FX3 custom valving

[scottfab]

I had them rebuild mine in about 99 or so.
They claimed they use the stock valve dimensions.
But I have reason to believe they used a more aggressive
valve profile because a few weeks earlier they had developed
and produce 10 but found they were wrong.
I think I got one of those but they never admitted to it.
The touring mode on mine is like a rock truck then get even
harsher on the other settings. In the firmest setting it is absolutely
solid (maybe the 75 front and 100 lock back).
I just don't think your teeth should rattle together when in touring mode.

Good luck

[mike100]

Originally Posted by scottfab

I had them rebuild mine in about 99 or so.
They claimed they use the stock valve dimensions.
But I have reason to believe they used a more aggressive
valve profile because a few weeks earlier they had developed
and produce 10 but found they were wrong.
I think I got one of those but they never admitted to it.
The touring mode on mine is like a rock truck then get even
harsher on the other settings. In the firmest setting it is absolutely
solid (maybe the 75 front and 100 lock back).
I just don't think your teeth should rattle together when in touring mode.

Good luck

I had a bit of back and forth with them 15 yrs ago on a pair of regular shocks...I got so tired of taking them off the car, I bought a pair of Konis with the adj screw.

I did talk to them today and I may pull them off the car next week. The idea is to not increase the compression valving at all, only the rebound. From there, one can dial up or down the firmness with the controller/programming. It should be a simple task if I tell them to not touch the compression.

I may try to talk to the actual guy who does it before I commit to putting the car up on stands for 10 days.

[mike100]

Well, I dropped off 4 shocks in person (they are just down the way-sorry UPS, no money for you this time).



The plan is to go 10% stiffer on compression and 30% more on rebound. If I need more compression, I can dial that up with a custom controller- I think that should make the shocks just about right.


perched in the bat cave...

[FU]

The plan is to go 10% stiffer on compression and 30% more on rebound. If I need more compression, I can dial that up with a custom controller- I think that should make the shocks just about right.

How well did this 10/30 work out for your car Mike ? The reason i'm asking is it's getting around that time for some needed repairs . And the shocks are on that list.

[mike100]

Originally Posted by FU2

The plan is to go 10% stiffer on compression and 30% more on rebound. If I need more compression, I can dial that up with a custom controller- I think that should make the shocks just about right.

How well did this 10/30 work out for your car Mike ? The reason i'm asking is it's getting around that time for some needed repairs . And the shocks are on that list.

I followed up in a separate post:
http://www.zr1.net/forum/showthread.php?t=14842

It's much better, but I will likely still do a custom controller even though I don't have to. What I think I will do is move sport to tour, competition to sport, and make the firmest setting something custom. tour is still useless, so I would rather replace it as mentioned above.