And Penny just keeps on changing... - Page 53 - Lateral-g Forums

**Steve1968LS2** · #**521** 08-29-2010, 06:38 PM

One issue we had was not enough travel (especially bump).. now with the higher mount and reservoir we have tons. It also helped that Doug at GW nailed the shock length (18 inches).

More than enough.. this is at static ride heigth.

**tones2SS** · #**522** 08-29-2010, 07:13 PM

Nice setup Steve!!

Cris@JCG · #**523** 08-30-2010, 09:25 AM

Steve- Looks good.. I am glad to see that those mounts worked out for the shock reservoir mounts.. We made those to hold Aeromotive fuel filters & now have another use for them..

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Originally Posted by Steve1968LS2

New 8300 RM shocks are now installed and ready to rumble.

BIG thanks to the guys at Global West (Doug and Eric) who worked their asses off to get these on and get them on right. The front was pretty straightforward but they still had to make some spacers and shims in thier machine shop.

The rears were a bit more challenging since we were moving to the upper shock mount. Doug didn't like the load that would be placed on the bolt in that location so he and Eric came up with a way to brace the bolt off the roll cage. Double sheer for all you nerdy engineers out there. The cans are in the trunk so adjustments will be a snap.

Took an initial guess at the settings and so far I'm pretty happy. The car road a ton nicer on the 40 mile drive home and the 215/91 is one of those plate freeways which can be a real kidney killer. We have tons of compression and rebound and overall everthing looks good.

Rear upper shock mount and canister mount: (Thanks to Cris at JCG for the super cool reservoir mounts.. they worked perfectly.

bonecrrusher · #**524** 08-30-2010, 09:41 AM

Nice.....

Payton King · #**525** 08-30-2010, 12:24 PM

shock now have? If I am not mistaken the old shock had 5 inches.

Since we have the same front sub...show me some pics. Did you change the stroke up front as well? Why did you invert the shock up there?

Can't wait to hear the results/impressions.

James OLC · #**526** 08-30-2010, 01:41 PM

Very nice... it's about time you caught up with the Jones's

The best thing that I can say about the Penske's is that their customer service and preparation is off the chart. I've had the OLC's shocks revalved twice, rebodied once (shorter body allowing for longer travel), and emergency repaired once (be broke an AN fitting at RTTC just before OLoA). Say what you want about the up front cost - these should be the last set of shocks you ever need to buy.

**tones2SS** · #**527** 08-30-2010, 07:00 PM

[QUOTE=Gonzo;303476]Steve- Looks good.. I am glad to see that those mounts worked out for the shock reservoir mounts.. We made those to hold Aeromotive fuel filters & now have another use for them..[QUOTE]

Those reservoir mounts look killer Cris.

**Steve1968LS2** · #**528** 08-30-2010, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Payton King

shock now have? If I am not mistaken the old shock had 5 inches.

Since we have the same front sub...show me some pics. Did you change the stroke up front as well? Why did you invert the shock up there?

Can't wait to hear the results/impressions.

We inverted it just to make getting to the adjustments even easier.. now the remote canister is off the "top" and right there in the engine bay.

Went with a 15.5" front 8300RM but remember I have the 1.25" drop spindle so your results will vary.

We have TONS of travel.. in fact the shocks are so good we ditched the rear bar today.. let's just say Penny is much much faster on the autocross now.. Yea to Penske and Global West

**Steve1968LS2** · #**529** 08-30-2010, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by James OLC

Very nice... it's about time you caught up with the Jones's

The best thing that I can say about the Penske's is that their customer service and preparation is off the chart. I've had the OLC's shocks revalved twice, rebodied once (shorter body allowing for longer travel), and emergency repaired once (be broke an AN fitting at RTTC just before OLoA). Say what you want about the up front cost - these should be the last set of shocks you ever need to buy.

More like keeping the Jones's from catching up with me.

Oh, Penske wants to revalve your shocks since you are full soft and put where you are now in the middle. We ended up removing the rear bar..

Very happy with Penske and thier crew..and the guys at Global West.

Lets just say that this biatch sticks...

David Pozzi · #**530** 08-31-2010, 11:43 PM

James,
Mary and I Learned some things about tuning shocks. We'll try some out on OLC when we get a chance.

David