More shock discussion

Mike...I have the Alstons on the back.

Yes..They are the Vari-Shocks..

Ted, if it's working for you, stick with it! And if you decided to not upgrade, I have a set of 3 way adjustables that I took off the front and replaced with QA1's if you want them. The are eye/stud style but not sure of the ext/collapsed length but can check for you if you are interested.

VariShocks like others out there use Koni valving. They are pretty decent pieces from what I have seen.

I would leave the old CE on...

I have the Calverts---the extension on them vs any other standard 90/10 shock is WAYYY more loose.

I "pull tested" them on the bench....my old Summits were kind of difficult to pull apart..... the calverts pull out EASY and fast.

Thanks,guys! These pull out easy and fast! I think too fast!

I'm in shock shock right now myself.I need to upgrade my shocks this winter.
At what ET,speed or HP do you need to step up to the Santhoff shock??? I'm kinds liking the Vi-king da's

Harcourt (Hal) Lees is the man responsible for a lot of technology in the shock world. Yes he had a hand in the first 90/10. Did a stint with Koni Americas and the then Alston Engineering and developed the Koni 82 series SPA-1 valving for drag racing. Had his own shock company, AVO USA, which later became Hals Shocks, which was bought out by QA-1 whom also bought out Carrera. Left QA 1, went back to work for Chris Alston (Chassis Works) and helped them design and build the Varishock, Which incidently are manufactured and built in house at Chassisworks. So when you say "Koni valving" That is all Hal Lees! The last I heard he was doing business as Hal Lees Enterprise (performance shock rebuilding and sales) in Palm City Fla.

90/10's and loose front shocks are not always the best thing. What happens is when you run them that loose you get all the hit all at once and when the shock tops out it can unload the tires. Cars often benefit from stiffer shock settings on the front rather than all the way loose like is commonly thought for the reason stated above. Especially on big power cars this is often true. Good shocks are also velocity sensitive, meaning that the faster they move, the more they absorb with the valving. And the valving on the compression side is equally important. When you the car lands it needs to absorb the weight coming down so as not to hit and unload the rear tires. Any car that lands from a wheelie hard enough to bounce the front tires back up in the air is a perfect example of this. If you had a data logger on one of these cars you would see increased driveshaft speed as the front end lands. Go watch a round of Super Stock and watch how many of the really good cars land and just touch and stick the front end. Violent launching and landing looks cool but typically is not fast nor consistent.

Thanks to dvw(Doug) for the part number!!