RE: KONIs, wear, etc.

["Nick Koleszar" <npk@domain.elided>]

Chris

Unfortunately, it is true.

"KONI's are adjustable, which means that you can influence the behavior of
the vehicle and optimise driving comfort and road holding qualities. It also
means that wear can be compensated and you will have a longer lifetime."

I think they got their English in a bit of twist there but the message comes
across.

It's clear from other sources I've read that KONIs were originally designed
to be adjustable to make up for wear. The tuning of handling appears to be a
welcome side-effect, especially in business terms.

Luckily KONI are better at dampers/shock absorbers than they are at English.

The Verde referred to is the Milano Verde, the only 3.0 75 sold in the US
and comparable to the 75 3.0 Cloverleaf in Europe (although I believe it may
be L-Jetronic instead of Motronic). I think it differs from the 3.0 QV in
Europe in both equipment levels and years of production, but I may be
corrected by someone else.

Semper ubi sub ubi.

nk

> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 04:44:51 -0400
> From: Chris Sweetapple <Highwood@domain.elided>
> Subject: Re:  Initial setting for Koni sports
>
> It simply isn't correct that Konis are adjustable to take up wear, the
> whole point of them being adjustable is so that the driver can
> make changes
> to achieve a better ride/handling compromise.  Wear has nothing to do with
> it, in fact in my experience Konis pretty much last forever.  Forgive my
> ignorance but I think a Verde is some form of Milano or 75 as we
> call them,
> in which case I have little experience of these, but if I was
> selling a set
> of Koni Sports to someone with a 105/115-Series road car, I'd
> advise him to
> start with the Konis screwed up about 2/3 of the way (quite hard) on the
> front and about 1/3, maybe even less (in other words quite soft) on the
> rear.
>
> Chris Sweetapple
> Highwood Motor Company
> Swansea, U.K.
> www.highwoodalfa.com
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