I had lunch with Ken O'keefe from The Ultimate Suspension at the start of the year. He really knows his stuff, is very current with suspension developments, and will do his own custom shockies from the ground up if you want.
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I had lunch with Ken O'keefe from The Ultimate Suspension at the start of the year. He really knows his stuff, is very current with suspension developments, and will do his own custom shockies from the ground up if you want.
really ?? what about mono-tube and a remote can, eg. Custer, King, Fox, Ohlins, Reiger, Donerre, Aushock, oh yeah, and Bilstein..... https://www.aulro.com/afvb/[/b][/quote]Quote:
Originally posted by rick130
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'>And the best quote from an offroad racer / outback challenge driver I know...
Bilsteins are for fast Euro Saloons.... Big Twin tubes / Remote Canisters are for Offroad.
I'm not walking into a Monotube debate. So many people over the years have advised me to stay away from them.
This list includes many hard core racers (I'm a CAMS scrutineer) that I've met/spoken to over the years.
I dislike the ride of the Bilstein (Slunnie I'll exempt yours its totally custom valved) and have seen several dented to point of failure.
And dont get me started on "stick a guard on" - This just causes them to run hotter as well, sort of defeats the point in their marketing dont u think?
Bang for buck, OME is a top choice for up to 2+ lift
Cheers
Mike
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'>I'm not walking into a Monotube debate.[/b][/quote]
aww, c'mon Mike, humour me https://www.aulro.com/afvb/
I was just surprised when you mentioned off road racers, (excluding OBC ) as I was under the assumption that all the serious race shocks were mono-tubes.
Other than the LTR, are there other twin tube off road race shocks ? as there are advantages, particularly in bump valving over a mono-tube. This is part of where the Bilstein ride thing comes from, as it's a form of stiction from having the bump valving on the piston with high gas pressure.
Interesting thing is that a number of road race dampers have gone back to twin tube, notably Ohlins with their TT44 (44mm piston, funnily enough) series back in the mid nineties, and Sachs. They are getting better control and characteristics by taking the low speed valving (and high speed bump) off the piston.