Hung Like a Stang

when speaking aobut suspension, shocks and what not.

What does 50/50 and 90/10 and ratios like that mean??

YamahaBound

one is compression the other is rebound. not sure which is which, I believe it's the resistance to compression (when the wheel is going closer to the fender), and rebound (when the wheel is going further away from the fender)

Hung Like a Stang

...stil don't get it...

MadMan@TheWheel

Extension vs. Compression. The ratio of travel from full extension to full compression. Clear as mud?

88BlueGT

I dont think that helped lol

MadMan@TheWheel

LOL....I know...I was thinking of a way to help....be damned if I could find a way to explain spring tech on the puter without a thesis. lol

Joel5.0

From the total resistance of the shock piston to travel inside its cylinder...the percentage applied on either stroke (compression/extension)...a 50/50 is a "balanced" shock, same resistance in each direction.... a 90/10 has a 90% higher resistance to compress and 10% resistance to extend....they are used for drag racing in the front struts to allow a quicker weight transfer to the rear wheels....and if you do a wheels up start (yeah right)....you have a stronger resistance in the compression stroke, to dampen the fall of the front end.....Check http://www.competitionengineering.co...?CatCode=10333

MadMan@TheWheel

And there it is. Strange, he wrote more....but made it easy to understand. What that dude said.

Hung Like a Stang

okay, so for struts 90/10, and it means that they spring backand they decompresses faster to put force on the the rear (to pop some wheelies all day!!) and 50/50 would be good for rear shocks then?

Hung Like a Stang

^^^ is that accurate?