T Pizzle

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I am building my true ten five car and I see allot of people running QA1's, Strange, and Afco's. What would be the best shock.
Front and Rear

ALLBOTTLE

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Run the best that your budget will allow....

it sucks having to buy something 2-3 times because you need more adjustments or are unhappy with the results.

Fireball

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for a true 10.5 car....AFCO without a doubt...

T Pizzle

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I am not worried about the price. I just want the best

3fingas

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At minimum Afcos on the front. IMO

chrismorales75

I think afco makes the best quality product out of those 3 brands.

Steve Burger

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Afco. I have QA!s but if I changed it would be Afco.

DOTracer

If it's a quick TT5 car with a good deal of power, then Afco or Santhuff.

Steve Burger

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We have AFCO on sale right now. Let me know if we can help.

studderin

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should-afco
afford-

tuff

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Any car that is a race car i would go afco.

CutlassRacer

Affco, then Strange, then QA1 from that list.

jmill96Z

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I run QA1's right now, and I'm not really that impressed. I'm saving up for a full MADMAN suspension with afco's when I get back down to the lower 48 in 09 .

RAGENZ28

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I'd say either Santhuff or Afco, even though Santhuff wasn't listen it is still a quality piece.

CanuckSS

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I would like to know why the afco's are better than the strange shocks. They are about a 100 bucks more/shock. Is it the adjustability. Thanks for any input.

Hrod382

I'm adding about 200 HP to my car this winter and it'll be in the 5.60's range 1/8 mile, it was fine with cheapy comp engineering fronts running 5.90's until they finally wore out. I'm a college student so if I can get by with cheapy Koni's (non coil over) I'd like to but if it helps launching straight/consistancy I'm all for Afcos.

Good thread, I almost started this same one a few days ago.

ssvert99

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AFCO has the best valving if you look at dyno tests. its just a bit better for the guy that knows what they're doing when doing adjustments. right now i have the Strange shocks on my own cr, but will be selling them off to run the AFCO's sometime in the future.
keep in mind... the Strange shocks have both adjusting ***** on the bottom of the shock as to where AFCO's have the extension adjuster on the top, and the compression adjuster on the bottom. the extension adjuster on the top of the AFCO shocks can be a pain to get at for adjustments. you can cut a hole in the shock tower to access it better on the front set, the rear set will be inside the car where the shock bolts in the car.
look me up when you go to buy... i have the best deals out there on all of them.

NJSPDER

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lakewood 50/50 on the rear and anything but the QA1 set up that uses the stock upper perch in front.

BMR Suspension

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Money being no object Santhuff........

Hrod382

Ok I'm sitting on massive christmas money so I'm going to buy my shocks for the front. I know a lot of you mess around with all kinds of cars so I figured I'd post this up for my specific case.

This is going on a '67 Camaro stock front stub car. I'm thinking about the DA Afcos, with those can I adjust on them with the car on the scales and change the weights around or do I need the QA1 Coil over setup? I want a setup that's good for consistancy as well as adjustability although we'll probably only screw with it a few times and be done. I'm a poor college kid so I'm all for taking in advice before I dish out $350+.

EDIT: Just got my answer on the scale question, is it worth the extra cash to go to a coil over setup in your opinions?