just wondering, because obviously I have a mustang II front end and am planning on some performance upgrades and would like to get some front Konis(rear Konis are no problem obviously)
Koni USA didn't list a front shock for the MII, but Bilstein has a heavy duty front shock, but no rear one; HD F4-BE3-B491-HO. http://www.bilsteinus.com/305bilsteinapplicationguide.pdf I guess you have to mix and match?
You would think that Koni would be making MII shocks for the front with all of the aftermarket uses these days. I bought some rears years ago, and thought I would find fronts eventually... Koni does have a rebuilding service, so if you could find some used you would be in business. Otherwise keep checking eBay. I bought a set of KYB GR2 shocks for my MII, but have not installed them yet. They should be better shocks for performance driving than garden variety Monroe's, but they won't be the equal of a set of adjustable Koni's. In fact KYB also makes a even higher performance front shock the Gas A Just. Mustangs Unlimited carries all of these. Speedway Motors carries AFCO shocks for mini stock racing, so they should be valved a bit harder than factory shocks also.
I bought a set of Koni front shocks from Summit this past summer when I had my Cobra II. I also have a set of heavy duty 425 ft/lbs springs in my garage
so in other words, I have to find them used or find some store with an old stock of them? that sucks, its going to make finding them very hard
Summit racing offers koni drag shocks for the mustang ii. They're about a hundred bucks a pop though. heres the url-http://www.summitracing.com/parts/KON-802660SPA1/Application/?query=Year%7c1974%7cMake%7cFORD%7cModel%7cMUSTANG+II&prefilter=1
Most drag shocks are 90/10 (jounce/rebound?) to get the front end in the air on starting. Street cars need more like a 50/50 shock. Most Koni's are adjustable, but I don't know if these drag shocks are or if they could get close to 50/50.
On the webpage it says that they are adjustable and it also says they rebound faster than most other 90/10's. I dont know if thats really true or how mush faster they really would. though.
Here's some interesting shock information someone linked me up with. DGs Autocross Secrets aka Autocross to Win - Shocks
Interesting article. His take on shock brands: ------------------ Bilstein Penske Koni Ohlins Sachs Dynamic Suspension Not on this list? Almost certainly crap. ------------------------- And his take on adjustable shocks: ------------------------- Amazingly, save those brands mentioned in that earlier list, this was a non-stop parade of horror, including, but not limited to: Adjusters that did absolutely nothing; Adjusters that had more crosstalk effect than they had primary effect (ie, a rebound adjuster where 1 click made a 10% change in rebound and a 30% change in compression); Adjusters that were nonlinear and exponential; Adjusters that peaked in the middle of the adjustment range (in one example, "full hard" was softer than "full soft"); ---------------------- Looking at two of his recomendations: Bilstein has "HD" shocks for the MII front, but not "SP" which is supposed to the be firmer, more "sporty" of the two: AllShocks.com | 1978*FORD*Mustang II Bilstein Shocks' Actually the "HD" would probably be fine for most uses...might be interesting to compare to KYB's shock as they are in the same price range. I don't see a MII listing on the Penske Shocks site, but they would probably build you a custom set... Not on his list is Chris Alston, who also has custom-made shocks which are double adjustable, and expensive. I wonder how they stack up? There are offerings for the MII (front and rear), but I don't see any offers of a shock dyno chart: Products and Services
