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Originally Posted by mike156
A decent way to approach bumpstop selection might be an energy balance. Load up a stock strut/spring/bumpstop and chart out force vs displacement. Integrate for total energy storage.
Design your replacement system to accommodate the same total energy by balancing shock gas pressure, spring rate, and bumpstop design to give the force vs. displacement curve you desire.
Although, this doesn't account for the dynamic forces associated with the damper. After all, the damper is the major source for force reaction to bumps so the energy balance method above would allow accommodate a steady state energy balance.
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You are saying this as if there are actual different choices to "select" from. Aside from the higher end dampers, I don't these there is much on the market to "select" from. Even then I dont think there is much of a selection to choose from. Most cases we are stuck with the factory bumpstops or modifying them (cutting factory bumpstops or torching them
).