afco da shocks setup
03-19-2012, 12:55 PM
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afco da shocks setup bought a set of afco double adjustable shocks for the front and rear of my camaro with afco 325 springs on the front. I have 275/60/15 mt radials on the car whats a good starting point for the settings on the shocks?
03-19-2012, 05:22 PM
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flt stage 5 4l60
yank 4000 extreme converter
moser 12 bolt 3.73 gears
wole anti roll bar
madman lca
lca relocation brackets
adj panhard bar
spohn body mount ta
racecraft kmember
racecraft upper and lower control arms
3890 with me in it
heads and cam ls1 leaving on 150 shot
made 602 at the wheels with 150 shot
yank 4000 extreme converter
moser 12 bolt 3.73 gears
wole anti roll bar
madman lca
lca relocation brackets
adj panhard bar
spohn body mount ta
racecraft kmember
racecraft upper and lower control arms
3890 with me in it
heads and cam ls1 leaving on 150 shot
made 602 at the wheels with 150 shot
03-19-2012, 06:05 PM
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Try two off full tight in the front on compression, 20 off full tight in the front on rebound, 18 off full tight in the rear on the rebound and 10 off full tight on compression in the rear. Those settings will put you in the middle if your shocks have 38 adjustment clicks on rebound and 22 clicks on compression like mine do. Tight is clockwise, loose is counter clockwise.
If it spins loosen the rebound till it hooks. If it wheel hops tighten the compression. If you still can't seem to get it to hook by loosening the rebound, take it back to 18 off tight and start loosening the compression. Loosen 2 clicks at a time when you make an adjustment.
Put a picture or video of how the car launches in here on those settings.
Added: How many holes are there for the front of the TA that attaches to the body? 1, 2 or 3? Which hole is it in? Also what hole are your LCA's in in the rear?
If it spins loosen the rebound till it hooks. If it wheel hops tighten the compression. If you still can't seem to get it to hook by loosening the rebound, take it back to 18 off tight and start loosening the compression. Loosen 2 clicks at a time when you make an adjustment.
Put a picture or video of how the car launches in here on those settings.
Added: How many holes are there for the front of the TA that attaches to the body? 1, 2 or 3? Which hole is it in? Also what hole are your LCA's in in the rear?
03-19-2012, 06:43 PM
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ta has one hole lca have 2 they are in the bottom.
with a 3200 converter and slicks I was 60 ft 1.43 I changed converters and put radials on it and just blows the tires away
with a 3200 converter and slicks I was 60 ft 1.43 I changed converters and put radials on it and just blows the tires away
03-19-2012, 07:36 PM
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How old are the M/T's? I know money doesn't grow on trees, but the Hoosier Drag Radials in the 275/60 size are a night and day difference over the M/T on a less than excellent track and even better on a great track.
What settings did you have with the slicks? 28x10.50 ET Drag?
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03-19-2012, 08:45 PM
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the radials were bout last Sep and I ran them four times. ill have to find my book were I wrote it down on the settings. the slicks I had were hossier 28x10 they always did great.I got a deal on the mt radials a buddy had bought them for his car and then he sold the car before he put them on so thats why I went with these. I'm bout ready to throw a slick back on
03-19-2012, 08:47 PM
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o yea madman great I have talk to him he's has tried to help but over the phone its just hard to do I just wanted to see what everbody else has there's set at
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one thing I'm confused about is the adj. *****, the one on bottom is compression and the one on the top is rebound is this right or do I have it backwards?
03-21-2012, 07:51 PM
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Meaning in the front and rear is the body of the shock closer to the ground and pointing towards it and the piston end/rod end of the shock pointing upwards and towards the sky?
If that is the way they are mounted then yes compression is on the bottom (body of the shock) and the rebound is mounted on the top(rod end/piston end) of the shock.
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Ok heres my take. You want a softer hit with a drag radial so...
1 Frim the frt rebound so it takes longer for the frt end to rise. If your runing near stock weight or 275 - 300 "lb springs then soften it some for weight transfer.
2 Frim the frt comp. This will keep the rear tires planted longer and help keep the frt end from bottoming out or bouncing when coming back down. If you wheel stand. Soften them up till you wheel hop or bounce then go back a couple clicks.
3 Frim the rear rebound. This will soften the hit on the tires and allow the body to seperate more. Soften this up if the track has good bite and good prep.
4 Frim up the rear comp. this will hold the tire to the track. If you soften the rear rebound you can also soften this setting.
5. Try this. Set the shocks full soft. Then the mid settings. Then full frim and see how the car reacts. Adjust from there.
Drag radials aren't as soft as slicks ( duh..) Most mid power cars can't wrinkle them thus they react and unload faster then a true slick. There fore the shock settings are different.
I have Affco's on my car with a built street type suspension. I don't have a rear drag bar but have been 1.36 and usually 1.4's on a 16" Hossier slick. Not with a drag radial. I have run both MT's and now a NTO5 and I have to walk it out of the hole. So what do I know
Good luck lets us know what works.
1 Frim the frt rebound so it takes longer for the frt end to rise. If your runing near stock weight or 275 - 300 "lb springs then soften it some for weight transfer.
2 Frim the frt comp. This will keep the rear tires planted longer and help keep the frt end from bottoming out or bouncing when coming back down. If you wheel stand. Soften them up till you wheel hop or bounce then go back a couple clicks.
3 Frim the rear rebound. This will soften the hit on the tires and allow the body to seperate more. Soften this up if the track has good bite and good prep.
4 Frim up the rear comp. this will hold the tire to the track. If you soften the rear rebound you can also soften this setting.
5. Try this. Set the shocks full soft. Then the mid settings. Then full frim and see how the car reacts. Adjust from there.
Drag radials aren't as soft as slicks ( duh..) Most mid power cars can't wrinkle them thus they react and unload faster then a true slick. There fore the shock settings are different.
I have Affco's on my car with a built street type suspension. I don't have a rear drag bar but have been 1.36 and usually 1.4's on a 16" Hossier slick. Not with a drag radial. I have run both MT's and now a NTO5 and I have to walk it out of the hole. So what do I know
Good luck lets us know what works. 
