Shocks
 

What is a good double adjustable shock for a 1100 hp SG car. Not wanting to spend 1500 plus on a set of rear shocks. What do you recommend and why. Thanks Kevin

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Kevin , when you have that much HP ,there is no room for inexpensive shocks.
Quality double adjustable shocks are a necessity ,especially on some of the bumpier tracks we run on , not to mention controlling the tire at the line.
I personally use KONI shocks and have good results, but I also use AFCO and Santhuff shocks on customers cars.
Valving for the application is very important .

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Tom if I went with Afco who would you get to valve them. I have run koni but on my car adjusting the top sweep is almost impossible running strange now. Wonder about that new shock strange came out with and who is making it. I heard somewhere that strange wasn't making them think in house.

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What about QA1. They have the adjustment knobs at the bottom for easy access and has more adjustment than Afco. Even if you have to adjust two clicks to see a change, that is still more than others. JRI has a good sportsman shock at a reasonable price but the nitrogen charge requirement is one more maintenance thing. I am also trying to move away from Stange after having consistency issues. I was not to impressed when I got their shock dyno sheet.


Bob

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QA1 are junk IMO. Sure they are aluminum and have knobs but that's it. Their valving just works poorly. BTDT, never again.

IMO Afco for a lower price choice but I prefer Santhuff myself. Not that much more $$$ and they flat out work. Wish I had spent the money on the Santhuff's 10 years ago.

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Kevin , The Big Gun valveing that comes in the AFCO's has worked well for the cars I've used them on .
Haven't had the opportunity to use the new Strange shocks on anything yet , I'd like to try them on something . .....The old Strange shocks were not up to handling cars with high HP and lots of hit.
X2 on the Santhuff's . I had some experience with them many years ago on a stick shift Super Stock car when they first came out, was blown away by how they worked.

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Tom my car works just fine with the Strange shocks (double adjustable) and my engine made 1148 HP on the dyno.
The tires you use makes as much of a difference with the high HP as the shocks on the hit and when it comes off the stop in my opinion.
Just My 2 Cents
Rick Cates
Canyon, TX

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Rick , I had the old Strange double adjustables on my car when I first built it .
Where I found the Koni's to be better was after the initial hit ,when the car went on the stop and the tire relaxed. The Koni valving allowed the tire to recover more smoothly as seen on the data graphs.
They are not bad shocks at all ,I have several customers using them on bracket cars, I just don't prefer them for throttle stop applications.

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Call Marc at JRI... they build a very nice product..

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Just to put in my 2 cents I have dyno'd shocks from Aldans to penske's. I would extremely advise the 7500 series penske's or the santuff's or the JRi "real deal" double adjustable first. I did find a few budget minded shocks that were very consistent on the dyno, low hysteresis, and linear between adjustments. One being the NEW Strange monotube gas charged ULTRA shock. They are gold. they have ~24 sweeps each reb and comp. I believe they are around 525 ea. Also, the JRi "sportsman" shocks are a great shock for the price. Quality is there but the adjustment range is short, but fortunately EVERY click does something and is equal throughout the range. It has 12 reb and 5 comp adjustments. I currently run these on my Super Street car and have had good luck. Like you I know the benefits of a great shock but just wasn't in the budget when I was purchasing them.

Good Luck this year!

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I've run QA1, Koni, Strange, Afco & Penske.

Penske is in a class of its own if you ask me.

Call Shane Sweigart @ Penske (610) 375-6180.

It will be the last time you look anywhere else and the track side support is second to none. Shane is at most every National and all D1 races supporting his customers.

Shawn

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Tom & Rick,
In support of the "older strange double adjustable shocks". I have them on my car. Both knobs on the bottom. I run S/G and Q32 with the same car.
I leave the shock settings the same for both classes. On the Pro side I leave at 5,600 and the bracket side 4,600. The car weighs 2,485lbs. with me in it race ready and I made 1,374hp and 1,014lbs of torque on the dyno.
I've never had an issue with them thus far. I would buy another set without question.

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Does anyone have experience with Viking? Relatively new on the scene, all double adjustable with prices that will not break the bank.

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While I don't own any yet, I have heard good things about them.

My son has them on a 68 Barracuda Drag Week car and likes them.

I have seen many folks say they like them. One guy I know had his dynoed by a guy very familiar with the Penske shocks and he was impressed.

My son's set was missing a pair of bushings. He was pleased with the support and they got him a set quickly.

Bill

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Kevin

I use Santhuff on all my cars, sold lots of them, they cost alot, but like someone said earlier, if ya have 1000 hp, why cheap out on shocks,I have some Double Adj's in stock, give me a call, Brian 407-474-0898.