Afco BNC2 - Topic

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posted July 13, 2022 11:18 AM

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Originally posted by Clark:
My S10 carries the front 50' and the off the shelf BNC's were not right. Afco arged me $225 to revalve my BNC fronts. Shane's price is less and he knows S10's personally...

Did you have the BNC or BNC2? I figure the worst that could happen is I’d have a quality shock that could be rebuilt/valved if needed. After a promo code and taxes so far I have $780 invested

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Ignored post by the rain maker posted July 13, 2022 11:18 AM

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posted July 13, 2022 12:14 PM

Originally 3840f/BNC part number. But, afco revalved to add more control for the nose weight. Ultimately, there is no happy setting with them. It is either way too stiff and the front end will NOT come down, even while parked between rounds, or too loose, and the front end still cycles with one small bounce.

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posted July 13, 2022 12:23 PM

Couldn’t be more opposite with my BNC shocks which are the same part#. Matter of fact, our valving is so spot on, so predictable that we adjust the extension per 300’ of DA swing so as to maintain the same wheelie height and distance.

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Ignored post by 1320racer posted July 13, 2022 12:23 PM

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posted July 13, 2022 12:26 PM

My 3600lb pig will happily carry the front end 100', but the landings can sometimes be a tad harsh. It has a tad more nose weight tat Ed'd Firebird. Will be ordering some BNC2's to replace the Strange DA's it currently has. If need be they can be revalved later.

Not a great picture but this tank is always fun to drive. It is not the fast way for sure but folks seem to enjoy the big wheelies.

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posted July 14, 2022 07:31 PM

I've bought shocks from afco before and wasn’t impressed with them. Had Mark build me a set of canister shocks and the were just to stiff. I'll give mark props for what he’s good at and thats really high HP cars but not bracket racing. I called Shane at Competitive suspension to see what he needed to fix me some shocks. He hit it dead on and the shocks are killer. Just ordered a set of Afco struts to replace the Varistruts thats on my nova to control the hard landings and im sure he will make them just as good as the rears he fixed. Maybe if you call Afco they will build what you want but they send run of the mill same shock out the door. Call Shane and let him build them for your car. you wont be disappointed

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Ignored post by C Hodge posted July 14, 2022 07:31 PM

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posted July 15, 2022 08:33 AM

quote:
Originally posted by C Hodge:
I've bought shocks from afco before and wasn’t impressed with them. Had Mark build me a set of canister shocks and the were just to stiff. I'll give mark props for what he’s good at and thats really high HP cars but not bracket racing. I called Shane at Competitive suspension to see what he needed to fix me some shocks. He hit it dead on and the shocks are killer. Just ordered a set of Afco struts to replace the Varistruts thats on my nova to control the hard landings and im sure he will make them just as good as the rears he fixed. Maybe if you call Afco they will build what you want but they send run of the mill same shock out the door. Call Shane and let him build them for your car. you wont be disappointed

Thank you for the feedback. My truck is really an average/run of the mill piece but IF the BNC2 aren’t to my liking, I will be giving Shane a call.

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posted July 15, 2022 01:16 PM

They wont cost you much more to have them right the first time. It doesnt matter how fast you go...

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Ignored post by CAD posted July 15, 2022 01:16 PM

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posted July 15, 2022 01:43 PM

Dude, give it up! He already ordered them from Afco and my car and countless super stockers are proof they work as valved from Afco.

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Ignored post by 1320racer posted July 15, 2022 01:43 PM

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posted July 22, 2022 03:14 PM

The BNC2s came in yesterday. According to the instructions, looks like I will need to modify my lca holes to make them fit.

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Ignored post by the rain maker posted July 22, 2022 03:14 PM

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posted July 22, 2022 03:38 PM

That is correct and you probably have to redrill the bolt holes

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Ignored post by 1320racer posted July 22, 2022 03:38 PM

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posted July 31, 2022 10:23 AM

For anyone interested, I installed the BNC2s and raced with them last night. They worked perfect for my application. Nice smooth landing without any bounce. I am at 38 clicks from full tight on extension and 18 clicks on compression so there’s plenty of adjustment left for better air. I would post some videos to show before and after but I have no idea how to do it.

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Ignored post by the rain maker posted July 31, 2022 10:23 AM

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posted July 31, 2022 10:27 AM

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Originally posted by the rain maker:
They worked perfect for my application. Nice smooth landing without any bounce.

As I said they would.

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