Originally Posted by thomsbrain

OK, thanks for the input guys. That confirms my thoughts. The context of my question was in regards to the well-documented Ohlins DFV rear and their need for additional preload. I had previously run the necessary preload to center the piston travel at static ride height, which of course is a lot of preload, but I had sufficient shock length adjustment to compensate and ahieve desired ride height. I had a corner balance guy freak out at all the preload and insist it would ruin the corner balance, even though he had headroom on the shock length to adjust corner balance that way and the preload was matched across the axle. He ended up setting it back to "stock" preload and then corner balancing with the shock adjusters from there. I don't have scales of my own to "prove" that the preload wasn't going to screw anything up. This was in the times before SakeBomb came along and added some professional backup to my previously unpopular assertion that the Ohlins rear need a lot of preload unless you get shortened bodies (like SakeBomb now sells).

I'm going to take my existing corner balanced settings and add back my threads of preload and remove equal threads of shock length with the assumption that static corner balance will be unchanged and I'll get back to the correct preload for these Ohlins rears. My corner balance feels great on smooth pavement but big bumps get into the bump stops all the time on the Ohlins at "stock" preload and that can do some unpleasant stuff if you hit them mid-corner.

Originally Posted by thomsbrain

OK, thanks for the input guys. That confirms my thoughts. The context of my question was in regards to the well-documented Ohlins DFV rear and their need for additional preload. I had previously run the necessary preload to center the piston travel at static ride height, which of course is a lot of preload, but I had sufficient shock length adjustment to compensate and ahieve desired ride height. I had a corner balance guy freak out at all the preload and insist it would ruin the corner balance, even though he had headroom on the shock length to adjust corner balance that way and the preload was matched across the axle. He ended up setting it back to "stock" preload and then corner balancing with the shock adjusters from there. I don't have scales of my own to "prove" that the preload wasn't going to screw anything up. This was in the times before SakeBomb came along and added some professional backup to my previously unpopular assertion that the Ohlins rear need a lot of preload unless you get shortened bodies (like SakeBomb now sells).

I'm going to take my existing corner balanced settings and add back my threads of preload and remove equal threads of shock length with the assumption that static corner balance will be unchanged and I'll get back to the correct preload for these Ohlins rears. My corner balance feels great on smooth pavement but big bumps get into the bump stops all the time on the Ohlins at "stock" preload and that can do some unpleasant stuff if you hit them mid-corner.

Originally Posted by SakeBomb Garage

The point of the SakeBomb lower cups is to either allow you to run preload while still lowering the car, or to run very high spring rates and still lower the car. The shortened bodies simply allow you to lower the car with pre-load, not a substitute for pre-load. Just wanted to be clear.