Anyone here using Koni 8611 shocks? Options

[Jeroen]

I'm friggin' breaking my head over which shocks to use for my track car...

I want some kind of adjustable shock. I don't want (revalved) Bilsteins!

First choice was yellow Koni's, but... after inquiry, I was told these shocks are only good up to double the original springrate
Which is about 100# and means I could run springs up to about 200# max

I've been browsing the Koni sites till my eyes bled
www.truechoice.com
www.koni.com
www.koniracing.com

I want to convert the fronts to coilovers and raising the spindles (use either Koni or Bilstein struts)
And use spring rates somewhere between 300# and 450#
(starting at 300# but keeping my options open to go higher)

Is anyone here using the 8611 double adjustable dampers from Koni?
And if so, what are you using in the rear...

the www.koniracing.com site states that most Koni dampers can be changed to double adjustables and be custom valved
Anyone have experience with this?

Any other good options besides revalved Bilsteins or a mega-bucks-remote-canister-dampers (which I prolly won't be able to dail in anyway)

cheers,

Jeroen

[groot]

As Brent said, I run the 8611s on the front of my car and I have some 30s on the way for the rear.

Given the rules for EP, I believe the 8611s to be the way to go, since we have to stay with a strut. One of the cool things about the 8611s that I'm using is that they are shorter than a "regular" 911/914 replacement strut cartridge. So, I cut out some of the strut tube and re-welded. And this allowed me to have more travel in the front without moving the knuckles... but, don't try this at home because your roll centers will go to sh%$. My 8611s are custom valved, but probably too stiff. I haven't played with the bump setting too much, yet. I was just trying to keep the car on the track.

TimT, I can't imagine what an 8-way adjustment on a Koni 30 is. Please enlighten me. do you mean 8-positions of rebound damping? That makes sense. BTW... Koni 30s are double-adjustable and the bump/compression adjustment cannot be done with the dampers installed. The most adjustments on a damper I've ever heard of is 4 (high and low speed, compression and rebound). But, hey, I don't know that much......