Cool go fast project

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Fun project out of the old school Walker Evans book. Looks like I'm trading a job for some 14 inch FOA emulsion coil carriers, so I am going to Fab these into quad bypass shocks. I need a 22r basher buggy bad, and now I have room to build it.... hehe should be fun now and later.

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Dynamite Design said:
Fun project out of the old school Walker Evans book. Looks like I'm trading a job for some 14 inch FOA emulsion coil carriers, so I am going to Fab these into quad bypass shocks. I need a 22r basher buggy bad, and now I have room to build it.... hehe should be fun now and later.

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Wish Robby Gordon would step in the garage for minute or two. I know they do something like this. Probably take out all the guess work punching holes....


So, I have the 8 inch shocks apart. Have to clean off all the loctite and dirt and whatever else kind of crap is in on the parts. Have to inspect all the seals, bearing rings, pistons, etc.

When I drill my holes for the 4 compression zones :eek: I know I am going to lose compression so when these shocks go back together, I will make sure I have a tough compression combination going back in.

The holes are going to act as a 4 zone progressive suspension setup. The faster I go? The better they should work....

Sweet, let's F'k up some shocks :driver:

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Why four compression tubes and no rebound? Explain how it's going to work with all of the tubes inline like that? Where is the return? Cool idea hopefully it works out, you can find <10" bypass shocks on rdc dirt cheap pretty often if not.
 
It will act as a bypass chamber. Think of it as another fluid reservoir. All of the holes will flow through the same chamber. The holes will act as both intake and return. As the piston starts it's compression stroke it will move quickly. As the piston moves up the can it will have less bypass to work with and eventually hit's the 'bump zone above the top hole and totally relies on the shim stack.

Basically the purpose of the holes is to create a progressive resistance, instead of one single resistance. The rebound will still act like rebound acts. If it ends up needing more rebound or compression, I can always pur any type of combination in the coilover.
 
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