Choosing Coil overs?
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Re: Choosing Coil overs? (Pete79L82)
Thanks Pete and you gave me alot of input in making my choice. You also really helped me decide if my extended spindles were close or not. I have about 6 hours in the spindles, they are done, painted, ready to install. YOur taking the time to measure and calculate my roll center confirmed for me that the 1.5 inch extension was what I would have built if I had made a educated quess not just spit balling it.
Thanks Pete for the input. :cheers: :cheers:
Thanks Pete for the input. :cheers: :cheers:
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Re: Choosing Coil overs? (norvalwilhelm)
I had mentioned mounting the shock upside down before, also in some koni/bilstein topics here. Those shocks can be mounted upside down too, I ran my rear shocks upside down for years, never a problem (koni adjustables)
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Re: Choosing Coil overs? (Twin_Turbo)
I had mentioned mounting the shock upside down before, also in some koni/bilstein topics here. Those shocks can be mounted upside down too, I ran my rear shocks upside down for years, never a problem (koni adjustables)
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Re: Choosing Coil overs? (ZD75blue)
it only applies to the rear shocks, you can mount those upside down, the fronts can't be mounted uspide down, for that you need a shock that is threaded on both ends to accept screw on mounting eyes and then you can mount an eye on the rod and put a bar pin throuygh the eye and use the threaded end on the body side through the frame. You probably must enlarge the hole in the frame for that.
It's more than 3 pounds, don't know how much but the rod & piston are only a fraction of the total shock weight. But since it's unsprung weight the effect is a lot more than reducing sprung weight by the same amount.
My koni shocks have holes in the top (when mounted normally) of the sleeve that goes around the rod, these holes have 2 purposes, 1 to remove the bump rubber inside and 2 to drain water when they're upside down.
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It's more than 3 pounds, don't know how much but the rod & piston are only a fraction of the total shock weight. But since it's unsprung weight the effect is a lot more than reducing sprung weight by the same amount.
My koni shocks have holes in the top (when mounted normally) of the sleeve that goes around the rod, these holes have 2 purposes, 1 to remove the bump rubber inside and 2 to drain water when they're upside down.
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Re: Choosing Coil overs? (norvalwilhelm)
I am not the most experienced guy to give you a recommendation but having owned both the KYB and the Bilstien on my 69 I can give you a few pointers that might help. First be sure and match the shocks to the spring rate. If you are changine rear spring to fiberglass be sure you get the set that will work best for your application. Second with my stock suspesnsion setup the ride was excellent with my KYB shocks. Once I upgraded to transverse spring front and rear dual mount fiberglass spring I went will bilstien. I can tell you the ride is much more harsh now and less forgiving over pot holes. I can now roll over a dime and tell you weather it is heads or tails. I have no experience with coil overs so not much help there.
Moss
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