[Tigers] Front Shock selection?

[Teepen, Jere]

 Mike:

I am curious where you saw the force/velocity dyno plots regarding the
Edelbrock IAS shocks for Tigers.  Or was this for another Edelbrock IAS
application?  CAT has been selling these shocks for about eight years now and
have had very positive feedback.  Do you have personal experience with these
shocks?  If so, did you use them for a street car or a autocross/race car?

To the best of my knowledge these shocks are not intended to be, nor promoted
as, a competition shock, but are a good choice for street cars with occasional
forays onto the autocross course.

Jere

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From: tigers-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:tigers-bounces at autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of MWood24020 at aol.com
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 9:56 PM
To: michael.s.king at gmail.com; fabbro at shaw.ca
Cc: tigers at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Front Shock selection?

I'm not sure we can do better than the Koni Reds for off the  shelf dampers
for the Tiger...you can get them from Sunbeam Specialities or  direct from
Koni. You also might contact Koni about rebuilding or warranty  replacement on
the 82-1347's you have...I had frozen up rear Konis when I got my  Tiger and
Koni replaced them for no cost. If you keep the Konis on full soft in  the
back and just a bit more rebound in front (like, maybe 1/2 turn or so),
you'll have good damping and a ride that is better than stock on lower quality
shocks.
The Edelbrock "IAS" valving is marketing hype and crap...I've seen
force/velocity dyno plots of Edelbrock's and it is just nonsensical. I've
never  seen Spax dyno tested and have never seen them used by anyone in
either the road racing I used to do or the Autocross that I currently do...not
saying they aren't great shocks, I just don't have any experience with 'em to
have an opinion

Mike

In a message dated 2/16/2009 9:30:14 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
michael.s.king at gmail.com writes:

I think  CAT has some edelbrocks that were done for the tiger at a good price.
Contact their spares department. Otherwise use Spax or Konis from  the sunbeam
suppliers

2009/2/17 Fabbro  <fabbro at shaw.ca>

> Hi All
>
>  I'm working on  a 1965 Tiger with stock suspension.  When I purchased
> the car to  restore it came with 4 new rear Koni shocks Part # 82-1348
> in a box.  The car had mounted on the front section Koni 82-1347
> shocks but need  to be replaced. Can some one throw a manufactures
> name and part number  for front shocks that would fit the cars weight and
spring rate.
> It  will be a daily driver for the wife so keeping it to the stock
> ride  feel would be preferred.
>
> Thanks
> Kim
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