Reply to "Quella Aluminum Koni Shocks"

Mark,

I don't have much experience of the modern Koni's, but if the aluminum body is purely a weight saving measure (no shock performance increase) then I'd probably wouldn't go to the extra expense on a street car (what is the cost differential?)

That said (and I assume this is for your GP4 at Wilkinsons) your car is far from stock, so what works on a relatively stock Pantera may require some trial and error with the modified chassis, Ford GT motor and Ricardo box. Do you have modified a-arms? That said once you have a good set of shocks, its relatively easy to play around with settings and change spring rates. I guess what I'm saying is, if I were you at this point I'd go for the best available double adjustables knowing that it will have sufficent adjustment to tweak to the uniqueness of your car.

I do have experience of the Aldan's and totally agree with you.....

Wilkinson sells the QA1's so maybe worth a second opinion from him too.

Off topic a little but my experience of wide body cars is put your emphasis on the front suspension and steering or you'll never enjoy driving for hours. I recently purchased a '73 and forgot what a pleasure a narrow body car is to drive in comparison to my GT5's white knuckle ride. It wasn't until the Si's, which had longer a-arms that this was resolved.

Good luck,
Julian