Gripenfelter

How much did Hals help your launch?

60 foot and 1/4 mile?

teke184

one of the online perf. parts dealers listed an article from hotrod mag or one of those magazines and they found a .2 sec drop in 1/4mi times from switching shocks.

i looked for the article but couldn't find it...i'll keep lookin...

Gripenfelter

I saw GMHTP gain 3 tenths on an ET streets equipped LS1.

Just wondering if anyone had similar or better results.

teke184

maybe that was the article, seems i remember it being an ls1 not an lt1...

i looked all over for that article, i think it's been taken off whaterver site i saw it on...

sorry i couldn't help more...have you posted on the drag racing forum?

Gripenfelter

nope but I will if I can't get enuf info here thanx.

94-3.4

Grip, at these -30 temps we are having you are going to need more than hals to hook up

I too have been wondering about this and even considering just switching the rears for now. Will this do anything? I have heard the fronts is where you want the hals.

Gripenfelter

Yeah Hals on the fronts will help weight transfer.

You want the rears set moderately because if they're too loose apparently you shock the tires too fast and spin.

shoebox

How much gain from Hals?

You will get an immediate SOTP feeling. However that feeling in your seat will be from your wallet being less heavy.

If anyone is interested in a used set that the fronts need rebuilding, I have some.

Ken95Z28

Just don't expect to gain that much.
There was a big discussion on this very subject on the ls1tech.com site some time ago. I know a lot of people cutting very good times on the stock suspension the way it sets. I'm talking 1.4's and 1.5's.

I think a lot people expect to gain a ton of traction with going this type of setup and just to be disappointed that they really did not gain that much.

94-3.4

How about the Competition Engineering shocks? They are only like $38.95 each and are for our cars. (rear only) Would this be as good as a hal shock?

Gripenfelter

I was curious as to how KYB AGXs performed.

I asked before but never got the answer I wanted.

94-3.4

You know those kyb's might not be a bad bet either. Really are the hal's a true drag race shock? Nope, advertised as simply an adjustable shock. So one might think that another adjustable shock, ie the kyb might do just the same as the hal for a lot less cost.

I am looking into those ce shocks right now too. Adjustable and cheap.

Gripenfelter

Thats what I'm thinking.

I'll have to look into it.

Need to talk to KYB users.

red

I have the CE shocks in the rear and just purchased the QA1's for the front. The fronts are going in this winter. The CE's worked fine for the back last year but my front was like a stone with the stock shocks up front. I basically had no weight transfer.

I have been told that the KYB's do not go as soft as the QA1's. I believe the softest setting on the KYB's are around the same as the stock shock. My QA1's move by hand like butter when on the softest setting.

94-3.4

How are those ce shocks on the street/highway? Comps website said for drag use only which worries me.