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Old Mar 24, 2011 | 04:26 PM
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Can you reach the adjustment knobs, without jacking the car up?
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Old Mar 27, 2011 | 09:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Beau@Performance Shock, Inc.
Thanks for all of your positive reviews. We are looking forward to getting some more of these kits into the community. BTW, we have an aluminum 'P' clamp that we will send you for the front brake line. You should see them in your mailbox on Monday.
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Old Mar 27, 2011 | 09:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Blue Gumby
Can you reach the adjustment knobs, without jacking the car up?
Yup, without even getting dirty. It's also nice not having to remove the spare tire or fuss with the fuel fill tube for rebound, it's all in one place.
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Old Mar 29, 2011 | 12:29 PM
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How much bump travel are you getting? It looks like you have 2-3" of total travel at full droop in that picture (so 1.5"bump travel and 1.5" of droop?).
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Old Mar 29, 2011 | 05:21 PM
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Originally Posted by TubeDriver
How much bump travel are you getting? It looks like you have 2-3" of total travel at full droop in that picture (so 1.5"bump travel and 1.5" of droop?).
Simple answer, these dampers aren't bump or droop limited for our car.

I have bump limited to protect my fenders when the wheel is turned and they (PSI) have droop limited so the spring isn't completely flopping around when I jack up the car. I did the same thing with my bilsteins.
I have what I would call 3mm of negative preload so to me that's 3mm of droop that's not utilized on the damper because there's nothing that's going to push it beyond full extension of the spring. As far as bump travel in front you can bury the wheel into the fender literally, the front bump and droop can be and is way more than enough.
The rears as far as bump goes I'm not really sure how far into the fender it will actually go but it will tuck the tire into the fender as well. Droop can also be increased and I'm currently at 13.75mm of negative preload.
I'm currently right around 13 1/8" in front and 13" in the rear from center of hub to the bottom lip of the fender.

My useable stroke in front which I've limited with packers is 3 3/4". The rear visually isn't an issue because my tires clear the fenders and I easily have enough bump and droop so I didn't measure it.

Hope this helps.
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Old Mar 29, 2011 | 05:24 PM
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Oh! One other thing

Static spring length on the car
F 4 7/8 on an 800lb 6" spring
R 4 3/4 on a 700lb 6" spring
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Old Mar 30, 2011 | 06:33 AM
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Originally Posted by macr88
Originally Posted by TubeDriver' timestamp='1301430569' post='20408647
How much bump travel are you getting? It looks like you have 2-3" of total travel at full droop in that picture (so 1.5"bump travel and 1.5" of droop?).
Simple answer, these dampers aren't bump or droop limited for our car.

I have bump limited to protect my fenders when the wheel is turned and they have droop limited so the spring isn't completely flopping around when I jack up the car. I did the same thing with my bilsteins.
I have what I would call 3mm of negative preload so to me that's 3mm of droop that's not utilized on the damper because there's nothing that's going to push it beyond full extension of the spring. As far as bump travel in front you can bury the wheel into the fender literally, the front bump and droop can be and is way more than enough.
The rears as far as bump goes I'm not really sure how far into the fender it will actually go but it will tuck the tire into the fender as well. Droop can also be increased and I'm currently at 13.75mm of negative preload.
I'm currently right around 13 1/8" in front and 13" in the rear from center of hub to the bottom lip of the fender.

My useable stroke in front which I've limited with packers is 3 3/4". The rear visually isn't an issue because my tires clear the fenders and I easily have enough bump and droop so I didn't measure it.

Hope this helps.

Thanks for the info.
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Old Mar 30, 2011 | 11:18 PM
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You're welcome
The adjustment range of these things is incredibly wide, I don't think my car has ever driven as smooth as it is right now. There are certain bumps that are just too big for 800lb springs to soak up but all the little bumps that you feel with stock suspension can be butter smooth with the TTX's once setup for the street. I'm roughly at around 19-20 turns out from full stiff and I have yet to need more damping than 10 out from full stiff. I normally can't get enough compression out of most dampers but not these.
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Old Mar 31, 2011 | 06:47 AM
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You have a dyno curve you are willing to share?
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Old Mar 31, 2011 | 05:18 PM
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Originally Posted by TheNick
You have a dyno curve you are willing to share?
He would rather you call and talk to him, he's not trying to hide anything, he'd just rather not have to explain anything on the boards.
I spoke to Bruce and if you ask him for the dyno he'll send you the file, he'd rather explain the workings of this damper.
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