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strut & shock question for the racers ... |
SirAndy |
Feb 19 2006, 04:21 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,679 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
i got a mid '80s carrera frontend with the black struts, so i'm assuming i've got the stock 911 boge shocks.
the car is lowered quite a bit and i was hitting the 3-piece rubber stops frequently. i was told i could safely cut the rubber stop down to 2 pieces, which i did and it helped quite a bit, adding more shock travel. but i still bottom out occasionally on a larger bump etc. so, my question is, for the boge shocks, can i safely remove a second piece from the rubber stop and run a one piece stop only ??? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/idea.gif) Andy |
groot |
Feb 20 2006, 02:29 PM
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Dis member Group: Members Posts: 896 Joined: 17-December 03 From: Michigan Member No.: 1,444 |
I hear ya'... reasonable approach.
It's certainly possible that a Boge has a shorter piston rod and therefore may not slam the piston into the base cage. Konis (and many other dampers) are not designed this way for sure... I still recommend trying to keep your spring rate as linear as possible. A jounce bumper can help you at the end of your damper travel to flatten your spring rate curve. A non-effective (or missing) jounce bumper has a very sharp corner to the spring rate curve... right as it bottoms out.... and that leads to ugly things. |
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