At 19:24 21/05/98 +0200, you wrote:
>Hi again!
>What is the recomended setting on the front shock absorbers which Koni has
>made for the Elan. We have set them on 1,5 turns(?),
>BTW: do you have any tricks when you want to adjust the shocks quickly?
>(It is a bit dangerous since you have to compress the springs a lot
>when you remove the shock absorber to adjust it)
>
>
Tor,
Happy 17th May!
I fitted Koni's to my +2S about 30,000 miles ago. I set them at 1.5 turns
originally. Over time I felt the suspension was not effectively damped (the
car would dive, then bounce back when braking hard) so I would wind them up
a bit. Now I have them on full "hard" and they are not satisfactory (they
probably are worn), so I am replacing them soon with Spax shocks with
adjustable spring perches from Spyder Engineering.
How to adjust shocks with minimum effort:
I got tired of winding up the springs, releasing them again to take them
off the shocks, adjusting the shocks and going through winding up the
springs and releasing them again, with the spring compressor I made up from
10mmm threaded rod. Last time I just compressed the spring once, removed
the upper spring seat, filed out a slot to fit the shock adjuster flats in
a suitably sized nut, brazed the nut to a 1/4" drive socket, put this on a
6" extension, and changed the settings in jig time. You also only need to
take the tension off the front suspension arms at the chassis ends, and
also loosen the front trunnion nuts to remove the shock, no need to remove
the arms. Also drop (and replace) the antiroll bar with the suspension
fully loaded.
The rear shocks, now that's another story !
I have recently taken delivery of a Spyder chassis, looks good, will be
doing the changeover soon.
Sean Murray
Wexford
Ireland
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