Shocks?

[Johnny Blaze]

What would you choose, for a street, nonrace car?


Bilstein

Edelbrock

Koni

Other

[baz67]

for the money a properly valved set of Bilsteins cannot be beat.

[Johnny Blaze]

I notice bilsteins being offered in summit now. Would you say these are properly valved?

[Zee]

Koni, with all of the spring rates available and preferences for handling, the adjustability is needed.

[Lowend]

To get the Bilstiens done right you have to buy them from a retailer, than send them back to Bilstien with your spring specs and some $$
Nice option for an open track or auto-x car
For street the Edelbrock shocks are really nice. Firm without beating your teeth out

[Damn True]

How much exactly is "some $$"?

[homerneedspeed]

http://www.bilstein.com/services.php...9b7b60afae3387
there website says 65 each.

[6'9"Witha69]

What rear springs do you have? If you have Hotchkis buy the Bilsteins from them as they are already valved for the application.

[MarkM66]

KYB's! j/k

I like my Hotchkis Bilsteins and springs.

[Zee]

Koni is adjustable for free.

[vanzuuk1]

I had kybs, it felt like someone had welded my suspension solid.

The qa1 12 way adjustables are on my car now, I really like them. I set them pretty soft and then slowed them down a click at a time, I have to check but it works well on the street at 4 clicks in front and 5 clicks rear.

Try and match your shocks to your spring rate, dont use shocks to stiffen your suspension. They are just dampers to control the springs. I know thats basic info but a lot of people forget it.

[ks71z28]

I haven't seen the adjustable Konis for 2nd gen Camaros, anyone have part #'s for 70-81 Camaro?

[Johnny Blaze]

Looks like koni is catching up!

[sinned]

for the money a properly valved set of Bilsteins cannot be beat.

Unless of course they are beaten by a set of properly valved Konis. The guy at Koni (name escapes me right now) is a genius, he'll get you set up.

[aonghus]

Pardon the Hi-jack LOL

I have a set of brand new Bilsteins, (rears in boxes, fronts bolted on driven about 50 miles and taken off, no boxes)

I'll sell em for $225 shipped, they go for about $300 on ebay

(for a 68 Camaro, multi-leaf rears.) 92106 zip, and PM if you're intersted

[hectore3]

have a set of QA1's and the are the shiznit lol

[Lowend]

I haven't seen the adjustable Konis for 2nd gen Camaros, anyone have part #'s for 70-81 Camaro?

That is because they don't exist. Koni does have some adjustment on their shocks of this era, but its not real time. You have to remove the shock from the car, collapse it completely, and rotate it.
The adjustment is there PURELY to compensate for the shocks getting softer with age, not for tuning.
Koni does not have enough rebound dampening, the cars will actully sink lower to the ground as they go over multiple bumps.

I have used both and properly valved Bilstiens are better

[Damn True]

Just a hint:

The word is "damping" not "dampening".

If you "damp" something you impede it's free movement.
If you "dampen" something you get it wet.

...and if the car got lower after repeated high freq bumps it would be due to an excessive amount of rebound damping. The common term for this is "packing up" and it is caused by the rebound damping not allowing the spring to extend the suspension before the next bump force is encountered.

[Lowend]

You are right, I reversed my terms