[TPR] Shocks

[Mad Dog Antenucci]

You wanna know about shocks? 
Yea I will tell you about shocks......I got to Vegas Tuesday with the Pantera 
and I have a leaking rear ALDAN shock.  

In fairness to Aldan these shocks have been on the Pantera 10-11 years or ever 
since we installed them after the fire in '99.....so maybe I have got 30+ open 
road races, lots of street time and never had a problem. Price has always 
been right including a NO CHARGE rebuild for the two rear shocks to dial in 25% 
more rebound to deal with the ever improving roads and infrastructure in 
America. ;-)>    And they continued to work beautifully until Tuesday. I don't 
know if the shocks sitting for the better part of a year while I was out of the 
country helped but it is what it is.

Decided I didn't want to risk running at the NORC with a bad shock or new 
replacement shocks (replace in pairs is recommendation) where I'd have to reset 
ride height and complete alignment and road test....so I put the Pantera back on 
the trailer. I was registered with a 180 Tech so seemed foolish to take risks I 
didn't need to. Yea I know that sounds odd but I want my gear and rear safe.

I will visit Aldan next week (they are not too far from where I live) and talk 
to them but other then this one failure I have never had any problems with Aldan 
in the past so I would recommend them again .....and this is my second set...the 
1st were the old steel single adjustables which were on the Pantera from 1985 to 
1999. Again no problems.
  
 
Mad Dawg Antenucci 
Team Pantera Racing 
The 1st & still the only vintage race team in open road racing 
www.teampanteraracing.com


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From: Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com>
To: tpr at teampanteraracing.com
Sent: Thu, May 12, 2011 10:39:16 AM
Subject: [TPR] Shocks

Hey all,

I recently got a nice promotion at work, which means I can start  
saving for car parts again.  First on my list and probably not able to  
purchase until October, is a new set of coilover shocks.  The  
following are what I know about:

Koni
QA1
Aldan
Telecar

Well, we all know what I think of Telecar by now so I won't even  
consider those.  I've heard some stories about Aldans leaking pretty  
soon after rebuild, but they -are- rebuildable.  Same with QA1 and Koni.

So my question to you, the knowledgeable Pantera racer, is:

- What shock do you run?
- What kind of experience do you have with them?
- What kind of racing are they suitable for?
- What kind of adjustments?
- Did you buy them new?
- Have they needed rebuilding?
- What has been your customer service experience?
- What about mounting? (bushings available or not, custom machining, etc.)

I'm personally leaning toward the Koni's mostly because I can get them  
all set up and ready to install from Pantera Performance Center, but I  
also know Julian has had a lot of good things to say about QA1, and  
Dennis has had a lot of good things to say about his Aldans.

Let the collective braintrust begin the discussion.

Asa Jay

-- 
Asa Jay Laughton - sent from somewhere other than home
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