Re: Replacement shocks revisited
Rich Atherton (gumby(at)connectexpress.com)
Wed, 24 Jun 1998 13:39:01 -0700
Back in 77-78, I used the Gabriel Adjustable Ez shock at all four corners, I
also had some bolt on leaf spring helpers bolted on the rear which helpe to
level out the car from the sagging spings in the rear....And it wasn't my
Girth...!!....anyway, I had always felt that the front end was too soft.
Tapping the brake on the down side of a slow speed bump would bottom the front
end. The new shock helped (set on soft) but it was still too soft. I ended up
with the front's on Hard, and the rears on med. This along with the Delrin
Bushings I had made, made this car very firm on the road. It handled so much
better, you wouldn't believe me, but it still wasn't bone jarring like a Mini
Cooper or MGB was at that time. My 65 series IV must have had the soft springs
up front, before they changed to the stiffer ones of the series V. Those
Adjustable E'z were great, and I think I still have them around somewhere. Once
they are set to hard, they're a bitch to change to anything else, becasue you
can't hardley push them in if they are out. And I was 285 lbs at the time too
!! No comment on my current Girth !
Rich
-----Original Message-----
From: John Souders <frodo4(at)ix.netcom.com>
To: alpines(at)autox.team.net <alpines(at)autox.team.net>
Date: Monday, June 22, 1998 12:28 PM
Subject: Replacement shocks revisited
>I raised the question of suitable non Sunbeam front shocks last week
>and got a list of suitable candidates along with some doubts as to
>whether the damping rate would be OK for the Alpine.
>
>So - has anyone actually used non Sunbeam dampers on an Alpine. What
>were the results.
>
>Thanks
>
>John