wow thanks for the thorough reply !

 

I would experiment with settings until you find a setting you like. I like to have the rear at a lower setting than front because it helps stabilize the rear under hard braking (the rebound increases more than compression as you go stiffer). The sweet spot for my driving style was like 6-4 or 5-3.

 

This applies to many brands of shocks as well. I was trying to remember where I read the article, but there was a great one a number of years ago about this very thing. Most shock brands, minus a few, showed very non-linear response and cross effects (aka rebound setting effecting compression) at the extreme ends of the adjustment range. Koni certainly does, although they are better than a lot of or maybe most of the japanese shocks. The higher end ($$$) brands did do much better though.

And if you are running right at the stiffest setting, you may find you have improper valving for the application and a revalve may be in order.

 

thanks for all the replies !

 

I agree that I like the rear pretty stiff, because it keeps the back end in line under hard braking. I also ended up around 7/5 (street) and 4/3 (track) on 11k/11k setup.

My experience when testing damper settings also coincides with the other poster that said the rear damping changes have more of an effect on the chassis characteristics than the front damping changes.