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Burning Brakes
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 797
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From: Westminster MD
After spending a lot of time on the phone with Sam Strano, I put the Koni Yellow's on my '96. Car is primarily used for Autocross so performance was the main point (well, and not spending >$1k on something like a Moton or Penske). I've been VERY happy with them. Made a HUGE improvement in how the car handles, but this is in comparison to the stock, 50k mile Bilsteins so I'm sure that any new shock would have been an improvement.
I generally leave them set at "race" settings since I don't drive the car that much except too/from events. I don't have any problem with the street "manners" -- in fact I'd say the ride improved.
If you get the chance to drive the car in anger much, the Koni Yellow's are a very worthwhile upgrade. If you never drive the car competitively then you're probably going to do just as well with a set of new Bilsteins in the proper valving for your springs. I did put the Bilsteins onto my truck last year though and they made a world of difference there
I generally leave them set at "race" settings since I don't drive the car that much except too/from events. I don't have any problem with the street "manners" -- in fact I'd say the ride improved.
If you get the chance to drive the car in anger much, the Koni Yellow's are a very worthwhile upgrade. If you never drive the car competitively then you're probably going to do just as well with a set of new Bilsteins in the proper valving for your springs. I did put the Bilsteins onto my truck last year though and they made a world of difference there
Racer
Joined: Nov 2004
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Travis..i got some orange colored adjustable Konis that don't have "race" or otherwise stamped on them. Both fr. and rears have 2 full turns of adjustment. Could you tell me what your 'race" setting is..As in how many turns from full hard or from full soft..? thanx
Burning Brakes
Joined: Aug 2001
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From: Westminster MD
Originally Posted by CorvAdel
Travis..i got some orange colored adjustable Konis that don't have "race" or otherwise stamped on them. Both fr. and rears have 2 full turns of adjustment. Could you tell me what your 'race" setting is..As in how many turns from full hard or from full soft..? thanx
Just keep in mind though that this is all subject to change based on the shock, spring, and tire combo.
Racer
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 399
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From: Newtown PA
I did not mean to imply that the valving was completely dictated by top-off driving, only that it was a consideration. This info was offered to me when I was investigating revalving the Bilsteins (at the time I was complaining about how badly tuned the shocks were from the factory). I believe, however, that there is truth in this as the firmer valving did noticably worsen the flexing when the top is off (never noticed it being worse with the top in place).
Race Director
Joined: Dec 2002
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From: SCMR Rat Pack'r Charter Member..Great Bend KS
Originally Posted by CorvAdel
Travis..i got some orange colored adjustable Konis that don't have "race" or otherwise stamped on them. Both fr. and rears have 2 full turns of adjustment. Could you tell me what your 'race" setting is..As in how many turns from full hard or from full soft..? thanx
I have the yellow Sports and think they are the final answer.
I've arrived at these setting on my own '96:
The rears set on full soft.
Fronts are 1/2 turn from full soft.
The yellow fronts have a 2 3/4 turn range, the rears have 2 1/2 turns to play with. I did some damping charting, using 1/4 turn increments and found that the damping changed relatively little for the first 3/4 turns, started making a noticeable difference at 1 1/2 turns, and the rates took BIG jumps at starting at 2 turns. I have the chart in Excel, but don't know how to put the Excel document on the fourm.
Larry
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