On Sat, 26 May 2001, Brice Osborne wrote: > That said, I had H&R coilovers in the Jetta before I sold it and I thought > H&R used Bilstein dampers in their coilovers. Although the spring rates > were somewhat different, the shocks were quite nice. In terms of being > stiffer, I think it is like John said a while back about them- definitely > stiff enough for the street and spirited driving, but a little too soft for > the track. >
It's not too soft for the track... but I could definitely see people using stiffer springs. :) I also have stock swaybars front and rear, so I can't really say how well "set up" the car will be until i do. Also- H&R coilovers have bilstein shock bodies with... ready for this? MONROE guts. who cares, the dampers are perfectly matched to the spring rates... and whether you get H&R's where this is the case or you use adjustable shocks to achieve the same thing, the end result will be FAIRLY similar. The article in sports car was talking about differences of tenths of a second when using adjustable shocks, and fine tuning them exactly to the surface. After seeing brice's car with the tokico's on full soft for the ride home, I can understand why adjustables are nice. Once you know where they need to be for the track, you can always turn em down for the ride home. :) > Brice > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Patrick Austin > Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 9:26 PM > To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: RE: Shocks - Boge, Bilstein, ? > > > Tokicos used to have a bad reputation for blowing out really quickly. I > know someone who ran through three sets of iluminas on his GTI in something > like six or eight months. Konis are great if you have the cash though. :) > Autocrossers want really stiff shocks to keep body roll in check during > transitional cornering...I know someone who runs a neon with the factory > adjustable konis on his car, and he just set 'em on the stiffest setting at > the autocross. How do the tokicos on their stiffest compare to the > stiffness of a bilstein sport/HD? > > > > At 05:27 PM 5/25/01 -0700, Brice Osborne wrote: > > I just read an article in the last Sports Car mag about how important > >adjustable shocks are to be successful in stock classes of Solo 2. Brice > >> -----Original Message----- > > ************** > Patrick Austin > [email protected] > (617)782-9115 > ************** > _____________ > List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com > To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with > 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message > See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com > Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org > > _____________ > List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com > To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with > 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message > See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com > Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org > _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
