[DeTomaso] Aldan shocks help!

[pantdino at aol.com]

It's an example of what happens when you put your fingers in motion before putting your brain in gear.
But it is true that I have a very limited understanding of springs and shocks and should not post on this matter.

Now I will break my promise.

My understanding is that the shock has to ride about 1" into it's length range at rest and therefore has about 2" more to compress when the wheel hits a big bump or the car goes thru a depression.  So while a shock is adjustable, it really is adjustable over a very limited range.  If you crank it down 1.5" from it's full length because you want the car to look cool, then set it on the ground so it compresses another 1" as the spring is loaded, you only have 1/2" more of shock travel before it bottoms out and is damaged and / or the spring rate becomes infinity.

My brain short circuited from "shock shortening" to "spring compression"-- and fingers followed. 

Or did I mess up again?  :-)

Jim






-----Original Message-----
From: MikeLDrew at aol.com
To: pantdino at aol.com; MikeLDrew at aol.com; tonydigi at optonline.net; panteratime at aol.com; detomaso at realbig.com
Sent: Mon, Mar 22, 2010 9:26 pm
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Aldan shocks help!



n a message dated 3/22/10 21 24 48, pantdino at aol.com writes:

 Oops. My bad.
  I will never again post anything regarding springs or shocks
  Please ignore my other post, which was sent before I read this one.
 
 
HAHAHA!!!   Don't worry about it!   It's a great conversation! :>)
Mike
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