Adjustable or competition shocks should always be soft on compression and
harder (or adjustable) on rebound. The extremely serious fault that Spax
have is that the adjuster changes both bounce and rebound so they are always
50/50 - set them hard and they are dangerous on a bumpy corner (as well as
being uncomfortable). Koni are very good shocks, I have no knowledge about
any US made ones.
John Kipping
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Janzen" <s.janzen@comcast.net>
To: "Mike Rose" <lytspeed@hotmail.com>; <FOT@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2004 2:57 PM
Subject: New Question - GT6 shocks
> First of all, I'm delighted to be part of FOT. I guess this means I bring
> the donuts next time. More importantly, I'll try to get John Lehman's
car
> back out on the track on a regular basis.
>
> First outing - leaky shocks. The old spax shocks are probably at least 10
> years old and not rebuildable. One of the possibilities that will
> physically fit on the modified front end is a QA1 shock they call the
> Mustang 2 model, aluminum threaded body, adjsutable spring seat and
> adjustable for rebound but not compression. Here's the question: the car
> has very stiff front springs, by formula they appear to be 700 lb/inch (no
> testing rig in the Philadelphia area that I have been able to locate to
> confirm). The QA1 shocks are not 50/50 compression/rebound damping,
they're
> very soft on compression and very stiff on rebound. The shock tech claims
> this will keep the car flat (the inside wheel will not have a tendency to
> push down and roll the car on turns) and that this is what the
roundy-round
> guys and a lot of the kit Cobra cars are running.
>
> Given how stiff the springs are anyway, I'm not sure I need much
compression
> damping.
>
> What do you think? Go this route (about $225/shock), spend $100 more each
> for Konis or is there another answer? Carrera is gone, bought by QA1.
> Spax are more $$ than Konis.
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