What's the difference between remote reservoir and non reservoir shocks?

Spartan said:

What's the difference between remote reservoir and non reservoir shocks?

I would think ride quality would be the big difference, but what else is different, and is their any negatives to running reservoir shocks?

Also would would coil overs be a bad idea, or over kill with the EVO enforcer?

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Paisano said:

The interior of a shock is a closed system, but as the shaft goes in and out of the body, the available volume in the system changes because the shaft takes up some space.

Since the oil is incompressible, you have to have some gas in there to account for this change in volume. Separating the gas from the oil with a sliding piston keeps the oil from frothing up. But it also makes the shock body very long unless you 'remote' the part that has the piston in it. That's the whole purpose of the reservoir.

Coil Overs are not a bad idea or overkill.

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Paisano said:

The interior of a shock is a closed system, but as the shaft goes in and out of the body, the available volume in the system changes because the shaft takes up some space.

Since the oil is incompressible, you have to have some gas in there to account for this change in volume. Separating the gas from the oil with a sliding piston keeps the oil from frothing up. But it also makes the shock body very long unless you 'remote' the part that has the piston in it. That's the whole purpose of the reservoir.

Coil Overs are not a bad idea or overkill.

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wayoflife said:

LOL!! Damn Ralph, that was a really good textbook answer. I didn't know you had it in ya

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MTG said:

Great answer! For some reason this movie scene popped into my head while I was reading it:

:cheesy:

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TheDuff said:

U can put coilovers up front first and do the rears later. Air bumps are a very big difference

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Spartan said:

You want all 4 shocks the same right?
So have coil overs on just the front is a bad idea correct?

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wayoflife said:

LOL!! Damn Ralph, that was a really good textbook answer. I didn't know you had it in ya

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MTG said:

Great answer! For some reason this movie scene popped into my head while I was reading it:

:cheesy:

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Spartan said:

Do coil over effect you stability? Do you need to take turns slower then you would with normal shocks, or they improve overall handling and stability?

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wayoflife said:

EVO has spent thousands of dollars and enormous amounts of time working with King to design coil overs that are specifically valved and dialed in to IMPROVE the handling and stability of a JK both on and off road. I don't know of any other company to do this and cannot speak for how well they would perform.

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seanb123 said:

So with kings is there any need to change driving style or be more aware of certain things

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Spartan said:

What's the difference between remote reservoir and non reservoir shocks?

I would think ride quality would be the big difference, but what else is different, and is their any negatives to running reservoir shocks?

Also would would coil overs be a bad idea, or over kill with the EVO enforcer?

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bl17z90 said:

Just want to make sure you realize that a spring and shock setup would be removed and replaced with the coilover if you were to go that route.

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bl17z90 said:

Just want to make sure you realize that a spring and shock setup would be removed and replaced with the coilover if you were to go that route.

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