sredish
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I'll be adding comp adjusters to my old King 2.5 x 12 shocks. Salesman at King states the most open setting will still increase the damping a little. This is on the front of a Dodge truck w/ 39s and it gets worked quite hard. I was going to upgrade to some 3.0s but with the lead time, I'll watch for some used to pop up and in the meantime, going to upgrade these.
In a perfect world, I wouldn't mind a little less harshness in the small stuff lets say like the crossover road but still have similar damping at high speed but with a 2.5, it's hard to get it all. I typically use tire pressure to help with that and it's really not that harsh but there's a little.
Right now, it seems pretty close to what it needs through the stroke but the adjusters supposedly a little more damping and I'm afraid it might be too much. If I take a little low speed out and keep the rest the same, then I can finish tuning with the adjuster but I would like the adjuster to have some dial up and dial down, not just "this is the softest and it's all incr comp from here"... I'm also a little afraid that taking out low speed could introduce chatter in the front end which I don't want.
Additionally, we have a few pairs of hydro bumps. I was thinking if I can get it set right between the valving and adjuster, with a little less low speed comp, I can dial in the last bit of stroke with a hydro bump as a second stage. I have a really nice poly bump in place that allows 3" of smooth movement with a nice progression, so no harsh bump hits with them but I'm very rarely on them. One of the hydro pairs is a 4", I can set it up to engage an inch before the poly bump and then dial in the pressure for feel. Right now, I have approx. 7.25" of up travel. I'm changing coils as well so this number might change but 7 to 7.5 inch up travel is my goal and I intend to maintain that.
Anyone have any thoughts on this? I'll have the shocks apart this week and can report back on the specific valving in there.
In a perfect world, I wouldn't mind a little less harshness in the small stuff lets say like the crossover road but still have similar damping at high speed but with a 2.5, it's hard to get it all. I typically use tire pressure to help with that and it's really not that harsh but there's a little.
Right now, it seems pretty close to what it needs through the stroke but the adjusters supposedly a little more damping and I'm afraid it might be too much. If I take a little low speed out and keep the rest the same, then I can finish tuning with the adjuster but I would like the adjuster to have some dial up and dial down, not just "this is the softest and it's all incr comp from here"... I'm also a little afraid that taking out low speed could introduce chatter in the front end which I don't want.
Additionally, we have a few pairs of hydro bumps. I was thinking if I can get it set right between the valving and adjuster, with a little less low speed comp, I can dial in the last bit of stroke with a hydro bump as a second stage. I have a really nice poly bump in place that allows 3" of smooth movement with a nice progression, so no harsh bump hits with them but I'm very rarely on them. One of the hydro pairs is a 4", I can set it up to engage an inch before the poly bump and then dial in the pressure for feel. Right now, I have approx. 7.25" of up travel. I'm changing coils as well so this number might change but 7 to 7.5 inch up travel is my goal and I intend to maintain that.
Anyone have any thoughts on this? I'll have the shocks apart this week and can report back on the specific valving in there.