DesertCJ
Name of Pheel...
Seems like this doesn't get talked about much anymore since the old site died a slow death and instagram/Facebook killed tech talk. Yeah, there's the one thread over there that was game changing. It would be cool to get some stuff going over here. If you feel like you have info to share feel free to start an official thread or whatever. I just want to read some tech!
I'll start so this isn't just chitchat. When I got my FOA coil overs, I only had a vague idea about anything. I ordered them with "light" rebound valving and "medium" compression. I hate how they describe that btw. I didn't know what I was doing when I bought springs either so I went the "Old" way with 250lb lowers on the rear and 350lb lowers for the front since the front shocks are leaned back with 5" of shock travel giving 7" of vertical travel at the axle. Right or wrong, my math told me 5/7 is .71 and .71 times 350 is about 250lb. Same as the rear. Of course I bought upper springs that just gave me the ride height I wanted and according to the "NEW" way were all wrong because I also had tripple rate sliders and tender springs on my shocks. My buggy never drove like this.
Right before I finished building, I tore the shocks apart, took off the tripple rate junk, bought longer upper springs and took a stab at revalving all of them based on a couple people I had talked to. So that brings it up to how it sits currently. I'll add that I don't have air bumps or run a sway bar.
Fronts- 125lb over 350lb. Really light rebound and pretty heavy on the compression.
Rears- 150lb over 250lb. Really light rebound and like medium on the compression.
It's good in the rocks, I don't need or want a sway bar. In the whoops it's OK. I don't feel it bottoming ever but I'm not jumping it. Fronts feel good like I somehow blundered into the ballpark on the first go. The rear bucks on the bigger whoops going fast. With a spare tire on the back it cuts the bucking probably in half. I could probably add a touch of rebound and it would be good enough. OR...I could try lighter lower springs on the rear like it was supposed to be with the "NEW" way of tuning. I think the 250lb lowers are launching the rig with the light rebound in the shocks. Lighter lower springs would probably lead to needing more compression valving as well though.
If you have any thoughts on my setup or you feel like sharing yours let's hear it. Just trying to get some discussion going. I read something that alluded to people possibly moving back towards heavier lowers in the racing scene...
I'll start so this isn't just chitchat. When I got my FOA coil overs, I only had a vague idea about anything. I ordered them with "light" rebound valving and "medium" compression. I hate how they describe that btw. I didn't know what I was doing when I bought springs either so I went the "Old" way with 250lb lowers on the rear and 350lb lowers for the front since the front shocks are leaned back with 5" of shock travel giving 7" of vertical travel at the axle. Right or wrong, my math told me 5/7 is .71 and .71 times 350 is about 250lb. Same as the rear. Of course I bought upper springs that just gave me the ride height I wanted and according to the "NEW" way were all wrong because I also had tripple rate sliders and tender springs on my shocks. My buggy never drove like this.
Right before I finished building, I tore the shocks apart, took off the tripple rate junk, bought longer upper springs and took a stab at revalving all of them based on a couple people I had talked to. So that brings it up to how it sits currently. I'll add that I don't have air bumps or run a sway bar.
Fronts- 125lb over 350lb. Really light rebound and pretty heavy on the compression.
Rears- 150lb over 250lb. Really light rebound and like medium on the compression.
It's good in the rocks, I don't need or want a sway bar. In the whoops it's OK. I don't feel it bottoming ever but I'm not jumping it. Fronts feel good like I somehow blundered into the ballpark on the first go. The rear bucks on the bigger whoops going fast. With a spare tire on the back it cuts the bucking probably in half. I could probably add a touch of rebound and it would be good enough. OR...I could try lighter lower springs on the rear like it was supposed to be with the "NEW" way of tuning. I think the 250lb lowers are launching the rig with the light rebound in the shocks. Lighter lower springs would probably lead to needing more compression valving as well though.
If you have any thoughts on my setup or you feel like sharing yours let's hear it. Just trying to get some discussion going. I read something that alluded to people possibly moving back towards heavier lowers in the racing scene...
