Ok Will, you've got some points. But I have 2 lowered cars with link pin
fronts (short shocks) they are both tighter than a drum on the suspension
without bottoming the shocks. You can't bounce either of these cars by
hand at the front bumper. Also, have a raised beam on the Baja with ball
joint suspension and stock shocks. Same thing; the front end has almost no
give.
Actually, the rough ride is usually from a few things.
1) Shorter Shocks used in most lowering situations (remember the shock tower pivots are in the same place) must be shorter, therefore they have slightly harder dampening and rebound rates. Lowered bugs without shocks (and shock towers) ride smoothly unless they're narrowed beams (see below), however for safety reasons NFW would I ever own a VW or any car without some sort of suspension dampening. Even with short shocks you can sometimes bottom them out.
2) In Ball Joint front ends your suspension travels on the ball joints, if the angles for the suspension become too acute it will affect ride. Link Pin suspensions don't suffer this problem.
3) Along with lowered suspension, you get lower profile tires with stiffer ride characteristics.
4) A narrowed beam using shortened torsion leaf springs will ride stiffer. WHy? Since the leaf springs must be shortened, it reduces the amount of torsional travel in the spring making it more resistant to twist or stiffer. So, if you're in a car with a narrowed beam, the springs will not allow as soft a ride.
-----Original Message-----
>From: Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxx>
>Sent: Sep 28, 2006 4:02 PM
>To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [tcb] Re: suspension q&a
>
>Wouldn't everything be compressed? The springs and all do not have the same
>room to move and it makes for less bounce= harder ride.
>
>That is probably wrong, but that's what I think.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Brian Denning" <i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 2:48 PM
>Subject: [tcb] suspension q&a
>
>
>>i don't understand this and want an explination. i have ridden in a few
>>beetles with adjusters and yes they ride rough. but why? everything is
>>there, the springs are just turned which turs the suspension up correct? i
>>mean i understand how they work but what makes them ride rough? all stock
>>springs are there, stock spindles, stock tierods(not that that affects
>>ride) what makes them rough when you use adjusters?
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