On Mon, 5 Jan 1998, Christopher T Palmer wrote:
> I once knew a old racing guy who said that he and his buddies used to put
> STP in their lever shocks in varying proportions to stiffen the dampening
> effect. I'm not kidding...he was sort of a crazy 'Smoky Yunick' looking
> kinda guy.
>
> Anyone else ever heard of such a thing??
>
> CTP
Yes, I did that on my first (74) Midget when I was young and foolish. All
shocks were leaking, so I thought "what the heck" and filled all 4 with
straight STP. It was stiff and understeered, but when I disconnected the
swaybar, it was a lot of fun....until the STP had leaked out.
This was a long time ago and I don't remember if the car war streetable
like that. Also, I wonder if even good dampers could handle this for
long.
Ulix
>
> At 12:57 AM -0500 1/6/98, Nory wrote:
> >I was taught that, when filling the dampers, you need to bounce that
> >corner of the car a few times to distribute the oil (careful - it can
> >slosh out), then top it off again.
> >
> >BTW, I used to used 20W oil. Am now using the stuff V-B sells - NO
> >significant difference.
> >
> >-NORY
> >Don't assume that because you have found one problem, you have found the
> >ONLY problem.
> >
> > '74 Midget & '71 parts car
> > '94 Ford Ranger
> > '86 Ford Escort
> > '89 Ford Probe
> > '96 North American Shepherd
> > 2 cats (handiest shop tools around)
> >http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Way/9101
>
>
>
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