This question is burried on another thread, but I think it may deserve a separate treatment.

On this page http://www.kingmotorsports.com/s2000/suspension.shtm at Kingmotorsports it sounds like our stock shocks are damping adjustable.

Does anyone know anything about this? Where would the adjustment dial be?

 

Looks to me like "min middle max" is talking about the damping force at full extension, mid compression, and max compression, so throughout the shock compression range. I didn't take it to mean it's adjustable for those rates....I'll look in the manual...

 

Nope, no mention of adjustable damping in the service manual. Also, I've had the shocks off, and there was nothing I saw to adjust anywhere (though the rears do have external resevoirs, which is nice).

 

First time I've heard of this. Are you sure or speculating?

 

Our shocks are a new Hondas pattended design called "progressive valving" What they actually do is they react "soft" in fast piston movements (bumps) and "hard" in slow piston movements (weight transfer on acc-decel, and turning) So in a way they are adjustable but in a passive way. The rears use a mono-tube+external reservoir design to better anticipate heat and use beefier piston and shaft. Also unique is that the springs are NOT progressive ,probably because of the special characteristics of the shochs.

 

You guys are not reading the fine print on the chart in the King site.

It clearly states that the damping measurements are done at 12"/second, or 0.3meters/second piston velocity. So, piston velocity does not play a part. The interesting thing is that I think I also read somewhere that the stock shocks were adjustable.

Greece, I have a graph in the spoon catalog that clearly shows that damping increases with piston speed with the stock shocks. Couldn't really be any other way.

I'm glad to post it, if you want.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Luis:
[B] The interesting thing is that I think I also read somewhere that the stock shocks were adjustable.