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04-22-2005, 11:07 AM
Does any one know an equation for dampening. i.e. to see if its over, under or critically damped at low, med, hi shock piston speeds with the weight of the car also in the equation?? That could perhaps be applied to bound, and / or rebound.
The only way to get a real idea is to ride in the car. But I don't have money to throw around looking for the right set-up, so I was wondering if anyone had an equation. I know the spring values that I want, now I was looking for a function of dampening and weight.
After looking through a couple of shock dyno testing graphs (http://www.honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1104049&page=1)
I'm thinking about h&r springs with kyb agx/ illumnas with top hats.
It looks like though from these graphs that tokiko illumna's would have more noticeable difference than the kyb agx's on the rebound side (above x axis); however the bound side (below x axis) the kyb's has a larger value. Would that translate in to a smoother ride for the kyb, but less adjustment?
I know koni's are better, but I don't have that kind of money to be spending on that type of a setup. And If I’m going to spend money, I would probally get the omni coilovers 8k/6k setup.
I was looking for a good street set-up and something that could be mildly competitive in auto cross, or road racing. I tried calling H&R but the phone number that i used (several) none of them could really answer my question on matching.
To sum it all up, does anyone know an equation, or can give me some factual evidence, resources.
I'm not looking for any anecdotal accounts.
Thank you very much.
The only way to get a real idea is to ride in the car. But I don't have money to throw around looking for the right set-up, so I was wondering if anyone had an equation. I know the spring values that I want, now I was looking for a function of dampening and weight.
After looking through a couple of shock dyno testing graphs (http://www.honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1104049&page=1)
I'm thinking about h&r springs with kyb agx/ illumnas with top hats.
It looks like though from these graphs that tokiko illumna's would have more noticeable difference than the kyb agx's on the rebound side (above x axis); however the bound side (below x axis) the kyb's has a larger value. Would that translate in to a smoother ride for the kyb, but less adjustment?
I know koni's are better, but I don't have that kind of money to be spending on that type of a setup. And If I’m going to spend money, I would probally get the omni coilovers 8k/6k setup.
I was looking for a good street set-up and something that could be mildly competitive in auto cross, or road racing. I tried calling H&R but the phone number that i used (several) none of them could really answer my question on matching.
To sum it all up, does anyone know an equation, or can give me some factual evidence, resources.
I'm not looking for any anecdotal accounts.
Thank you very much.