UMI/Afco coil-over kits
#41
Jerry finished 6th at GoodGuys Columbus All American Sunday. The only cars ahead were Popp's in the C5, Marshall Reinert in his C5, Hoback in his C5 and Bryan Johnson in his Optima winning 5th Gen. We were pretty happy with the performance for sure.
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#43
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6th is tremendous considering the difference in money spent in those cars
#44
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Well "dayum" is something I like to hear.
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Results matter. Talk is cheap. We are miles beyond the success anyone else has had with the 4th gens, and C5, C6, C7 Corvettes,
10 SCCA Solo National Championships, 2008 Driver of they Year, 2012 Driver of Eminence
13 SCCA Pro Solo Nationals Championships
2023 UMI King of the Mountain Champion
#46
Congrats on the placement! It was good to talk to you guys. I was also trying to hold it down in my purple beast. 16th is best I could do but I was more than pleased with it. Had a couple of people surprised that it's basically stock with suspension goodies...no one believed me.
#47
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Congrats on the placement! It was good to talk to you guys. I was also trying to hold it down in my purple beast. 16th is best I could do but I was more than pleased with it. Had a couple of people surprised that it's basically stock with suspension goodies...no one believed me.
#48
I wish I was able to get a ride but I was right behind you guys in order to run.
#49
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In the middle of replacing my front Bilsteins with Koni SA right now. Wish I saw these before I ordered the Konis earlier this year. Nice work guys, they look great.
Question about the front setup - since the stock strut mount goes away along with the 4 bolts, how does that top stock mount fit bolt in?
Question about the front setup - since the stock strut mount goes away along with the 4 bolts, how does that top stock mount fit bolt in?
#51
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In the middle of replacing my front Bilsteins with Koni SA right now. Wish I saw these before I ordered the Konis earlier this year. Nice work guys, they look great.
Question about the front setup - since the stock strut mount goes away along with the 4 bolts, how does that top stock mount fit bolt in?
Question about the front setup - since the stock strut mount goes away along with the 4 bolts, how does that top stock mount fit bolt in?
here is a potato quality picture of them assembled (obviously not sandwiching the control arm yet:
#55
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That's correct. You remove the rubber "insert" from the top of the plate that holds the upper control arm in place and bolt the adapters (shown in the previous pic) through the hole and the nut and end of the bolt fit up inside the hole where the end of the factory shock stud used to go.
#56
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Got out for a test and tune today, the car felt much much much much better than it ever did with the stock junk. That being said, I'm stilling getting contact with my strano rear sway and the bottom shock mounting bolt we recentered it in the parking lot, but it went right back to problematic again. Might have to go back to the stock bar to get clearance back.
#57
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Got out for a test and tune today, the car felt much much much much better than it ever did with the stock junk. That being said, I'm stilling getting contact with my strano rear sway and the bottom shock mounting bolt we recentered it in the parking lot, but it went right back to problematic again. Might have to go back to the stock bar to get clearance back.
1. The shocks need to be installed right side up, the adjuster at the top and not at the bottom. Our instructions suggest at the bottom and the shock being upside down but this doesn't work with all bars.
2. Make sure the bolt that mounts the shock to the lower bracket has the head facing the sway bar and not the nut side.
3. Lastly, we use collar clamps to prevent any side to side movement of the sway bar. We mount them on each side of the sway bar bushings and this prevents the bar from walking side to side.
Does any of this help?
#58
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We were able to get the rear kit to clear with the Strano rear bar. I am not sure how you have yours mounted but here is what we did.
1. The shocks need to be installed right side up, the adjuster at the top and not at the bottom. Our instructions suggest at the bottom and the shock being upside down but this doesn't work with all bars.
Already done
2. Make sure the bolt that mounts the shock to the lower bracket has the head facing the sway bar and not the nut side.
Already done
3. Lastly, we use collar clamps to prevent any side to side movement of the sway bar. We mount them on each side of the sway bar bushings and this prevents the bar from walking side to side.
Haven't thought of that I'll have to give it a shot
Does any of this help?
1. The shocks need to be installed right side up, the adjuster at the top and not at the bottom. Our instructions suggest at the bottom and the shock being upside down but this doesn't work with all bars.
Already done
2. Make sure the bolt that mounts the shock to the lower bracket has the head facing the sway bar and not the nut side.
Already done
3. Lastly, we use collar clamps to prevent any side to side movement of the sway bar. We mount them on each side of the sway bar bushings and this prevents the bar from walking side to side.
Haven't thought of that I'll have to give it a shot
Does any of this help?
#59
I just bought the UMI Strano Afco coil overs and also I'm running a MWC Fab 9 with watts link so I will be picking your brain blackandgold as much as possible when it comes to set up and tuning. I'm curious how close my clearance will be in the back and with the Strano bar or not with the Strano bar (I need to order both those from Sam).
#60
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Check out the pictures I posted earlier in the thread, it's tight. I got a lot of contact on the passenger's side. Hopefully some clamps will resolve that, but I'll need to get some pictures and call Sam to make sure I didn't damage the bar. Everything else is pretty much smooth sailing for the install.