Product Description
Designed and engineered by our team to be the best riding Miata coilover available
The Lowdown: The Tecna coilover was engineered from scratch by our team to be the best riding coilover in this price range and still allow lowered ride heights. We think of these as daily driver/dual duty shocks, not race shocks. If you are focused on the ultimate handling in a competition type environment, we recommend stepping up to Xidas with much higher spring rates. Tecna damping range is roughly equivalent to the bottom 40% of Xida damping range. Perfect for a daily driver, canyons and HPDE or auto-x. Tecna do not require service and are intended to last the life of your vehicle.
Why one piece body? Tecna are fixed length, one piece body shock. Body, shaft lengths, mounts, and internal configuration are specifically engineered and maximized for this application unlike most aftermarket 2 piece, length adjustable coilovers that use an existing universal short cartridge with an adapter cup extension to make it fit. The upside of 2 piece coilovers is that they are cheap to produce. The downside is that they aren’t optimized for any particular platform and as a result don’t perform as well as 1 piece (fixed length) shocks. Pro race teams and OEM’s do not use 2 piece shocks, ever. So whether you are looking for ride quality or performance, 1 piece shocks are the current state of the art . Youtube video on 1 & 2 piece shocks
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Tecnas ship complete, fully assembled so you can install and drive immediately. No extra parts needed. No assembly required. Instructions
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Features :
- 6kg/3kg Touring spring rates (336/168 in-lb)
- Optional 8/4kg Sport spring rates (448/224 in-lb)
- Adjustable ride height
- 36 position adjustable damping
- 126mm stroke front/180mm rear stroke
- 10mm increase in rear bump travel over OEM
- Pinch weld height range GT 127-148 – Sport 120-140mm
- CNC machined one piece steel bodies
- Monotube design
- 44mm piston
- Rubber dust boots
- Tuned MCU bump stops
- High pressure nitrogen charged
- Euro spec synthetic fluid
- Anodized CNC aluminum upper mounts
- Shipped pre-adjusted and ready to install
- Spanners included for adjusting ride height
- 10 year limited warranty
- Optional remote adjuster cables
- Optional velcro shock covers
GT or Sport Springs? For a street focused build, stick with the GT rates. These will improve handling and provide amazing ride quality over any road surface. If you don’t mind the firmer ride that Sport Springs provide, you can improve response and stability with 200tw tires in HPDE or autocross driving.
Optional Swift Spring add-on
Choose this option and we will include a set of motorsports-grade Swift springs (metallic copper) for some added bling. The Swift springs gain about 5mm more min and max preload adjustment range and save about half a pound per spring. Only available in Sport spring rates. Swift springs are not pre-installed – You’ll get a standard set of Tecnas with Sport springs, plus an additional box with the Swift main springs.
Set up: Typical available adjustment ranges are front pinch weld heights between 120-150mm (4.75″ and 6″) with the driver. Adjust rear pinch weld height 3mm (1/8″) higher than front height without driver as a starting point. We recommend 133mm (5.25″) front pinch weld height for street driven cars. Tecna GT will give the best combination of handling and ride with stock sway bars. For Sport springs, 1″ front bar, OEM rear. If focused solely on track use, a 14mm rear bar with a larger front is a good combination with Sport but trades some street ride quality for that extra transitional response. Click here for our larger ND Sway bar kit
Warranty
10 year limited warranty against materials, defects, workmanship. Free replacement shock for leaks for first 5 years. Prorated after that.