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Originally Posted by Bill Ball
UGH! I thought they might be. Thanks, Garth. How ancient are those?
Back to business ... The Koni gas units with wrench flats on the piston rod as installed my '80 are ~ 12 years old, and still as tight as new. In all likelyhood, Mark has the same generation shocks.
I had purchased a NOS set of identical looking pure hydraulic Konis for a 928 on an ebay deal ... but found another home for them before I got to use them: I suspect that they were 15+ years old, but most of the racing Konis of that era were non gas units and excellent shocks ( had them on Audis). When it came to doing the S4, a recent set with the allan hex heads were used.
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It looks like these oldies hold up a lot better than the newer ones. That helps explain while people with old Konis swear by them and why they had such a good reputation, while some people with the newer Konis, swear at them. Completely different shocks.
Oh, B-J has been entertaining. I've got it running in window on the PC. Saw the guy I bought my 66 Vette from (sold years ago) selling his "last Stingray" for $600K.
Oh, B-J has been entertaining. I've got it running in window on the PC. Saw the guy I bought my 66 Vette from (sold years ago) selling his "last Stingray" for $600K.
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Originally Posted by Garth S
Push the piston rod down a bit - if it slowly returns, they are Koni Gas units ....
Guess I'll have to figure a way to make a tool.
Thanks guys - I REALLY appreciate all the suggestions and edumacation!
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Any out there with one of the old no gas filled Koni's for the front. I have three and want to make a complete set. Can the old hydralic be mixed side to side the new gas filled ones?
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