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- Subject: Re: Radials on '60s era cars?
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- From: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams)
- Date: 12 Oct 92 07:14:00 GMT
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- -> Does anyone know what the deal is with older cars and getting the
- -> right shocks for the tires? Does "radial tuned" shocks really work
- -> when the intended car is 25 years old?
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- Normal OEM and replacement shocks are almost as strong as the doohickey
- that keeps the screen door from slamming you in the ass. "Radial tuned"
- shocks are even weaker than that.
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- Radials give a "harsher" (actually, noisier) ride than old bias ply
- tires. Radial tuned suspensions like Pontiac used to promote were
- basically fitted with softer bushings and shocks to try to absorb some
- of the noise before it got to the chassis.
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- In my opinion, the noise difference between different types of road
- surfaces is far greater than the difference between bias ply and radial
- ply tires. Get a *good* shock if you can afford it, like the KYB
- Gas-A-Just. Otherwise, pick a name brand heavy duty shock.
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