Joey, How much lower than stock are your Skunkworks? Mine's only riding 1.25" lower in the Eibach Pro-kit's. Just curious...
-George -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-crx@;mesaaz1.vwsi.net] On Behalf Of Joey Zarrella Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 1:28 PM To: Ricky Crow; Lee & Tracy Grimes Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: CRX: Suspension Question...shock dyno graphs after 2.5 years of driving on KYB AGX's on skunkworks springs, they have gotten worse.. i am beginning to see fluid on the tops of the shocks where the adjuster is... and the travel is MUCH too long for any lowered car, they seem to be longer than stock shocks.. Joey Zarrella --- Ricky Crow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just as an FYI for those on the list... I have seen > this PowerPoint > presentation and have listened to Lee's explanation > of everything, and it > VERY thoroughly proves -- you get absolutely what > you pay for when it > comes to shocks. You buy cheap shocks, and you end > up with junk. > > It was *extremely* enlightening. Even Tokico > Illuminas have quite a few > weak points, and I thought they were good before. > Turns out, Tokico > cheaped out on a few things in their design, as > well. KYB's...well, I > won't even get into those. You might as well buy > Sears Clearance Special > shocks instead. > > Ricky > > > > > On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, Lee & Tracy Grimes wrote: > > > There have been number of comments about good and > bad points of a variety > > of performance shocks lately, this thread was in > regards to AGXs. > > > > Would anyone like to see any actual hard data from > shock dyno graphs on a > > few popular brands? They are dyno graphs showing > how much rebound and > > compression damping forces are generated from a > stand still up to 13 inches > > per second/.33 meters per second. It also shows > what is effected and what > > is not effected when you make your adjustments on > each shock. It might > > explain (or confuse) a little more about what > shocks do and don't do. I > > have a Powerpoint shock dyno comparison > presentation showing dyno graphs of > > the front shocks for a '92-00 Civic/ '94-01 > Integra from KONI Sport, > > Bilstein Sport, Tokico Illumina, and KYB AGX. > All of the shocks were brand > > new, out of the box units that were dynoed then > cut apart to show what the > > physical internal differences are. I use both as > tools during my tech > > seminars. The Powerpoint is usually a visual that > I project and discuss > > various outlined points during the presentation. > I don't know how it will > > stand up as a self-guided tour but it might be > worth a try. > > > > I have just finished a slightly more thorough > comparison of '94+ Mustang > > front and rear struts and shocks including factory > stock units as well. In > > many ways it is even more enlightening but > obviously the Honda fronts might > > be more pertinent to this list. I have been > thinking about posting them > > both on the KONI web site so people can see some > real hard data numbers that > > head to head compare brands. If you list guys > think you'd be interested, > > I'll get them posted on our site and see what you > think. > > > > Lee > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com
