You guys are right, just another senior moment. You also may have ruined my
day by letting me know that my 40 year old 'real mag' Minilites may not be
any good. Next you'll be telling me that the 35 year old Goodyear slicks
that are mounted on them aren't any good either!
Jerry Krakauer
SRL311 00099
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Boyd" <dbji@whidbey.net>
To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 9:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Roadsters] upside down shocks
> The shock don't flip jounce/rebound ratios when they are upside down. They
> may
> do several other unpleasant things however. The only shocks that can be
> successfully "flipped" are gas-monotube designs. Bilstien, Penske , white
> power- virtually all the motorcycle high performance units. Almost all the
> high performance units we can get for our roadsters won't work upside down
> because they have a second tube around the damping chamber tube that acts
> as a
> reservoir for the oil. When you flip it over, the oil runs down to the
> "bottom", away from the oil replenishing valve/hole. And then there is no
> damping at all. Konis are built this way I'm pretty sure.
> That said, unless your building the national championship car for the
> scca
> runoffs, and you need that .1 second that flipping the shocks provide, and
> your willing to spend 3 grand for Penske to put a set together, there are
> MUCH
> more cost effective ways to gain an edge. Most folks don't realize how
> much
> wheels vary in weight, and 3 grand spent on "real" mags would give much
> greater returns. Course, they aren't street legal, but................
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