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Shock tech and picking something suitable

Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2013 9:49 pm
by 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.

Re: Shock tech and picking something suitable

Posted: Fri Dec 27, 2013 2:36 pm
by A.J.
Win the lotto? :finger:
Bypasses that have enough travel to keep up with your hydro? Or are you ditching the hydro after all?

Re: Shock tech and picking something suitable

Posted: Fri Dec 27, 2013 7:44 pm
by joshy
A.J. wrote:Win the lotto? :finger:
Bypasses that have enough travel to keep up with your hydro? Or are you ditching the hydro after all?
:armsup: yeah keeping hydro they will just be limited by shock length.

Re: Shock tech and picking something suitable

Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2013 3:19 pm
by 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.

Re: Shock tech and picking something suitable

Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2013 7:35 pm
by joshy
Nah only going to run 18s. But you can get em up to like 30" now I think I saw the other day

Re: Shock tech and picking something suitable

Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2014 10:32 pm
by ethann
18s :shock:

My little 14s are cute.

Re: Shock tech and picking something suitable

Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2014 11:45 pm
by brooksy
ADS do a 5.25" Bypass, it is just mental :shock:


brooksy

Re: Shock tech and picking something suitable

Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2014 1:01 pm
by ethann
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Re: Shock tech and picking something suitable

Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2014 2:34 pm
by joshy
They look pretty suitable :armsup:

Re: Shock tech and picking something suitable

Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2014 7:58 pm
by Ben-e-boy
joshy wrote:They look pretty suitable :armsup:
The shocks do aswell :armsup:

Re: Shock tech and picking something suitable

Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 10:35 am
by 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. :D

Re: Shock tech and picking something suitable

Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 10:41 am
by Jack S
:lol: dirty minded people, love it, I was thinking much the same thing first time I saw this picture!

Re: Shock tech and picking something suitable

Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 10:42 am
by brooksy
Yep those ADS Bypasses are just stupid big, actually I can feel something else getting bigger looking at that pic :rofl:


brooksy

Re: Shock tech and picking something suitable

Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 7:20 pm
by zookimal
Lol,

On topic,
A.J. wrote: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 wrote: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
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Re: Shock tech and picking something suitable

Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 8:11 pm
by joshy
zookimal wrote:Lol,

On topic,
A.J. wrote: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 wrote: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.

Re: Shock tech and picking something suitable

Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2014 6:38 am
by ethann
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5" 8 tube bypass with cooler? :armsup: