campindog
08-26-2012, 09:47 AM
Does the amount of rebound in a shock effect the ride quality? I have Bilstien coilovers in the rear of my mustang. 4" stroke, 2.5" compression, 1.5" rebound from the static ride height. Going over humps on the freeway I can top out the coilovers. Kinda scary. I was going to use adaptors to get longer shocks under the car, but someone recommended getting the shocks revalved with more rebound. The car feels well balanced now, but I don't take it to the very edge. And it rides nice as is.
How would this effect the ride quality? I'm assuming this will nudge the car towards understeering.
exwestracer
08-26-2012, 12:40 PM
Does the amount of rebound in a shock effect the ride quality? I have Bilstien coilovers in the rear of my mustang. 4" stroke, 2.5" compression, 1.5" rebound from the static ride height. Going over humps on the freeway I can top out the coilovers. Kinda scary. I was going to use adaptors to get longer shocks under the car, but someone recommended getting the shocks revalved with more rebound. The car feels well balanced now, but I don't take it to the very edge. And it rides nice as is.
How would this effect the ride quality? I'm assuming this will nudge the car towards understeering.
Normally, rebound is used to "pin down" a corner of the car to control body roll or weight transfer. Sounds like you could definitely use more droop travel. Tightening the rebound up will unweight the rear tires more (less compliance and more "lift" on the axle as the chassis heaves up over a bump), which can lead to stability issues if you go tight enough. Excessive rebound can also lead to "down-jacking", where the suspension does not fully recover from a bump before the next suspension input; so the shocks keep getting more and more compressed and holding the car down. Again, we are talking a LOT of rebound damping in these cases. IMO, the longer shocks are a better solution...