Nismo Ohlins DFV or just Öhlins DFV with photoshop?

[phelbas]

So I was looking at Japanese news ( https://www.webcartop.jp/2020/03/510455/ ) earlier in the year and they heralded the "return of S-Tune" suspension, and included a picture and some hype text:

"Suspensions for circuit driving have existed so far, but in recent years they have disappeared from the lineup. The product that was commercialized this time is based on OHLINS, which has a proven track record in motor sports, and has been tuned by NISMO. Not only the performance when driving on the circuit, but also when driving in the city on a round trip from home, the setting has high steering stability."

The GTR Registry has also documented the R2 Clubman spec, and took some pictures of all the Clubman changes presumably from the Omori site.

So it looks like someone photoshopped "Nismo" onto the stock Öhlins coilovers - do I have that right?

[GTSBoy]

One is definitely a 'shop of the other, but the two questions are;

• Which is the original?
• Who cares?

[phelbas]

I guess I am wondering, since Öhlins DVF has been available for some time for R34, what the "Clubman race spec" fluff is all about wrt. the suspension.  Do you get a little Nismo sticker, is that the extent of things. Is buying the "new S-tunes" different in any way to buying DVF? 

[joshuaho96]

There is a difference between the Nismo variant DFVs and the Ohlins R&T spec. Whether it matters is up to you. 

[phelbas]

ok thanks

 its hard to know whether the difference matters if one doesn't know what the difference is because nismo does not detail it.

[joshuaho96]

4 hours ago, phelbas said:

ok thanks

 its hard to know whether the difference matters if one doesn't know what the difference is because nismo does not detail it.

https://www.nismo.co.jp/news_list/2020/news_flash/20005.html?fbclid=IwAR3k1Sy_8DKg2js4hHIPAKk7ZQjp6rYrNgh04PYJgoc6T2WhK06iD2X9FRU

Spring rate is definitely different from Ohlins R&T spec, which is 9/8 kgf/mm. All the damper rates are different too which suggests they've changed the valving.