Super Dave

I have just about had enough of this 280zx see-saw action every time I accellarate and shift. I have new shocks so thats not it. My best guess for this fix are coilover shocks. Does anyone else have a better one or concure with this one?
Thanks

MM951

David, I know exactly what you are talking about...I gotta ZX and when i acel/shift or powershift lurches back then shoots forward...


What are the 944s your sellin like?

Super Dave

Actually I am looking for the fix to this problem. I do have some great shape KONI shocks but they are for 83 thru 85 944s

Super Dave

Opps I forgot about my sinature. The 86 is Gold but an auto trans. 83 is sold. I need to delete that. and the other two are now parts donnors. I do have a 87 too.

tifosiman

Some "squat" under accelleration is good, but not excessive squat. There are a few things to consider if you want to change it:

1. Have you lowered the rear with the eccentric bolts? Dropping it by .5 to .75 inches (to design-spec height) will eliminate some squat.

2. Consider upgrading to larger rear Torsion bars. This will necessitate bumping up the spring rate in the front to match.

3. Purchase coil-over helper springs (like those from www.klaindustries.com). These will allow you to keep your existing torsion bars and add some stiffness to the rear. Again, you will want to increase the spring rate in the front to match.

I think eliminating the rear torsion bars and going to coilovers only on the rear, on a street car, would be a mistake. The mounts for the rear shocks are not meant to bear the total load/weight of the rear.




Hope that helps!

Tifo

Super Dave

Tifo, that link you sent me has to do with plastics. Do you have another link?
Thank you
David

iloveporsches

Hey Dave, are you looking to get rid of those early Koni's? PM me if you are.

tifosiman

OOPS!

Try www.klaindustries.net .

Sorry!

Tifo

Brazzos

Dave! I'm "right down the road" and would like to see some pics of that '87 you're parting out.

Can ya post some?

Super Dave

Brazzos, send me a e-mail and I will tell you all about it. Its easier for me to send pics that way as well.
David
hpandsd@ev1.net

Brazzos

Send em here:
brazzos6@hotmail.com

If that doesnt work..send em to:
bshaw@nabors.com
I doubt if my company email will allow you to send any type of attachments at all so try the hotmail first.

Thanks!

Super Dave

Tifo, Thats the best price I have seen on new coilovers yet!! Gonna have to get me a pir of those. Thanks

tifosiman

Mine arrive here tomorrow, and I will install over the weekend and auto-cross on them Sunday. I'll let you know what I think. I plan on doing a write up on the install (should be simple) and the overall performance of the product and post it on here. My hope is that they don't raise the rear of the car at all. The guys at KLA say that they won't so I gotta believe them and hope for the best!

Tifo

car_slave

I just put the KLA rear coil-overs on my lowered car. Well they come with ten inch springs which puts the adjusters up a little too high into the wheel wells, so at some point I want to buy some eight inch 200lb springs to better match the 250lbs welts up front with stock torsion bars (not sure what they are, the car came with 26.8 mm front, and 18mm rear sways, plus 951 A-arms) although the car drives fine as is for now (hardly driven it yet). So I am now selling a brand new set of Koni yellow rears if anyone is interested, I bought them to fix my bouncing rear end and then came to the conclusion that the torsion bars were getting old. They only have one thousand miles them.

Super Dave

Car_slave
exactly what wheels are you running so we can compare? Could just cut the spring to shorten it. How much for the KONIs?