DISLEXICDIME Posted April 6, 2011 Report Share Posted April 6, 2011 Any one know how high of a coilover spring rats a zx tocico blue insert can dampin? Quote Link to comment
69FJWagon Posted April 6, 2011 Report Share Posted April 6, 2011 Any one know how high of a coilover spring rats a zx tocico blue insert can dampin? You can call them they will tell you probably around 450# but depending on what your doing I dont think they will last that long at that spring rate 300# would be ok I think for your car even with the SR in it, should be compliant enough for street driving and enough for an autocross application Clayton Quote Link to comment
DISLEXICDIME Posted April 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2011 I have 325's in the front and they don't dampen them and it rides pretty ruff so iwas going to try 225's I liked that spring rate on my 4 door Quote Link to comment
69FJWagon Posted April 7, 2011 Report Share Posted April 7, 2011 I wonder if its the shock and not the spring I know the blues are really stiff shock both on compression and rebound Troy has replaced a few sets for customers because the ride was to "STIFF" Clayton Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted April 7, 2011 Report Share Posted April 7, 2011 This is interesting. The struts I plan to run on my 710 are '84 Maxima and come apart. I've drained them and substituted 20 W motorcycle fork oil to increase the damping. I'm assuming the watery hydraulic fluid that was in there was 5W. Fork oil comes in a variety of different weights so if I find this too stiff I can replace with something lighter. Quote Link to comment
DISLEXICDIME Posted April 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2011 I wonder if its the shock and not the spring I know the blues are really stiff shock both on compression and rebound Troy has replaced a few sets for customers because the ride was to "STIFF" Clayton I wonder if it is both to stiff of spring and to stif of shock. I am getting high friquincey Bounce. Plus I hit a good size bump the other day and bounced so hard my wheels left the ground and bounced 2 more times. I have not had anything like that happen since I had a regal on switches 13 years a go. Scared the crap out of me. Now I don't want to drive it any more till I fix it. This is interesting. The struts I plan to run on my 710 are '84 Maxima and come apart. I've drained them and substituted 20 W motorcycle fork oil to increase the damping. I'm assuming the watery hydraulic fluid that was in there was 5W. Fork oil comes in a variety of different weights so if I find this too stiff I can replace with something lighter. I did this with my 4 door a long time ago but I can't remember what oil I used. It worked god till I blew a o ring . Then I bought some koni's Quote Link to comment
69FJWagon Posted April 7, 2011 Report Share Posted April 7, 2011 I wonder if it is both to stif of spring and to stif of shock. I am getting high friquincey Bounce. I hit a good size bump the other day and bounced so hard my wheels left the ground and bounced 2 more times. I have not had anything like that happen since I had a regal on switches 13 years a go. Scared the crap out of me. Now I don't want to drive it any more till I fix it. I'm running 350# fronts right now with TRD inserts (Rebadged AGX) and dont have any issues even with them set on full stiff rebound its not comfy to drive but its not scary like your talking about... You know about 10 years ago I codrove with a friend in a fox body mustang we had got a set of OLD Konis for free new in the box but because they were stored on their side for to long they pretty much locked up solid after about a week and gave that feeling... Maybe you have a bad set of shocks??? Quote Link to comment
DISLEXICDIME Posted April 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2011 I will have to pull them out and check. I ran agx in my 4 door and really liked them. I have been trying to decide if I want to change the spring rate or switch to mr2 agx's Quote Link to comment
PurePontiacKid Posted April 7, 2011 Report Share Posted April 7, 2011 the HP's have super horrible rebound damping. I wouldn't run anything stiffer than 200# springs on them. the stupid thing with HP's is their compression damping is super stiff, but the rebound is really bad, so even with a soft spring they still feel firm. I had HPs on my car a looong time ago with some 450-550# springs and bounced all over the place and the car rode like crap I used the same springs but with Koni 86-1919 red shocks for a Rabbit set to full stiff and the car has NO bounce whatsoever, however I am going with softer springs to make the car ride and handle better. Quote Link to comment
banzai510(hainz) Posted April 15, 2011 Report Share Posted April 15, 2011 I used the same springs but with Koni 86-1919 red shocks for a Rabbit set to full stiff and the car has NO bounce whatsoever, however I am going with softer springs to make the car ride and handle better. Yeah baby Koni Reds!!!!!!!!!!!!!! tockico blues are good shocks but best left for 180 pounds or lighter. spring soo stiff it will the valveing will not handle the force cuasr it has only one setting. Quote Link to comment
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