<VV> Bilstein shocks

[Bill Elliott]

Bilsteins are the best shocks ever designed for a Corvair (a late model 
anyway...never used them on an early).. However, they are extremely rare 
and difficult to find... Jim is correct that they give the best ride 
while giving control similar to (if not better than) the highest 
performing Corvair shocks (Carerra and the special Konis).

When you are using shocks designed for another application, you need to 
be concerned about more than the physical fit as Bilstein uses very 
specialized valving for the application. Still, I'd suggest that even a 
"wrong" Bilstein would still be a vastly superior shock to the majority 
of what's in use out there.

Corvairs are undersprung and underdamped in general for today's tires 
(particularly if you use performance tires) and if you are running HD 
springs (especially cut HD springs) then you really need a shock that 
give you a lot of control... especially on rebound.

My opinion of course... several highly respected Corvair racers find 
shocks to be relatively unimportant to their suspension setup... quite 
the opposite of what I've found. Please let us know how you like the 
Corvette bits!

Bill

Jim Bannister wrote:

>Count me in as a Bilstein user.  They manage to combine a good ride with
>excellent control.
>Jim B.
>'66 Turbovert
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
>[mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Crawford Rose
>Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 11:40 PM
>To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
>Subject: <VV> Bilstein shocks
>
>
>Anyone else using Bilstein shocks on their Corvair?  I just purchased some
>Bilstein sport shocks for the 63 Corvette front end application to try out.
>The Bilsteins have holes, not slots!! How great is that? I'm looking forward
>to installing them this week on the 64 rear suspension. I'll write if there
>are any problems along the way.
>Crawford Rose
>64 667
>60 500
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