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Re: [Fot] Koni ShoX for IRS TR

To: "Robert M. Lang" <lang@isis.mit.edu>
Subject: Re: [Fot] Koni ShoX for IRS TR
From: robert bownes <bownes@seiri.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:02:46 -0500
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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