[s-cars] Anyone get custom-valved shocks?

[Aaron]

I used to to quite a bit of shock design and tuning for motorcycles (and
bicycles) and I can tell you this would not be a straight forward task.
 A better route might be to find a shock with external damping adjusters
and do some seat of the pants tweeking.
Aaron

jeff posto wrote:

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>Taka,
>This seems like a great mechanical design challenge for Igor K!!
>A mass-spring-damper type of dynamics problem.
>What you ask for is fundamentally correct, because I would think, a 'lite' damper (shock) coupled with a stiff spring would be non-optimal. In the words of an ME, underdamped.
>The question is: how would you specify the valving to be correct?, even if you DID find a vendor to do it.
>JP
> TM wrote:Just wondering- our A4 w/ H&R coilovers is quite
>stiff, but the ride is _excellent_ for a lowered,
>stiffer suspension setup.
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>My 200 in comparison crashes over bumps. Wondering
>if anyone has gotten custom valved Bilsteins to match
>exactly with your springs and if that would make a
>big enough difference or not.
>
>Taka
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