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Reply to "Koni Shock absorbers for Mangusta"

Ben, your older non-gas-charged Konis have the mfg date as part of the part number. That's not to say that all 'old' shocks need rebuilding but many will. I found the following stamped into the bottoms of some Mangusta Konis: 82V-1220 Sport(front) and 82V-1221 Sport (rear). The '82' is the year of manufacture. D ennis Quella and other vendors make & sell adapter bushings for the two different kinds of shock-eyes so you can use your stock bolts. Some are stainless, some are 7075-aircraft aluminum.

Later gas-charged Konis are different: they are painted yellow, not red, the numbers are different and gas shocks can be mounted upside down- convenient when the coil-over adjusting ring fall in an inconvenient spot. Be sure that the bump-rubbers on your shocks are on the correct ends: you need more travel in front so the rubbers are shorter and of a softer compound. Most shocks today were NOT made for rear-heavy DeTomasos but for front-heavy front-engine cars so adapted shocks (or at least the rubbers) may need reversing to work right.
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