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Originally Posted by bfrank1972
I'd be interested to see that as well. Also plot transition from spring to bump stop (I imagine it's fairly abrupt). You make a good point about it though, especially if our cars are very "bump stop active". I was kind of joking about custom bump stops before, but maybe something like that (tuned for transition from different spring rates, and suspension travel) would be beneficial?
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Well it won't be abrupt because you'd feel the car step out immediately it started riding the bump stops if the effective combined rate weren't progressive. All of the spring rates are additive: air in the tire, road spring, roll bar and bump stop. If you have high pressure gas shocks they also have a rising rate spring rate, one of their distinct advantages for sharpening up soft road springs. If the bump stop is to be safe it would have to be progressive in compression.