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Old 04-29-2014, 04:45 PM   #124
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Originally Posted by 7thgear View Post
Well, i was simply hoping for more peer-editing

particularly when it comes to motion ratios. I've yet to find anyone diagraming the suspension piecemetal.


Two weeks ago i took apart the rear coilover and attached the damper back to the car without the spring.

I then took measurements of how much the wheel travelled vs how much the damper shaft travelled and got some wild results.

even accounting for measurement error, i could not get close to the 0.75 figure ( was averaging around 0.85 ish).

Furthermore i would get different results depending on where along the path i measured. Full droop to oem height i averaged around 0.9.. from OEM height along about 1.5" of compression i averaged 0.80ish (need to check my notes, its been two weeks)

now i'm curious...
The feedback is much appreciated. I've added the following:

Rear = 0.85 (at full droop) to 0.83 (at stock height) to 0.80 (compressed to bumpstops)

Since I can't vouch for the accuracy of either you or RCE, I split the difference and tried to make it clear that the value changes. Constants are for suckers anyways.
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