+2" front shock turrets

[trendkill]

hello all.

have had some +2" shock turrets sitting about for a while now, so figured id stick them on this weekend.

ive got a set of de- carbon +2" shocks for the front, will be buying another pair this week.

i need to know will the fact that the turrets are 2" higher mean that in the end it will sit 2" lower at the front?

cheers

[Shox Dr]

No, your springs their lenght and their strength (ins/lbs) and the weight placed upon them dictate that height

[trendkill]

No, your springs their lenght and their strength (ins/lbs) and the weight placed upon them dictate that height

nice one shox

[Shox Dr]

Also it needs to be noted that, fitting longer turrets does not directly affect your axle travel. Let me try and explain.

A damper has 3 important measurements

Free lengh; The total lenght of the damper between fixture pionts uncompressed

Compressed Lenght; The total lenght of the damper between fixture pionts when fully compressed

Travel ;The difference between the Free Length and Compreesed Length is the available damper travel.

Now forget about the constrains of the panard bar, streering, etc for a mintue.

If you remove the damaper and spring the axle will come to rest on the bump stop. If you then take a measurement from the fixer piont on the axle to the underneath of the turret it will tell you the maximium compressed lenght of damper that can be fitted. And remember you cant increase upwards travel without mod'ing the chassis, axle. the only way is down

Hope you got that because it doesn't get any easier.

So you want 4" more downward axle movement. The first thing you need to do is make sure your axle can move that far, it's no piont fitting 6" longer travel dampers if your axle will only allows 4".

Now say a stock damper has a free length of 20" compressed length of 12" giving 8" of travel. The measurement you got from axle the turret bottomed out is 24" maens you can fit a damper with a compressed length of no more than 23" (don't forget the bumper can compress a bit). You have 3" the play without even fitting 2"+ turrets. A bit of googling will tell you what the next length of damper you can fit.

A could go it to more detail, but I'm hurriedly typing this before a I take a flight to Poland. If anyone is interested in a better feature please let me know.

PS no time to spell/gramma check; They dont call me dyslexic Dave for now't

[roybatty666]

and not all +2 shocks are +2 so be careful as you may find you lose downward travel and gain no real upward travel as your going to hit the bump stops at the same time as before

I have +2 mounts as I have +5 dampers so I need the extra room to cope with the extra compressed size of the damper, I get no greater upward travel but beter drop and room for longer springs etc