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Old 01-25-2011, 03:27 PM   #21
VR Baron
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Originally Posted by 2quick View Post
Shock and struts are different for a v6 to a v8. The valving is set to a different weight of the cars. i would not recommend using a v8 shock on a v6 car. You could get unfavorable driving characteristics. Its better to get something specific for your application.

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If its just weight then how does 125 lbs or so dramatically effect the shock valving? Makes no sense and spring rates about 8% different or so according to gm? Srping mfg's are saying to close to care and all say the 220/440 lbs front/ rear spring range work o.k. with both v8 and v6 I just want to be sure. Maybe if a big difference in shock valving SS shocks would work better.Been through all this before on my 4th gen and all the great ride/control statements everyone claims but not really true in the real world of our increasingly bad roads.

Anyone with hard input on this please chime in. I think all with V6's would like to know

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