[Roadsters] upside down shocks

[Don Boyd]

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................