Mark Allanson
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| posted on 19/1/03 at 09:30 PM |
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Axle Movement
How much vertical axle movement can I expect, I know this will vary with total built weight and type of damper fitted and spring rates, but as a
general rule?
My present shocks have excellent damping characteristics, but the ride is a little firm!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 19/1/03 at 09:34 PM |
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The image to go with the above!!
 
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 20/1/03 at 12:20 AM |
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its gonna depend on the weight of the car, the rate of the spring, the force you hit the bump at and the travel in the shocks.
My shocks have 4 ins travel, so at the very worse case you are going to get 4 inches movement at the shock.
There's a reasonable bet your gonna hit a big bump sometime!
The other aspect is that of that 4 ins travel, the car should be sitting somewhere in the middle of that to allow for rebound movement, so thats
perhaps 1 1/2 droop, 2 1/2 compression, or normal upward movement, or however you decide to set the suspension up.
atb
steve
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 20/1/03 at 07:15 AM |
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looking at the "clean" bits on my rear shocks i would guess i use around 2" of travel, there capable of more but that seems to be all it use's on
a reg basis, they do btm out from time to time though don't they "Chris the speed ramp jocky PTM".....remember ?
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