Coil Overs On Driver

[ssick chevelle]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

In all my years - I've never heard a single complaint about coil overs. They're a marvelously simple shock and spring... I would however - stay away from QA 1's --- Strange makes a far superior unit. Amazing really how much my Nomads ride improved when I changed over to Strange from QA 1's.

Hey i have a 56 being reassembled now with a c4 front and rear suspension
I went with the promastar single adjustable. my car happens to be being buil solely for a daily driver. can you please go more into depth on your strange vs qai experience. Please and thank ya

[GregWeld]

I don't really know anything about shocks etc.... so I can't possibly tell you why one rode so much better than the other -- but the very first drive with the Strange on was OMG noticeably better. Smoother... yet subtly firmer but without any harshness. Think - Euro high end ride.

I got mine from my buddies at Art Morrison's --- and they know their stuff -- and if they're good enough for them to use on their chassis.... I'm going along with that.

[rogergrubb]

Greg, were your QA's and Strange shocks apples to apples? Both double adjustable/single adj./non-adjustable?

I'm shopping right now for the best coilover for my '65 Chevelle and I absolutely loved my Koni Sports single adjustable coilovers on my V8 914.
Nitrogen charged shocks have always felt better to me on the street with a nice firm rebound dialed in.

Originally Posted by GregWeld

I don't really know anything about shocks etc.... so I can't possibly tell you why one rode so much better than the other -- but the very first drive with the Strange on was OMG noticeably better. Smoother... yet subtly firmer but without any harshness. Think - Euro high end ride.

I got mine from my buddies at Art Morrison's --- and they know their stuff -- and if they're good enough for them to use on their chassis.... I'm going along with that.

[marolf101x]

Roger,

If you like monotube nitrogen charged shocks and lots of rebound let me know and I'll send you a dyno graph. (or you can search on here and Pro-Touring, we've posted quite a few).
We are so confident in our products we are the only shock supplier offering a 100,000,001 mile warranty.

[rogergrubb]

Sure, love to see it. Thank you.
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Originally Posted by marolf101x

Roger,

If you like monotube nitrogen charged shocks and lots of rebound let me know and I'll send you a dyno graph. (or you can search on here and Pro-Touring, we've posted quite a few).
We are so confident in our products we are the only shock supplier offering a 100,000,001 mile warranty.

[marolf101x]

Roger,

I sent an e-mail asking what you are planning for the car? Do you want a cruiser, an autocrosser, or a full on race car? Each has it's own force requirements.
Here's a link to our "standard" valve codes from a while back (post #12).
We've been playing with a lot more rebound since then on the track cars.
http://www.pro-touring.com/showthrea...uide-to-shocks

What I've found is that you don't want much compression damping in a street car. You want the spring to handle this. You do, however, want more rebound to help "slow down" the spring after it compresses.

[rogergrubb]

got it, thank you.

Originally Posted by marolf101x

Roger,

I sent an e-mail asking what you are planning for the car? Do you want a cruiser, an autocrosser, or a full on race car? Each has it's own force requirements.
Here's a link to our "standard" valve codes from a while back (post #12).
We've been playing with a lot more rebound since then on the track cars.
http://www.pro-touring.com/showthrea...uide-to-shocks

What I've found is that you don't want much compression damping in a street car. You want the spring to handle this. You do, however, want more rebound to help "slow down" the spring after it compresses.

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by rogergrubb

Greg, were your QA's and Strange shocks apples to apples? Both double adjustable/single adj./non-adjustable?

I'm shopping right now for the best coilover for my '65 Chevelle and I absolutely loved my Koni Sports single adjustable coilovers on my V8 914.
Nitrogen charged shocks have always felt better to me on the street with a nice firm rebound dialed in.

Roger --- Both sets are single adjustable.


BTW --- RideTech wasn't in the damper business back when I swapped out or I certainly would have considered their products.