Harrison, your talking about "rebound" travel. Allot of that has to do with the speed that it rebounds and not the amount of travel. The probelm with the design of the F500 shock is that there's isn't any fluid that is in a common shock, and that can be valved to speed up or slow down. Chris R.
Harrison Faulkner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Let me first state i dont know much about the pucks themselves, or exactly how the suspension works on our cars. But i do know that in my street car, when i started setting my car up for mountian driving, i was worried just as much about downward travel (travel towards the road) as bump travel. Thats also one of the things ive noticed in the f500, is i dont have a problem so much with bottoming out (although thats mysetup, i have no experience with a roadrace setup) as i do with running out of downward travel on a very bumpy course. It seems to me that having the 3x2" pucks would allow a softer compound, which would let the car sit with the pucks more compressed, and allow more downward travel. Just my train of thought, no idea if its correct or not. Harrison Faulkner ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Phaneuf" To: Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 4:48 PM Subject: [F500] Bigger Rubbers- misc thoughts & questions... >I sent this to the list a few weeks ago.... > Got no feedback......... > > > > Been thinking about the option for larger suspension > "pucks" and it got me wondering, how much wheel > travel is needed? I realize it varies depending on > how rough the track is. I look at formula fords > ( Cmods) with $4000 dollars worth of shock/springs > on them running as low as my car....maybe 1.5 in > of "bump" travel avail. and wonder if I really want > anymore most of the time. > > 2nd question/idea is regarding the hysterises of > the rubber. Is it possible to have the same hardness > ( durometer ) and yet have a significant damping > difference in different kinds of rubber? > > I've asked before and never got any replies, but > is heat an issue on a bumpy road course...do > the cans get hot? > > Last for now...is the rubber " compressible" at all > or do we just basically deform it, squishing it around > into different shapes? > Looking for ideas > Thanks > Dave Phaneuf > > > _______________________________________________ > F500 mailing list - [email protected] > To unsubscribe or change options please visit: > http://f500.org/mailman/listinfo/f500 > *** Please, DO NOT send unsubscribe requests to the mailing list! *** > _______________________________________________ F500 mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change options please visit: http://f500.org/mailman/listinfo/f500 *** Please, DO NOT send unsubscribe requests to the mailing list! *** --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Get on board. You're invited to try the new Yahoo! Mail Beta. _______________________________________________ F500 mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change options please visit: http://f500.org/mailman/listinfo/f500 *** Please, DO NOT send unsubscribe requests to the mailing list! ***
