For sale Pfadt inverted adjustable sport shock - with pics
04-13-2016, 12:06 AM
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For sale Pfadt inverted adjustable sport shock - with pics
SOLD I had these on my car for about 5,000 miles before I parted it out and returned to stock. These were awesome and were well worth it in my opinion! $550 shipped obo. If you’re not ready to to make the change to coil-overs, or if your racing class won’t allow them, these Pfadt Sport Shocks are what you need! Pfadt took their proven, proprietary damping technology and applied it to this adjustable shock.
Pfadt Sport Shocks feature:
Here is some more info from one of the Pfadt reps regarding these shocks.
Just for clarification for everyone reading, I'll define a few terms and then answer your questions. When people are talking about shock damping, they often throw out 'high speed' and 'low speed'. A common misconception is that it refers to the speed of the vehicle. Actually it refers to the speed of the shock shaft movement. Low speed damping is when the shaft speed is low (0 to 4 in/sec or so). That occurs mostly when the car is getting steering, acceleration or braking inputs. This low speed damping makes the car feel firm and responsive. High speed damping is generally road induced. It occurs when tire hits a disturbance and moves the wheel rapidly, less high speed damping is sometimes desirable from a ride quality standpoint.
Our inverts adjust both compression and rebound with one ****. That means if you stiffen the compression damping (wheel moving up), the rebound damping (wheel moving down) also gets stiffer. That is a great arrangement that offers a wide range of adjustability without the complexity of independent adjustment. It allows even a novice to tune the suspension and balance of the car based on the car's behavior.
To address the high speed/low speed discussion our adjustment controls the entire range of the damping curve from low speed to high speed. Some shocks (3-way and 4-way) have an independent adjustment for the low speed and high speed regimes. That allows a user to change the low speed behavior without affecting the high speed behavior. It can be a nice feature (look for it on some of our future coilover products), but it adds a lot of cost and complexity.
So in summary, our adjustment is of both rebound and compression and the entire speed range. What our shocks lack (as with most anything you can buy without adding a zero to the price) is some complex independent adjustments that need real data collection and analysis to take advantage of.
You may notice that there is sticker residue on the shock body. That is not damage. I just did not take it off.
Pfadt Sport Shocks feature:
- These shocks can be ‘turned up’ for track or autocross use, and ‘turned down’ for street use.
- Compared to the Koni 3013 Sport, we even feature a lower spherical bearing mount in the front rather than a soft bushing
- Front lower spherical mount eliminates rubber bushings and provides superior durability
- Shortened body allows for lowering your car without fear of bottoming out the shock
- Pfadt Race Engineering proprietary damping and design specifically for the Corvette
- Easy, bolt on installation
Here is some more info from one of the Pfadt reps regarding these shocks.
Just for clarification for everyone reading, I'll define a few terms and then answer your questions. When people are talking about shock damping, they often throw out 'high speed' and 'low speed'. A common misconception is that it refers to the speed of the vehicle. Actually it refers to the speed of the shock shaft movement. Low speed damping is when the shaft speed is low (0 to 4 in/sec or so). That occurs mostly when the car is getting steering, acceleration or braking inputs. This low speed damping makes the car feel firm and responsive. High speed damping is generally road induced. It occurs when tire hits a disturbance and moves the wheel rapidly, less high speed damping is sometimes desirable from a ride quality standpoint.
Our inverts adjust both compression and rebound with one ****. That means if you stiffen the compression damping (wheel moving up), the rebound damping (wheel moving down) also gets stiffer. That is a great arrangement that offers a wide range of adjustability without the complexity of independent adjustment. It allows even a novice to tune the suspension and balance of the car based on the car's behavior.
To address the high speed/low speed discussion our adjustment controls the entire range of the damping curve from low speed to high speed. Some shocks (3-way and 4-way) have an independent adjustment for the low speed and high speed regimes. That allows a user to change the low speed behavior without affecting the high speed behavior. It can be a nice feature (look for it on some of our future coilover products), but it adds a lot of cost and complexity.
So in summary, our adjustment is of both rebound and compression and the entire speed range. What our shocks lack (as with most anything you can buy without adding a zero to the price) is some complex independent adjustments that need real data collection and analysis to take advantage of.
You may notice that there is sticker residue on the shock body. That is not damage. I just did not take it off.
Last edited by CNB; 04-17-2016 at 09:25 AM.
04-14-2016, 08:33 AM
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