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May 2002
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Help me understand optimum stroke location
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Fri, 05 March 2004 03:52
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Hi all, bit of a Friday afternoon question but I'm trying to get my head around something.
The situation is with my current coilover setup the spring (linear rate) isn't captive.
To fix this i'll be changing to a shorter stroke strut, which will make the spring captive as well as regain some suspension travel.
What I'm trying to understand is the optimum stroke location. It appears at ride height you want around 70/30 ratio? 70% compression and 30% droop of the total travel.
Assuming thats correct... What I can't get my head around is if you have the spring captive which means the shock must be fully extended and with some pressure from the spring on it.
The ratio of compression/droop will only be dictated by the amount the spring compresses from the weight of the car @ ride height?
If you have a stiff linear spring, the spring might not compress hardly at all, and you would not end up with the optimum stroke location? Like instead of 70/30 might end up with 90/10 for example.
Is my thinking right here or ??????
Thanks
Joel
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