Date sent: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 23:57:46 -0500
From: Mitchel Seff <ms6453@optonline.net>
Subject: Tube shock Conversion
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Just received my shock conversion from VB. It's the one piece bracket
designed to be a direct bolt replacement for the lever shocks. They
came with KYB gas shocks & cost about $150.00.
I'll be braving the cold and installing the pair with-in the week & will
take some pics along the way & post them. It looks like a very simple
installation & should take about an hour.
This should work well with the TRF comp springs, Prothane bushings (up
front only) Koni's and 15x7 light Race version Panasports. My original
levers are toast and I couldn't see investing a dime into a repair or
replacement.
The brackets are very well made, with a heavy gauge steel and nice
welds. I can't imagine this flexing at all. There will be no weight
savings at all. Between the heavy gauge of the bracket & shock the only
trade off appears to be a better design & hopefully better wheel
control.
TTYL
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Mitch Seff
75 TR6
Oceanside, N.Y.
Hi Mitch,
I have no problems with the quality of the brackets itself.They are
very strong and they will never brake.The problem is that the
brackets are much stronger than the welding of the chassis mount.
The energy created by up down movement of the trailing arm/wheel
in transmitted to the top of the bracket.This is located far above the
chassis mount,this is not the case for the original damper.So you
will have to take account with the rule of lever.
When you have mounted the brackets grab them on top and try to
move them for and backwards. If you can create is ANY movement
by hand ,be it the slightest,imagine now what the weight of the car
is doing to them.This is what I mean by flexing.
I have seen too many chassis cracked to not believe it,it will take
some time and depends largly on how the car is used.
Regards
Jean
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