Shock tech and picking something suitable

[joshy]

I'll admit I've only just started looking for the info so it maybe obvious, but I'm trying to find manufacturer (king/fox etc) recommendations on sizing and bypasses.

2.5 - 3.0 with triple by pass seem to be most common but at what point do you go to 4.0 and 8 bypass?
Any one got any good links to info? King website is all vague from what I've found.

[A.J.]

Win the lotto?
Bypasses that have enough travel to keep up with your hydro? Or are you ditching the hydro after all?

[joshy]

Win the lotto?
Bypasses that have enough travel to keep up with your hydro? Or are you ditching the hydro after all?

yeah keeping hydro they will just be limited by shock length.

[A.J.]

Dang! Good luck finding and paying for bypasses with 20+ inches of travel
I'd say that ultimately your travel will be limited by the CV-angles of your setup.

[joshy]

Nah only going to run 18s. But you can get em up to like 30" now I think I saw the other day

[ethann]

18s

My little 14s are cute.

[brooksy]

ADS do a 5.25" Bypass, it is just mental


brooksy

[ethann]

[joshy]

They look pretty suitable

[Ben-e-boy]

They look pretty suitable

The shocks do aswell

[toughnut]

I bet they'd bounce up and down on the shaft all day. I especially like how she can do 2 things at the same time. She knows how to twist the nut while holding the shaft at the same time.

[Jack S]

dirty minded people, love it, I was thinking much the same thing first time I saw this picture!

[brooksy]

Yep those ADS Bypasses are just stupid big, actually I can feel something else getting bigger looking at that pic


brooksy

[zookimal]

Lol,

On topic,

Dang! Good luck finding and paying for bypasses with 20+ inches of travel
I'd say that ultimately your travel will be limited by the CV-angles of your setup.

Nah only going to run 18s. But you can get em up to like 30" now I think I saw the other day

Agreed on CV angles being the limiter, but travel at the wheel doesn't have to equal travel at the shock. Inboard them up the arm and valve to suit the motion ratio. Most of the IFS cars out there are running fairly short shocks and/or bypasses depending on how you package them. Campbell's old car/Bill Bairds car

[joshy]

Lol,

On topic,

Dang! Good luck finding and paying for bypasses with 20+ inches of travel
I'd say that ultimately your travel will be limited by the CV-angles of your setup.

Nah only going to run 18s. But you can get em up to like 30" now I think I saw the other day

Agreed on CV angles being the limiter, but travel at the wheel doesn't have to equal travel at the shock. Inboard them up the arm and valve to suit the motion ratio. Most of the IFS cars out there are running fairly short shocks and/or bypasses depending on how you package them.

Yep I nearly ballsed this part up big time when pricing my shocks! for whatever reason had a mental blank on the fact that mounting on the arms means more travel at the wheels.

[ethann]

5" 8 tube bypass with cooler?