Koni shocks and struts. Info and how to adjust
03-26-2013, 10:28 AM
#76
ok so i just ordered a set of koni yellows
what else do i need? i'm on ssc springs and shorter moog endlinks and gonna replace my CAB's while i got it torn down.
do i need to modify the tower caps? or modify anything else for that matter? what are these front strut inserts the OP is talking about?
what else do i need? i'm on ssc springs and shorter moog endlinks and gonna replace my CAB's while i got it torn down.
do i need to modify the tower caps? or modify anything else for that matter? what are these front strut inserts the OP is talking about?
03-26-2013, 10:57 AM
#77
There are plenty of youtube videos on how to modify a strut for a Koni insert. Have a look there. Since you have a Cobalt, your strut mounts need no modification. Make sure you have a good way of cutting the strut. Do not crush it, or cut it too short!
03-26-2013, 11:06 AM
#78
Hey Warren follow up with Jeff Wong at PPUSA? over two months and still waiting, money up front. Good news is he stroked front struts I purchased off root beers car and sent to him so he could check and then asemble into the core front housing; so we will see results. In the meantime, I cant beleive we have missed all this time to check out re valved front and rear konis.
03-26-2013, 11:18 AM
#80
koni front is an insert. it is inserted in a stock strut housing.
get stock strut and cut top off housing to remove guts. Use a pipe cutter to do so. Then carefully drill hole in bottom of strut. insert koni INSERT (get it?) and then bolt up at the bottom.
etc.
Warren I think a delrin ring for the bottom of the insert or something better than Delrin may stabilize the insert better. I have a set of wrecked koni inserts that the bolt hole at the bottom got screwed up, I may fool with it and let you know what I find.
get stock strut and cut top off housing to remove guts. Use a pipe cutter to do so. Then carefully drill hole in bottom of strut. insert koni INSERT (get it?) and then bolt up at the bottom.
etc.
Warren I think a delrin ring for the bottom of the insert or something better than Delrin may stabilize the insert better. I have a set of wrecked koni inserts that the bolt hole at the bottom got screwed up, I may fool with it and let you know what I find.
03-26-2013, 11:21 AM
#81
Hey Warren follow up with Jeff Wong at PPUSA? over two months and still waiting, money up front. Good news is he stroked front struts I purchased off root beers car and sent to him so he could check and then asemble into the core front housing; so we will see results. In the meantime, I cant beleive we have missed all this time to check out re valved front and rear konis.
I don't have any pull w/ Jeff. First time I emailed him was when you introduced me. Why is it that shock companies are universally so slow when you're just a small timer.
Keep me updated though. Curious how they turn out. I like replacing my Konis after a while, since I beat them up pretty good. Limited track events this year though
Maybe singular. Let me know if you're still coming down to Baltimore.
03-26-2013, 11:25 AM
#83
So for other folks, I seem to have nuked 1 set of fronts and 1 set of rears. I'm hoping that running appropriate springs, which DON'T bottom out all the time will keep this from happening.
I knew they were gone because in the front, the knob wasn't turning the same amount of turns it used to, and in the back, I could feel the car misbehaving. The front one went soft. I bent the rear one somehow. Probably curb hopping at the track. This happened some time ago, but I though I'd share it in this thread.
I knew they were gone because in the front, the knob wasn't turning the same amount of turns it used to, and in the back, I could feel the car misbehaving. The front one went soft. I bent the rear one somehow. Probably curb hopping at the track. This happened some time ago, but I though I'd share it in this thread.
03-26-2013, 12:03 PM
#84
Is this for Allan? Still think the off the shelf ones would have sufficed for now
I don't have any pull w/ Jeff. First time I emailed him was when you introduced me. Why is it that shock companies are universally so slow when you're just a small timer.
Keep me updated though. Curious how they turn out. I like replacing my Konis after a while, since I beat them up pretty good. Limited track events this year though Maybe singular. Let me know if you're still coming down to Baltimore.
I don't have any pull w/ Jeff. First time I emailed him was when you introduced me. Why is it that shock companies are universally so slow when you're just a small timer.
Keep me updated though. Curious how they turn out. I like replacing my Konis after a while, since I beat them up pretty good. Limited track events this year though
Maybe singular. Let me know if you're still coming down to Baltimore.no clue with Jeff he is a nice guy
Alan wants the best. I hate to fail. add headlight retrofits and carbon bodywork to the shock companies are universally slow lol.
03-26-2013, 12:04 PM
#85
So for other folks, I seem to have nuked 1 set of fronts and 1 set of rears. I'm hoping that running appropriate springs, which DON'T bottom out all the time will keep this from happening.
I knew they were gone because in the front, the knob wasn't turning the same amount of turns it used to, and in the back, I could feel the car misbehaving. The front one went soft. I bent the rear one somehow. Probably curb hopping at the track. This happened some time ago, but I though I'd share it in this thread.
I knew they were gone because in the front, the knob wasn't turning the same amount of turns it used to, and in the back, I could feel the car misbehaving. The front one went soft. I bent the rear one somehow. Probably curb hopping at the track. This happened some time ago, but I though I'd share it in this thread.
03-26-2013, 12:13 PM
#86
You have to cut the OEM strut to put the Koni insert in it.
Woah, sorry, had the page up for a while before I responded!
Woah, sorry, had the page up for a while before I responded!
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03-28-2013, 02:17 PM
#91
so the rears bolt on or do i need to cut and sleeve the old strut? sorry guys i feel like a real ******* sometimes but most of the indepth things i'm doing to the car its the first time so i wanna make sure i understand it to the fullest i can before getting too far into a project and not being able to finish it
03-28-2013, 02:22 PM
#92
so the rears bolt on or do i need to cut and sleeve the old strut? sorry guys i feel like a real ******* sometimes but most of the indepth things i'm doing to the car its the first time so i wanna make sure i understand it to the fullest i can before getting too far into a project and not being able to finish it
The fronts are inserts to the struts. The rears are not struts, just shocks and they bolt right on.
05-11-2013, 11:22 PM
#100
Quick question. I am in the process of putting the front strut inserts in and noticed what appears to be hydraulic fluid coming from the adjustment screw up top. Is this normal?
TIA.
TIA.