IcemanG17

Rich
Don't put that mojo on me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I wasn't in poor Dennis's car last time!! I was at the track...but alas...so were you...hmmm & you were IN Georges......& you were at the track when my PS hose blew & my fuel pump problems started......hmmm I see a pattern!!

Bill Ball

Ugh! Keep us posted, George.

Tahoe Shark

I'll keep my fingers crossed for you George.

stuartph

Bill


I cannot belive said vendor has not refunded you your money as good will, but they just go on about science..........

jorj7

Bill,

Looking at the radar results it seems they caught you at 165 at the finish line!

Here is a 20 shot sequence I put in an animated gif of your 161 mph speed trap run:

Fastest928

Bill -
Two sets of Konis behaving almost exactly the same way....was just trying to find a logical explanation.

Gone.

Marc

mark kibort

what is the mode of failure for Konis? does the internal valving fail or does it have to leak out.

Im very concerned that i have a bad shock or two. When the car is on the rack, the rear wheel can be pushed up by hand until the spring starts to compress. the otherside has more hydrolic resistance from the start. can there be a dead zone before the oil starts to be forced through the valving?
anyway, none of the devek level II shocks are leaking, but im worried that after near 10 years, that they may be toast. i think the spring hides much of the shock action, by just boucing up and down on the car.expecially if one side is still good, or if the rebound is still working.
any static tests to prove a shock is bad while the shocks are on the car?
(sorry to hijack. I may have to start a new thread regarding this.)
mk

Susan K Thomas

Best to start a new thread...

Ron_H

OK, I'll post in that thread, because I have some things to say about Konis and speed. Hurry and start it, please.

Jorj, I also feel your pain, having left pieces of engine and case all over the freeway outside of Albuquerque once and also having left a broken crank all over the road a few years prior to that.

BC

Quick, what is the issue? I need to put mine one in the next week or so.

Brendan

Ron_H

No issues. That is my point. I got some Konis from Devek about 40,000 miles ago and installed them and they work well. Not as stiff as I might like, but they have been through a few "spirited" corners at speed in Nevada and I have yet to experience what Bill describes. If I had it to do over, I would have set them a slight bit harder, maybe 1/2 a turn more. I don't know how much longer mine will last. I would put Konis on again.

Bill Ball

165 at the finish line!? Well, that explains why I was 2 seconds ahead!

Bill Ball

They were different but both sets were not adequately damped. Anyway, yes, we should be done with this. And I don't think you guys owe many anything. Koni is responsible and they did send me a new set w/o questioning. However, they never reported to me any results with the set I returned. I don't want to go over this anymore even if Mark K wants more info. Suffice to say the shocks were too weak, and the first set deteriorated noiceably over the 2+ years. Anybody who leaned on or rode in my car could tell, including you. Koni replaced them. The second set seemed better but still weak and dyno'd as such when I removed them after a couple of months use. That's all. Other people have had very good results with Konis. I didn't and it was plain obvious the shocks were way underdamped from just bouncing my car or riding in it, as you yourself experienced. No need for another thread or any more discussion. Let's move on...back to George's motor!

sweanders

Yeah, what up with the engine? What symptoms are found? Hopefully no new inspection holes in the block..

jorj7

Anders,

No new word yet today. I'll check in with Dave this evening.