James,
I have the triple adjustable shocks. They have slow, and high speed
compression adjustments. The range is much larger, and the piston dia is
larger, because of the single tube design. The larger the piston area the
better the shock can handle high speed compression movements.
Barry
At 05:23 PM 6/25/2001 -0700, you wrote:
> > With the Koni shocks the car didn't handle the bumps,
> >I didn't realize how much the car had been moving
> > around, until driving the car with the Penske shocks.
>
>is this with the same valving and car setup? is it just that they are more
>linear over the the compression range?
>
>-james c
>OSP #74
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Barry Spencer <BSpencer@tsoft.com>
>To: <BA-Autox@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 5:04 PM
>Subject: Thanks
>
>
> > Thanks to all the people who planned the Divisional.
> >
> > What a difference when your car has Penske shocks. I switched from Koni
> > to Penske on the Europa, and this was the first test session with the new
> > set up. It felt I was going slower in the corners than before. With the
> > Koni shocks the car didn't handle the bumps, so the car would bounce and
> > move around a lot. I didn't realize how much the car had been moving
> > around, until driving the car with the Penske shocks. The car is so much
> > smoother than before, so it feels you're going slower, and it's much
>easier
> > to drive.
> >
> > Spencer's Motorsports is a dealer for Penske shocks.
> >
> > Thanks, and we all had fun.
> >
> > Barry, Jane, Christopher, and Michael.
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