holy crap this thread is old :chuckles:
Originally Posted by George Knighton
First off, if it's CRXLee that told you that, I'd go w/whatever he says ahead of what anybody else says.
These are Koni Yellow?
My thinking is that you are OK unless you have lowered the car quite a bit.
Originally Posted by Solracer
CRX Lee actually will not give a spring rate that is the top end of the ots koni yellows, he says all depends on the car, and the application it is used in.
Yes, I got my advice from CRX Lee and Gordon Benson. I think I can get away with 500lb for quite some time, but it WILL improve with a revalve. I also think I'll want slightly higher rates now (maybe 525F/550R) since it is a heavier car and I should NOT have to rely primarily off of a 23mm rear sway to ge t the car to rotate better; the springs do all the work!
Anyways, at this point I think I'm comfortable with the fact that I'll probably want a shock revalve done sometime down the road, so I plan to buy additional bumpstops and misc. parts so I can install the Konis+GCs without taking the old shocks+springs apart. That way they're ready to pop baack in for when I'm without the Konis for 3-6 weeks.
So, for now I hope to just learn to drive with my 100% stock Accord with crappy all season Michelins before I start to spend money on it (tires/suspension). I'm looking at AT LEAST 5-6 more events over 3 months...