Jim at Tri-Point Racing has just finished building a set of double adjustable Konis for my car.. but they are still in the box so I cannot give you any feedback yet. He has built Konis for several cars that compete regularly so he may be the source of Jason

 

Boy oh boy... can you believe it? You show up to a National Tour with a hand painted S2000 and the photographer from Sports Car wants to take pictures of your shocks! I just cant get a break! Anyways....

Indeed, my shocks were built by Jim L at ProParts/Tri-Point. They're the 28-series with steel bodies (fixed perches).

I've had them for almost a year now. They work great and I've had zero problems with them, even after 20000 street miles.

They're easy to adjust, and the ajustment range is pretty good (as long as you dont end up wanting to straddle two of the valve sets... they dont overlap).

Um... what else... they're not as pretty as the Penskes I guess. And the gas charge isnt as easily adjustable... with the Penskes, I could re-fill em with my own nitrogen tank... the Konis need all kinds of wierd special tools. Of course that's not a really a *big* deal... Oh and the Konis dont normally have and external resevoir, which could be seen as an advantage.

There you go.

cheers,
jason keeney

 

Did you have to give up your stock shocks for parts, or can you avoid that?
Also, about how much did they cost?

If I can get the shocks for less than the penskes, I might go that way and spend the difference and get an exhaust too.

 

None of these solutions sound particularly cost effective. Doesn't Koni have a nice simple OEM replacement adjustable shock? Is that too much to ask?

 

Yeah, I had to donate my stock shocks to get mine built... this may or may not be necessary anymore. You'd have to ask ProParts.

The Koni 28s are not cheap... somewhere around $1100 per corner... which is actually quite a bit more than even the Penskes. There are other Koni options though.. like their 30 and 80 series shocks that are much less money but would still be excellent performers. ProParts will have all the details on these if you think you might be interested.

I understand that there will eventually be an "off the shelf" Koni for the S2000 soon... this will probably be a great choice for a good performing, resonably priced shock solution.

-jason keeney

 

Let's not forget that Joe Goeke proved that stock shocks and a big front swaybar are just as good as anything by roasting the field at the Ft. Worth tour. I edged him by 100ths on Saturday (but tagged a cone) but he was 1.4 seconds faster than me on Sunday! (He did have two reruns and I had 2 spins!)

Just making the point that a 'budget' racer should still be able to be quite competitive with the stock shocks and a big front bar, especially if they are a great driver! The fancy custom shocks are only worth a little bit of time and most importantly ONLY IF YOU GET THE SETTINGS RIGHT! Which we haven't done... yet.

 

J- I was willing to ignore the fact you were driving just as fast on the stock shocks... I also know once you figure out the Penskes you will be unbeatable (by mere mortals)

Hopefully by the time I decide to get a S2K, the "big" Comptech bar and the "budget" Koni adjustables will be plentiful.

 

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