Bye Bye Bilstein Hello Ohlins
I'll get in touch with him. Bruce has done some stuff for me in the past. I understand the forum/board thing. AST is building a set of shocks for me right now for my Z06 and I have no plans on posting them anywhere just because of the incessant "what did you do that for?" questions that will come up over and over again.
I first read the TTX Manual 3-4 years ago (and multiple times since) so I'm just about as familiar as you can get with these aside from actually taking one apart. Really wish I could afford them...
I first read the TTX Manual 3-4 years ago (and multiple times since) so I'm just about as familiar as you can get with these aside from actually taking one apart. Really wish I could afford them...
They're right around Moton, JRZ range but I know you do good things on a low budget like your Penskes.
One thing I learned from the Bilsteins was that being able to valve a damper is one thing but valving it correctly is another thing. With these it's just not that they're valved really well, there's something else about them. Even when running them fairly firm there doesn't seem to be the need for that initial breakaway to get them moving like I felt with the other dampers, it's almost as if everything is on ball bearings and the other stuff is on bushings. It's just that initial feel when you turn in that feels completely different than anything else.
One thing I learned from the Bilsteins was that being able to valve a damper is one thing but valving it correctly is another thing. With these it's just not that they're valved really well, there's something else about them. Even when running them fairly firm there doesn't seem to be the need for that initial breakaway to get them moving like I felt with the other dampers, it's almost as if everything is on ball bearings and the other stuff is on bushings. It's just that initial feel when you turn in that feels completely different than anything else.
Originally Posted by macr88' timestamp='1300613144' post='20379553
I tried to go the cheap route and valve some bilsteins but I just couldn't get what I was looking for out of them.

Originally Posted by macr88' timestamp='1300613144' post='20379553
I tried to go the cheap route and valve some bilsteins but I just couldn't get what I was looking for out of them.



