Who Makes a Good Rear Coil Over Double Adj. Shock

512Fairlane on June 1st 2010, 8:33 pm

Who makes a good double adjustable rear shock for the money? Strange? QA1? Affco? I'm thinking of losing the leaf springs and switching to coil overs. What spring rate for a car this heavy? (3500 lbs)

TravisRice on June 1st 2010, 8:43 pm

I think if money allowed the Afco stuff is the nicer of the 3 you mentioned. Strange would be second, QA1 would be my last choice.Not sure what weight is on the rear tires but I would say you are going to be in the 125#-150# on the rear spring. You need to stay as light as will allow on the back and then crank the spring up a little for stored energy. JMO

richter69 on June 1st 2010, 8:54 pm

Afco.

Treeyasoon on June 1st 2010, 9:00 pm

I have to throw in a vote for the QA1 shocks....for the money they are pretty good.

Curt on June 1st 2010, 9:01 pm

Race Ready Fabrications on June 1st 2010, 9:18 pm

AFCO, If you decide to go with AFCO let me know, I live less than a mile from there and I can get a pretty good deal.

'65 T-BOLT on June 1st 2010, 9:19 pm

I am currently using Aldan double adjustable with 130 lbs springs

richter69 on June 1st 2010, 9:27 pm

You can mount the Afco's upsidedown.............. cheers

Race Ready Fabrications on June 1st 2010, 9:29 pm

richter69 wrote:You can mount the Afco's upsidedown..............

I love it when people ask me if i know my coilovers are on upside down....lol

richter69 on June 1st 2010, 9:30 pm

Race Ready Fabrications wrote:
richter69 wrote:You can mount the Afco's upsidedown..............

I love it when people ask me if i know my coilovers are on upside down....lol

X2 lol

Barney on June 1st 2010, 9:37 pm

Santuff followed by Strange, end of conversation!!!

richter69 on June 1st 2010, 9:51 pm

I'll agree with the Santuff comment, Strange would not be my second choice lol. You can ask Duffy about that one, and he builds a lot of fast cars so I trust his opinion. We did put a set of Strange shocks on our fox and for the money they were great..........until a year later and the car was inconsistant all of a sudden........you guessed it.

DILLIGASDAVE on June 1st 2010, 10:40 pm

Double adjustable coil over pecking order.

God tier......
Koni electircs. (Santhuff still has a better dampening window than Koni in my opinion. But being able to change the Koni's dampening during the pass by just setting a timer is da bomb)

Ultra Top tier......
Santhuff
Koni
Afco (haven't messed with them, but they have good reviews)

Top tier......
Strange

Lower tier....
QA1/HAL/AVO group

Shit tier......
Alden/American/Eagle (nitrogen charged crap might be OK for the street, but usless for drag racing. But they also become usless on the street after they loose the charge over time)

'65 T-BOLT on June 2nd 2010, 4:57 pm

Oh sure Dave! drag my coilovers to the shit tier! Sad

just kidding, they were bought a few years ago before i started racing.

bigblock t-bird on June 2nd 2010, 8:26 pm

QA1 on my t-bird, got the kit from autoweld. Double adjustable with 150#springs, but going to 100# now. Steve

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