[DeTomaso] Shorter front shocks?
David
david at msmcontractors.org
Sat Apr 9 16:55:59 EDT 2016
Just my two cents worth for the group. Scott set me up with the selective shock system and I absolutely love it.
I believe the front springs were 250# and the tears 400#
David Finley
3659
> On Apr 9, 2016, at 1:36 PM, Scott Bell <scott at saccrestorations.net> wrote:
>
> Yes GD, that would indeed work. But, the way to do it is to reduce the
> extension with an external limiting device like a bump stop or a
> limiting strap. Limiting straps are very comment in the off-road area.
>
>
> However, this is a band-air to the real problem of the shock being too
> long. When I say too long, I am talking about a very small amount.
> About an inch or so.
>
>
> By the way, If the shock were to become fully extended and hit its
> internal stops, it isn't really an issue for modern shocks as they are
> design for such things. It also isn't common for the car to become
> un-weighted for so long that you are going to extend the shock 100%. If
> that is happening a lot you need adjustable shocks were you can adjust
> the rebound dampening to prevent such occurrences.
>
>
> Again, this problem ONLY occurs when trying to lower the car a great
> deal while maintaining a high spring rate. The solution is NOT a
> shorter spring. The solution is a shorter shock (a small amount) or a
> limiting device to prevent the suspension to become extended to the
> point that the spring is loose between the perches.
>
>
> Scott
>
>
> From: Guido deTomaso [mailto:guido_detomaso at prodigy.net]
> Sent: Friday, April 08, 2016 6:34 PM
> To: Scott Bell; detomaso at poca.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Shorter front shocks?
>
>
>
>
> Reduce the extension of the shock, assuming you can open it up and put
> in a spacer of some sort? So the shorter spring doesn't come loose.
>
>
> GD
>
> _______________________________________________________________________
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> From: Scott Bell <[1]scott at saccrestorations.net>
> To: [2]detomaso at poca.com
> Sent: Tuesday, April 5, 2016 2:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Shorter front shocks?
>
> Because the spring becomes loose between the perches when the car is
> un-weighted (like going over a hills peak or a speed bump)...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DeTomaso [mailto:[3]detomaso-bounces at poca.com] On Behalf Of
> Forest Goodhart
> Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2016 2:22 PM
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> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Shorter front shocks?
> Why not a shorter spring of the same rate?
> From: Ken Green via DeTomaso <[4]detomaso at poca.com>
> To: De Tomaso List <[5]detomaso at poca.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 5, 2016 1:25 PM
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Shorter front shocks?
>
> Has anyone done an analysis of the viability of running a bit
> shorter
> front shocks? With the typical length front shocks, and springs on
> the
> heavy side, it appears that the nose is a bit higher than I want at
> the
> lowest spring position. I could probably use lighter springs
> adjusted
> for the desired height, but I'm not sure that is a good solution.
> Ken
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