[A4] suspension theory thoughts, questions, etc - grooved shocks

[Huw Powell]

> see here: a pic is worth a gazillion words.
> 
> http://www.stasisengineering.com/Category_Detail.aspx?id=4&YR=2000&MK=Audi&EN=50&PID=88

The site defaults to index, this works better:

http://www.stasisengineering.com/Admin/MainImage/MSSusp1main.JPG

Here's my next thought - instead of simply cranking on the bottom perch 
to lower/raise the car, moving the shock out of it's "sweet spot", you 
move *both* ends towards each other or apart.  This keeps the spring 
"centered" on the center of the shock travel.  I would make a diagram, 
but my head just exploded and I have to clean the brain scraps off my 
monitor first.

It would be cool if someone chimed in who actually "knows!"

> in that pic, the fronts are on the left, and you can see the top of the
> shock [with the hole] has a threaded upper perch.
> 
> the other end with the U-shaped mount is the bottom on the a4/s4. if you
> look at stasis's instructions, there is an adapter that  secures the top of
> the shock to the audi upper mount. fancy stuff, hence the price tag.
> 
> essentially what theyve done is mechaniclly isolated the upper spring
> adjustment from the upper shock mount. and apparently as you say, defied
> physics.
> 
> i have a friend with this setup on his s4, and if he is to be believed
> physics don't come into play. =)
> 
> So I'm really perplexed. What do you adjust the upper spring perch on?
> 
>>What is it attached to that it can move on?
>>If its not the LOWER part of the strut, with some very strong
>>contraption rising up, how does it pre-load? Push on air?
>>
>>If no, then it pushes against the car. But this is silly, the car is
>>already pushing down on e spring with a force = MA where A=G or F=MG,
>>the basic law of gravity!

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Huw Powell

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