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Re: Shock theory...( Dang Goodman )

To: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>, <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Shock theory...( Dang Goodman )
From: "Ron Gibson" <rgg14@cox.net>
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 12:39:32 -0500
Just a thought. Wouldn't an unequal length bell crank also change the
valving requirements for the shock? 2 to 1 ratio would double the stiffness
of the shock. I could see where there would be no damping at all just act as
solid link. Things happen pretty fast at 246+.

Ron Gibson, Omaha NE


> Okay so John and I are talking yesterday and he asks some silly question
> like...
>
> If your shocks are set up like a passenger car... aren't they going to be
> designed around several inches of movement Vs the little .200 or .300 you
> have?  and he asks... do you think that maybe there is so little action
you
> really might not have a dampener assembly at all?....
>
> His answer was a bell crank assembly that could turn my limited movement
into
> something that represented real travel on a shock.. which could be mounted
> about anywhere...






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