Aldan settings

Are these the Hall/Aldan's?
What spring ratings do you have?

Mine are 400# front, #680 Rear and solid as a rock. I understand that higher rebound setting is stiffer rebound.

What do you mean by 'bouncy', just too soft a spring or actually don't have compression -rebound resistance? It may be that they are leaking, which the Aldan's are renowned for doing.

describing the shocks as bouncy sounds like not enough rebound dampening.

Is the rebound adjustable on the Aldens?

too much spring or too much compression dampening would be described as hard as a rock, bone jarring, or something like that.

George

Yes, I believe these to be the Hall/Aldan setup, the springs are actually new, and have Hall Pantera printed on them. I sent the shocks to Aldan to have them be rebuilt before I put them on as well.

By bouncy I mean they don't seem to absorb the road as much as they make the car rise up and down. It's not severe, but it noticeable, even though these replaced the original stock shocks (wow did they look bad when I got them off).

No one has any advice?

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No one has any advice?

Matt

Try the POCA email forum.


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Matt,

I'll try and add something, but I'm no expert. From your latest descriptor of 'bouncy' it now sounds like the car is too stiff, correct? The Hall/Aldan shocks carry some pretty serious spring rates as I said in the previous post. They will stiffen the car up, in fact I had to lower my seat after fitting them just to stop bumping my head all the time (I'm 6'). I actively avoid potholes to avoid sending shudders through the whole car, which makes for some interesting driving on our local NV roads!

The Hall springs I have (and assume you have the same) are 4.5" dia. as per the original shocks and unfortunately Hall only supplied the one set of spring ratings. You could contact Aldan and retrofit back to 2.5 dia" springs which would give you more option to purchase different(lighter) spring ratings. 300-350# front and 500-550# rear seems to be where most people settle, dependent on use.

The alternative is to sell your current set up and start from scratch. I'm considering this myself, (but more to gain clearance from the 2.5" dia springs to also go to a larger exhaust dia.).

If and when I change I will go to QA1 (previously Hal/Carrera) that are available in single and double adjustable forms from a couple of the Pantera vendors or direct from Summit Racing. One plus is that springs are about $40, easily available and I could afford to experiment plus have a couple different spring rating sets for road or track.

Julian