klein@ucbcad.UUCP (04/24/85)
Konis are definitely nice shocks. The best part is that they are adjustable. But with more and more cars these days using Macpherson strut suspensions, the adjustable Konis lose their biggest advantage, since you have to take your entire suspension apart (springs too) to adjust them, I believe. Is this true? If so, are there others that don't require this major undertaking to tweak them? -- -Mike Klein ...!ucbvax!ucbmerlin:klein (UUCP) klein%ucbmerlin@berkeley (ARPA)
hansen@utah-gr.UUCP (Chuck Hansen) (04/25/85)
Maybe someone out there can explain this ... I always thought that shocks were used to dampen the oscillation caused by springs. Now if you have adjustable shocks, does that mean you can control how quick the spring dampens? It seems to me what folks want would be an adjustment that allowed the springs to be stiffened. Anyone with Konies care to explain? Chuck Hansen decvax!utah-gr!hansen
klein@ucbcad.UUCP (04/29/85)
> I always thought that shocks were used to dampen the oscillation caused > by springs. Now if you have adjustable shocks, does that mean you can control > how quick the spring dampens? It seems to me what folks want would be > an adjustment that allowed the springs to be stiffened. Yes, you are right. Shocks dampen the oscillation of the springs. And adjustable shocks allow you to control "how quick the spring dampens", or more precisely, allow you to adjust the damping factor of the spring/mass/shock system. It sure would be nice to be able to adjust the spring rate, but that is much harder to do than adjust the shocks. -- -Mike Klein ...!ucbvax!ucbmerlin:klein (UUCP) klein%ucbmerlin@berkeley (ARPA)