In a message dated 2/17/2009 9:20:10 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
jteepen@usatoday.com writes:
I am curious where you saw the force/velocity dyno plots regarding the
Edelbrock IAS shocks for Tigers. Or was this for another Edelbrock IAS
application? CAT has been selling these shocks for about eight years now and
have had
very positive feedback. Do you have personal experience with these shocks?
If so, did you use them for a street car or a autocross/race car?
To the best of my knowledge these shocks are not intended to be, nor
promoted as, a competition shock, but are a good choice for street cars with
occasional forays onto the autocross course.
The shocks/struts which I saw dyno'ed were for a Fox Mustang application and
were run on my friend's SPA shock dyno. These were the IAS "reds" and are
marketed as performance shocks. The blow off as the Ricor/IAS check valve let
loose on rebound made no sense to me, in a true performance application. Also,
the shocks didn't appear to offer enough valving to dampen the spring rate
we needed to work with on the Mustang. I have been made aware that a couple of
Tigers have used the CAT Edelbrocks in competition, however.
I think my earlier comments were colored by our considering using the shocks
for open track/autocross, after comparing what type of damping the shocks
provided relative to what our spring package required. Regardless, I do think
the check valve effect on rebound is a gimmicky way to deal with low
speed/high speed digression, but what do I know, Monroe has sold a ton of
"Sensatracs"
and "Reflexes", so it obviously makes people happy! I wish we had more off
the shelf options for the Tiger...Koni Sports (yellows) and Bilsteins (easy to
valve and great quality design) would be nice to have available!!
Mike
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