Koni shock install

[andyf]

Summit has Koni shocks for Mopars now but they don't quite fit. The rear shocks are a little too short and the lower bushing is too small. I ended up making my own shock mounts to get them to fit. I had to use 5/8 studs and move the stud out and up a bit to make it work. I can make more shock plates like this if other people want to run Koni shocks on their B body.

 

[andyf]

The Koni shocks worked fine up front. It was only the rears that didn't fit. Koni knows the rears don't fit since they say in the description "5/8 stud size".

 

[Yatzee]

Summit has Koni shocks for Mopars now but they don't quite fit. The rear shocks are a little too short and the lower bushing is too small. I ended up making my own shock mounts to get them to fit. I had to use 5/8 studs and move the stud out and up a bit to make it work. I can make more shock plates like this if other people want to run Koni shocks on their B body.View attachment 542737 View attachment 542738

I am wondering if the shocks would bottom out before the axle hit the bump stops. I've always thought that the stroke of the shock has to match the suspension travel and it appears as though you don't have a lot of compression distance left for upward travel of the axle.

 

[snakeoil24]

Koni shocks dont work. You need the superstock length from mancini.

 

[andyf]

I am wondering if the shocks would bottom out before the axle hit the bump stops. I've always thought that the stroke of the shock has to match the suspension travel and it appears as though you don't have a lot of compression distance left for upward travel of the axle.

For a street car I set the shock so at ride height it is near the middle of the travel. There shouldn't be a problem during normal driving with these shocks.

 

[andyf]

Koni shocks dont work. You need the superstock length from mancini.

Koni shocks work great, some of the best shocks made.