[Steve1968LS2]

Originally Posted by evilzee28

Hi Steve, just a query, at the beginning of this thread you said, QUOTE:-

"Bigger on the list was that David thought we needed more shock travel. Seems that were were on the stops durring hard turns and even on acceleration. We worked with Steve Duck over at RaceCar Dynamics and came up with a shock that's over two inches longer. The new Bilsteins are also revalved for the car. The extra length meant that we had to punch holes in the trunk floor so that this mount extender could be welded to the top of the existing brace. The top hole is for future changes if necessary."


Why are you still having trouble with the shocks bottoming out, I thought that this area had been addressed by "punching the holes in the trunk & welding in extenders"? Does this mean that you're changing from the Bilsteins to Penske shocks now? If so what's wrong with the Bilsteins? How much shock compression/travel are you getting with the set up as is? Could it be that your spring rate is wrong allowing an excessive amount of spring compression? Sorry for so many questions, but I'm sure that those people that are following this, wouldn't want to copy your set up & find it falls short of what they want, just as you have.

thanks....Nige

Because we keep softening up the springs to make the car more complian.. going from a 310 to 275 rear spring was just enought to cause the new problem.. I think the extra power makes the car want to squat down more as well.

normally we could dial in rebound or compression but my current shocks arnt adjustable.

Moral? get adjustable shocks if your going to do different types of performance events... just make sure you adjust them right

I will know more once Doug Nordin at GW takes a look and some measurements..