Anyone, Koni shock upgrade?

cavemancan

Your observations reveal the following:

1) Either you are a better driver then they were or your more comfortable with your setup then they are with theirs.

2) Their coilovers were not setup correctly/street use. One of my biggest complaints with the stock setup is how nervous the car feels when you hit a bump under engine load or how bouncy the car gets to the point of losing control at higher speeds. Improperly setup suspension can exaggerate this issue. I get so confused when some drivers say the 370Z is too soft. I would say dampening needs to be softened up so it can soak up the bumps and not make the car nervous. I plan to stiffen the hell out of all the other components like sway bars etc but soften the shocks and see how that works out. I could be understanding it in reverse but coilovers are a great platform to discover on.

3) You have a go baby go button in your car and didn't tell anyone

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SPDKING

I wouldn't say I'm a expert driver (don't let my username fool you), I'm cautious and I know how my car reacts if I do bone head moves but I'm not a driver that would win any races. I guess if you want to count this, they did have breather mods without tunes so I assume their cars are running worse than stock (low end torque lost, not as smooth as stock until they get tunes etc). It'll be a different story at Willow Springs.

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Rusty

Anytime you get shocks that are adjustable. You have to take time to play with the adjustments. You can find one setting that's good for DD. But once you step up the pace. Most likely you will have to adjust the shocks again. Usually stiffer in the settings. One setting does not fit all needs. It's easy for someone new to get lost on setting up adjustable shocks. Keep notes on each setting. Just until you play with a set of 4 ways. Low and high speed damping.


For me driving on the street. I will only go to about 75%. I always leave something in reserve. On the track is a different story.

The stock dampers have too much compression damping. Not enough rebound damping.

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