Still trying to get my car to work on drag radials.
I dead hooked for the first time once yesterday for a couple feet then it unloaded and felt like wheel hop until it hooked back up and pulled the front end again. It was violent. This never happened before and I don't want it to happen again.
A fellow racer came over and pushed down on the rear of my car it springs back quicker than it goes down. He said that for drag radials to work the rear needs to come up slow when you push it down.
So now I'm looking for rear shocks to control this. I want something good but I don't want to spend a thousand dollars if its not necessary.
One of the older fellaws on here nailed it a few weeks ago in a post where he said the Rancho 9000 shocks don't work with drag radials.
What shocks are you guys using or what do you recomend?

if you have lots of money, santuffs, penshe. konis are still very good shocks. lots of fast cars with the afco and QA1 also. I use on one car the penskes, and the mid 8 second car uses the konis.

I don't have deep pockets like you but I would go $600 or so for a set of good shocks

afco's work good on my car.
I am not running radials.
but they work good.

Which are the most user friendly as far as adjustments? I prefer just two knobs and not having to remove the shock to adjust.

I have the strange but I am sure afco are similar. should be about the same to adjust.

Afco

Strange

http://www.jegs.com/p/JEGS-Performance-P...483367/10002/-1

dont know who makes them for jegs...but just put a set on a 71 Duster with ladder bars...

Looks like QA1

Best double adjustable most I bet would say santhufs but are about twice as expensive. I have afco DAs on my radials. OP said $600 budget get on the YB I paid less than $600 that for mine.

IMO Afco is probably about the best shock for the money. If you have any kind of question about your shocks or want the actual shock dyno sheet for them you can call and they will be more than happy to send them to you. If you do your homework or talk with someone they can actually build you a set with different valving in them. I am going to be using them when I get that far along with the build I am getting ready to start. I have a great relationship with those guys just because of the way they treat their customers and how they keep looking for ways to improve what they have. Strange really doesn't seem to want to move forward. They are good with what they have.

I have afco da on mine. Just went 1.35 60ft on 275/60/15 radials on motor. The afcos out of the box didn't work for me. I sent them to Mark Menser motorsports and he revalved them for me. He is a dealer for strange, afco, Penske, koni and a few more brands. Call him and he will set up a custom shock for your car. Mark (910)624-1119

Dont know how much HP you have ? But for 600 beans you cant go wrong with the Afco's. If you have a high HP car I would save my money and buy Penski or Santuff's. There is a reason they cost more

KONI

Where are the knobs located to adjust the AFCO shocks? From the pictures it looks like one is at the top of the shock? In my car that would be a pain to adjust.
I'm looking for a shock that is easy to adjust two knobs at the bottom of the shock.

You want Strange !
I have strange and santuff, I don't think you need the higher priced units at your ET