker]

there should be that desk-explosion at 1:22 when he puts the coil up straight

[@l34052]

I'm not looking to lower my car, I like the ride height as it is but I do want to fit some performance suspension to it. Am I better off buying some quality springs and dampers or fitting some kind of coilovers?

[@alexandersubirana350]

Yo can you guys do a video on TRANSAXLES? 😎👍

[@N3V2-Nevto]

Papa Bart so gentle and quiet. Seemingly Like i am right now focusing on understanding how Coil over works.

[@RamosDominicano]

Wow, I didn't realize Odi was so smart wrt coilovers. Nice.

[@alek493]

Awesome shirt Bart. Class.

[@bloodred9857]

Bart seems like a very good listener, he seemed to just soak up everything that they talked about

[@ryanwolfe911]

I love Feal suspension, and this is in no way a dig at Odi, the dude knows suspension, but I went with Fortune Auto for one reason: The warranty. Fortune offers a 5 year warranty, Feal, 1. They’re of similar price point and quality but that warranty simply can’t be beat.

[@FernandoSosaIndustries]

Odi is the man!!

[@caddy_v3277]

Ok. Number of the Beast shirt you sir got some newfound respect XD .

[@methardris]

I’m a mechanic myself and this was very informative still.

[@FrankieGRAI]

Awesome video! For those VW Jetta MK4 enthusiasts out there (that have experience with various coilovers), what is the best suspension system for a daily drive VW JETTA GLI 2004 2.8L VR6 24v (BDF) six speed. H&R, Bilstein, Eibach, KW, Koni or KSport, or perhaps a mix and match, or something else? I want quality materials, able to go low (at least 2") and not too stiff. Any opinions out there? Please reply to my message.

[@nyleen]

Hey look. "The cylinder that makes your office chair work" episode is here. :D

[@doublethrone4136]

the first two thing i did when i seen this was a chuckle the face palm lol

[@VituMV]

Now this is a respectable ad.

[@JKrepJC]

I vote Bart for the best looking Donut Media guy.

[@emmanuelyap6796]

Best channel ever

[@augurelite]

i love bart so much

[@cyberjackh2]

Love the new format, [new show?] but please don’t abandon the classic Science Garage format! You know, Bart yelling a lot! COILOVERS!