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04-28-2009, 09:12 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: By a lake in Thornton
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|  Shock Angles....
i get Squat, anti squat and all that link geo jazz.... but am kinda having a hard time turning up much info on how the shock's angle to the ground affect a vehicles performance? id think strait up and down to about a 45* angle is what i have seen, what does the angle do? strait vs laid down?  |
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04-28-2009, 09:30 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Houston, TX
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The more you lay the shocks down, the more torque twist you will get. More vertical and the TT will lessen.
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04-28-2009, 09:32 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Japan
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Angled shocks will give you more travel, but it also effects the spring rate too. I think it makes it more of a rising rate, softer at the bottom stiffer at the top..could be wrong on that though..
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04-28-2009, 09:33 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Anniston
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a shock sitting straight up and down will be stiffer than a shock angle of say... around 45*. it also has alot to do with how much flex you will get. straight up and down will flex less than at 45*. | |
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04-28-2009, 10:03 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Eastern, Oregon
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Think of the axle as a lever the center line of your tire is the end of the handle. The placement of your shocks effects the amount of leverage and the amount of travel of said shock. Think of a triangle from centerline of tire to lower shock mount to upper shock mount simply the bigger the triangle the more leverage your axle has to move the shock making spring rate softer and when the triangle is smaller the opposite effect happens. This all effects ride height as well.
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04-28-2009, 01:33 PM
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| MODERATOR™   Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Ohio
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Read up on falling rate and rising rate on Google. I can only think of one design that focused on a proper rate suspension. The old TCS Stick. Everything else (except for some scalers probably) falls under a falling rate. Bad design really, but it's safe to say that everyone that has gone with it doesn't care.  |
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04-30-2009, 09:21 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Tucson
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Thats a great question. Ive wondered myself. Does the shock position, upsidedown or rightsideup also change the rising and falling rate?
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