Koni Yellow Settings

[cm581978]

Just curious what everyone has their koni yellow settings at

 

[NotaHybrid]

Full firm.

 

[cm581978]

Yikes, doesnt it ride like a brick?

Full firm.

 

[Sky Render]

Full soft on the street. I set a baseline of 360*/720* (HALF) front and rear for events and slightly tweak it from there depending on how it feels on the course.

The nice thing about the Koni Yellows is that they can be adjusted in under 3 minutes in the pits.

 

[fdjizm]

Yikes, doesnt it ride like a brick?

Full firm is for racing, something you will never do

 

[cm581978]

Correctomundo!

Full firm is for racing, something you will never do

 

[GreenTerror]

I set mine to 1.5 turns back off full firm.

 

[csamsh]

"full firm" isn't for racing. "the correct damper settings to make the car behave as you want in transition" are for racing

 

[NotaHybrid]

Yikes, doesnt it ride like a brick?

Not really. I have bmr springs, so they aren't very stiff to begin with. Its kind of a bmwesque sporty feel.

 

[claudermilk]

"full firm" isn't for racing. "the correct damper settings to make the car behave as you want in transition" are for racing

This.

I'm still playing with mine. Right now I'm 1 turn up from full soft for street (trying to see if I can tune out some annoying bounce on a section of my commute). Last autocross I was full firm in front & 1 turn off full firm in rear; I'm still not happy with that, so I'll be playing with settings tomorrow.

 

[mitch]

In my New Edge, on street was full soft,
On road course, I would would go to full firm front and rear.

I would start there. Usually end up just adjusting the rear to try and help with the pushing. Soften it up. I didnt run a rear sway bar, so the adjustable shocks were a big help.

 

[Sharad]

I'm at full firm as well. My 2011 5.0 weighs 3870 with me, and it still has too much movement in my opinion. I love the Konis, but I'm getting ready to change my setup.

 

[Norm Peterson]

So far, I've had no reason to go beyond +1.5 turns front and +1.25 turns rear relative to full soft even for track days. I'm still on the OE springs. More than one instructor has commented that the car is composed at those settings (and with the rest of the setup).

With the wheel & tire upgrade (that hasn't seen track time yet), I expect I might increase those settings a little.

For the street, it depends. With my wife present and a lot of driving on rough pavement expected, about +3/8 and +1/8 turn. Alone, anywhere from +3/4 & +1/2 to +1 & +3/4.


Norm

 

[Whiskey11]

My GC Custom valved coilovers are full stiff in the front and 3/4 turn from full stiff in the rear.

And considering my springs are 550lbs/in in the front and 275lbs/in in the rear, it rides great!

 

[todcp]

Depends on your spring rates as well. With my 225 front and 195 rear I run 3/4 a turn front and 1/3 turn rear for a reasonably soft street ride. On track around 1 3/4 front and 1 1/4 rear. Still playing with the track settings and sway bars.
A small adjustment does a lot more than I thought it would.

Tod

 

[cm581978]

I'm running the FRPP P Springs, which I think are around 200 lbs in both the front and rear. I currently have the rear on full soft and the front on a turn and a half, but that might be a bit too stiff for the junk roads here in NJ

 

[jayel579]

Full firm.

That is a great way to blow them out, I'd back them off full firm a by a half turn. "off the shelf" Koni's do not hold up well or long....

 

[NotaHybrid]

That is a great way to blow them out, I'd back them off full firm a by a half turn. "off the shelf" Koni's do not hold up well or long....

Ah, oh well. I can always buy new ones. I don't have bad roads really either.

 

[sheizasosay]

That is a great way to blow them out, I'd back them off full firm a by a half turn. "off the shelf" Koni's do not hold up well or long....

You have some that went out on you?

 

[jayel579]

You have some that went out on you?

I had yellows in my mustang until I blew one out (a lot of autocross) and went to coil overs; I wasn't running them even close to full stiff. A buddy of mine with a VW ran his at full stiff and blew one out as well. My car isn't a street car any more but I had oranges (STR.T) in a daily driver (SVT Focus) for a while but again they just don't hold up long on the street. There are better options for street driven long term shocks out there then off-the-shelf Koni's IMO.