Re: Another caltrac ??
[Re: Gary Robbins]
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06/15/15 04:07 PM
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And looking at your shock you have very little for the compression of it... so between the shock travel and the shock stiffness it would be bouncy EDIT And thats not even with you in the car.. you would have less compression travel on it 
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Re: Another caltrac ??
[Re: dizuster]
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06/15/15 04:59 PM
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Unless you weigh 400 lbs. those are fine and I have 2" left for compression and never bottom out. I see the rubber stops and a bit of shaft showing.........
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Re: Another caltrac ??
[Re: Thumperdart]
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06/15/15 05:22 PM
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Unless you weigh 400 lbs. those are fine and I have 2" left for compression and never bottom out. I see the rubber stops and a bit of shaft showing......... I see 3/8" shaft then the rubber starts stacking up...that rubber gets hard real fast... but you have 2" of travel... thats 2 different worlds
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Re: Another caltrac ??
[Re: mshred]
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06/15/15 06:03 PM
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Val-haul-ass... eventually
BradH
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Mine is bouncy also, especially with the shocks stiffened up for the track...I just deal with it though, its not a cadillac and im ok with that lol x2... I don't change the settings for the street when I've gotten it dialed in for the track.
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Re: Another caltrac ??
[Re: MR_P_BODY]
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06/15/15 06:05 PM
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Gary Robbins
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Unless you weigh 400 lbs. those are fine and I have 2" left for compression and never bottom out. I see the rubber stops and a bit of shaft showing......... I see 3/8" shaft then the rubber starts stacking up...that rubber gets hard real fast... but you have 2" of travel... thats 2 different worlds I'll check how much shaft is showing and also thinking there's 2 stops stacked...maybe removing 1 stop will help...It's not crazy rough,just enough to be enoying !!
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Re: Another caltrac ??
[Re: Gary Robbins]
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06/15/15 06:20 PM
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Yeah take one of them off... you should still have plenty of snubber with one... I dont know why guys dont back off the shock setting... I guess they cant count
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Re: Another caltrac ??
[Re: Gary Robbins]
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06/15/15 07:44 PM
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i run the rancho rear shock , loosen it 4 clicks for the street . Its fine .
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Re: Another caltrac ??
[Re: BradH]
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06/15/15 08:09 PM
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On my car it's as much the pre-load as the shock damping setting. Twisting the adjusters is no biggie, but changing the pre-load simply to soften up the ride on the street isn't worth my time once I've gotten it where the car hooks and launches straight off the line. Cut a reference line in the 2 spots so you can get back to it easy... unless you feel its not that stiff(when I say cut... I mean grind a mark... I would use my .040 cut off wheel)
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