This is a topic that has been debated by myself and my co-workers for some time and I'd like some opinions from the suspension guru's here.
If the front end is tied down with .5"-1.0" of travel, what good does a custom valved shock really do? If the front end is tied down so much to where it doesn't even really move, then what is the benefit of a custom valved shock? One side says you could take that shock out with the front end tied all the way down and replace it with a metal rod, turn it into a go-kart and it would still do the same thing.
The other side says(me), that there is still control in the shock even with .5"-1.0" of travel and since the spring has been limited to such a small amount of travel it is being compressed the amount it's being limited and not allowed to extend so there is more spring rate there that has to be controlled by that shock as it goes through it's limited range of travel.
I personally don't believe that you can just bolt a piece of steel in there and think there is much more to it than that, but I don't build shocks or stock suspension chassis so I can't respond with an intelligent answer, just "that's bullshit" lol.
So what do you say?
If the front end is tied down with .5"-1.0" of travel, what good does a custom valved shock really do? If the front end is tied down so much to where it doesn't even really move, then what is the benefit of a custom valved shock? One side says you could take that shock out with the front end tied all the way down and replace it with a metal rod, turn it into a go-kart and it would still do the same thing.
The other side says(me), that there is still control in the shock even with .5"-1.0" of travel and since the spring has been limited to such a small amount of travel it is being compressed the amount it's being limited and not allowed to extend so there is more spring rate there that has to be controlled by that shock as it goes through it's limited range of travel.
I personally don't believe that you can just bolt a piece of steel in there and think there is much more to it than that, but I don't build shocks or stock suspension chassis so I can't respond with an intelligent answer, just "that's bullshit" lol.
So what do you say?