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| dan0617 | Adjustable shocks for drag racing question | ||
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If I were to buy adjustable shocks for the front (Koni's or QA1's) would I set them on full hard or full soft for drag racing to get the weight to transfer. I never understood if they should be set to "hard ride" to push the front up, or if they should be set to "soft ride" to let the shocks stretch out easier and let the front lift. Please teach me.
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Posted on: 2008/3/4 2:24
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| Josh | Re: Adjustable shocks for drag racing question | ||
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You'll get different answers depending on who you ask, but soft is what I prefer.
You don't need to do anything to the fronts IMO, unhooking the swaybar with stock-ish shocks allows more than enough weight transfer. The rears I would prefer to set as soft as possible, but too much squat can really hurt these cars when they launch. When it squats down, the tire tilts in at the top, so too much squat and the added weight to the rear tires doesn't help because there isn't enough tire on the road. Ultimately, you'd have to get some adjustables and play with them at the drag strip to see what the car really likes. |
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Posted on: 2008/3/4 21:32
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| BrianCunningham | Re: Adjustable shocks for drag racing question | ||
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I set my front QA1's 1 click from full soft when I'm at the drags
Any softer and the car floats too much on the top end. A true drag shock is a 90/10, so the nose will go up in the air real fast to transfer the weight, but will go back down slow. You can do that with the newer QA1's which separate compression and rebound. Mine are single adjustables. |
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| rickreeves1 | Re: Adjustable shocks for drag racing question | ||
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Are the double adjustable really worth the extra cost for a street car/drag race use? |
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| dan0617 | Re: Adjustable shocks for drag racing question | ||
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I'm thinking of keeping the cheap Gabriels that I have on the back on there, but putting Koni's on the front. Sounds like setting them pretty soft is the way to go. I do have my front sway bar removed and I think it feels a little too soft in the front under normal driving but when I heat the Nitto 555R's real good the car dead hooks on launch even on the street. I think adjustable front shocks that I can set maybe 1/2 or 3/4 of the way to full hard for the street, then set to nearly full soft for the drag day would be the best bet for me. I'm also going to get some positive camber put in the rear when I get it in for alignment. That should keep me dead hooking. I don't launch with the nitrous, I wait till I'm moving a little for that. A dead hook on drag radials while spraying with my combo will surely be the end of my D36. Thanks for the info guys! |
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