Like Mr. Bownes, I have also had great results calling
Joe and saying "here's what I've got, what do I need?"
He'll get you what you need - but it won't be cheap.
John
At 05:02 PM 11/20/2009, robert bownes wrote:
>Well, other than going down the 'Call Joe Stimola, your friendly local
>Penske guy and drop $1k per' route, there are some good double adjustable
>shocks out there in the circle track world. Grab one of their catalogues.
>you should be able to get something that fits well.
>
>That being said, if you call Joe, you will never need to buy another shock
>for your car.
>
>On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 4:40 PM, Robert M. Lang <lang@isis.mit.edu> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm running a TR6 with pretty much a stock rear suspension that it
> > "upgraded" with TTune sprint springs and re-valved armstrong shocks. IT
> > works pretty good, but it looks like I could benefit from a bit more bump
> > resistance. Seeing that I autocross almost exclusively, the car transitions
> > a LOT and for my setup that means the car squats big time when I
> jump on the
> > throttle.
> >
> > At any rate, I'm considering waivering from the close to "as shipped"
> > condition of my car (more like "as Harry Webster designed) and switching to
> > tube shocks in the rear.
> >
> > I know about most of the bracket setups for TR6, as I purchased a set of
> > tubulars way-way back in the day (1978 or 1979) that came with
> > Monroe-matics!
> >
> > So, my question is this: for the bolt-in shock brackets that are out there
> > in use ON RACE CARS - what are folks using for shocks? I know about AVO,
> > SPAX, and Koni. What I'd be looking for is something that gives me some
> > adjustment for bump... the Koni and Spax only allow rebound adjustment, so
> > we're probably talking about a two-way adjustable.
> >
> > If you use this setup or know someone that does, I'd like some insight on
> > the matter.
> >
> > Worst case, I have a pretty stout cage, so adding a couple of small bars
> > and some ears would be "way easy". I'm just looking to avoid the
> situation I
> > started about 5 years ago where we started going down the "$1200 per shock"
> > road. I'm looking for something a little closer to off-the-shelf than
> > "the-best-shock-ever-made".
> >
> > TIA,
> > rml
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