Well, as much coverage as the 2.0T Genesis Coupe has been getting that doesn’t mean that we have forgotten the 3.8 V6 Genesis Coupe! Many pieces on the 3.8 V6 Genesis Coupe have been going out to our engineering department for R&D and that is why it’s been out of the spotlight. However, since we were able to get it out of Robispec along with our spiffy carbon pieces, there were a few things that needed to be installed at one of our favorite places to hang out, dyno tune, and install our goodies at HBSpeed in Fountain Valley, CA.
Before we got started, the stickers came off while we got ready for a new graphic scheme:
Also, another glance at the new SEIBON “TS” Style carbon fiber hood:
Here is our new wheel from Forgestar Wheels. They are the Forgestar F14 Wheels in the Matte Black finish. The sizes are 19 x 8.5 front and 19 x 9.5 in the rear with a slick concave look. The tires are supplied by Toyo Tires and they are the T1R’s. These are going to be a great combo for street driving which the car is going to see a lot of. Also, these wheels are specific made to fit the Genesis Coupe and the wheels do come with hub centric rings for the perfect fit!.
As much as we wanted to slap on the Forgestar wheels and call it a day, it would look very awkward riding high up in the sky. So, we’ve taken the coilover system that was on the 2.0T Time Attack car and swapped it over onto our 3.8 V6 Coupe. Billy, owner and Time Attack Driver, got started by taking off the stock suspension which is pretty straight forward. As Billy jokingly commented “Once you’ve taken the suspension on and off a few times, it’s pretty easy”.
While Billy was removing the stock suspension on the passenger side, Jason was getting the driver side prepared for measurement as we dropped the 3.8 V6 Coupe on Coilovers. Here’s a preview of what the wheels will look like on the Coupe but with the saggy stock suspension.
Here’s Jason doing measurements on the drop. We brought the car down to simulate stock height with the stock suspension. Jason loves to be accurate (he’s an engineer by trade) so there’s no “eyeballing” it here with this guy.
Meanwhile Billy and Mr. Brooks (Billy’s father) were busy unpacking the coilovers, preparing to install it onto the coupe.
Billy was busy unpacking the front strut of the coilover system.
And then installing it into the Coupe.
The front camber plates from up top.
Working on the rear suspension.
As you can see from the inside, there’s plenty of room between the wheel/tire and the coilover. The guys at Forgestar did their homework!
The coilovers required the factory mount so we had to remove it and transfer it.
Here is the rear installed.
Here is Jason and Billy “zeroing” the camber measurement tool so that we can get accurate camber measurement before we started driving the car off into the street. The problem is that many people install coilovers without even thinking of an alignment and it’s one of the most crucial things you have to do before even driving a few miles with your new coilovers.
Also, while we were doing alignments, Jason was double checking and triple checking the ride height for passenger and driver sides and making sure that the vehicle had the proper rake. Again, no “eyeballing” allowed for Jason.
Not so much “sag” with the new coilovers and the wheels. Much better!
Jason is adjusting the dampening on the rear of the vehicle here.
Jason and Billy also had to reinstall the rear sway bar.
Billy smiling… just needed to throw this in there.
Here’s the car backing out of HBSpeed’s massive garage. Did you want to see how it looks??? Well, hold your horses!
You’ll have to come back to this blog soon to see how it looks!!!
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