Hi everyone,
I'm guessing I met a few of you at King of the Hammers racing last week, we were the only people "dumb" enough to race a Range Rover there, so hi again if I met you and don't remember anyone. Our previous runs at the Hammers were a bit more of a success, this year we had a critical mechanical right in the beginning and didn't finish. But I digress...
From all the tuning we did with King while we were there, one thing became clear: We needed SOMETHING to prevent bottoming a bit in the desert. Since we're in "stock" class, we can't do anything much about it other than the last two inches of travel, but my JK can have anti-bottom benefits and since I'm building mine up right now, I figured I'd ask here.
My JK will likely end up being in stock class at KOH sometime, so I don't want coilovers or hydro/air bumps, as I'll end up having to cut all that off to comply with the stock class rules. For the time being though, I can do bypass without doing any welding/cutting and go back to conventional shocks once it is Hammertime. That brings me to my question: Internal or external?
I'm well versed in suspension (I design test equipment for a bike suspension company) so I understand all the theory behind it, and the adjustments. However, I can't see the internal bypass shocks flowing nearly as much or having the valving control as the external ones (with regard to the Fox method anyway). Obviously the 3 tube bypasses let me have an additional point of positional control, which could be nice for a Jeep that is street/desert/trail for now. Downside is that they sure "look expensive" and parking it on the street may end up with a little too much attention with the tube bypasses.
Does anyone have experience with both? Either Fox or King. King's IBP is a bit different with a dual piston setup, but similar end result.
17 JKUR on 4 inch Evo plush springs, on Currie/Evo arms.
Any insight appreciated!
I'm guessing I met a few of you at King of the Hammers racing last week, we were the only people "dumb" enough to race a Range Rover there, so hi again if I met you and don't remember anyone. Our previous runs at the Hammers were a bit more of a success, this year we had a critical mechanical right in the beginning and didn't finish. But I digress...
From all the tuning we did with King while we were there, one thing became clear: We needed SOMETHING to prevent bottoming a bit in the desert. Since we're in "stock" class, we can't do anything much about it other than the last two inches of travel, but my JK can have anti-bottom benefits and since I'm building mine up right now, I figured I'd ask here.
My JK will likely end up being in stock class at KOH sometime, so I don't want coilovers or hydro/air bumps, as I'll end up having to cut all that off to comply with the stock class rules. For the time being though, I can do bypass without doing any welding/cutting and go back to conventional shocks once it is Hammertime. That brings me to my question: Internal or external?
I'm well versed in suspension (I design test equipment for a bike suspension company) so I understand all the theory behind it, and the adjustments. However, I can't see the internal bypass shocks flowing nearly as much or having the valving control as the external ones (with regard to the Fox method anyway). Obviously the 3 tube bypasses let me have an additional point of positional control, which could be nice for a Jeep that is street/desert/trail for now. Downside is that they sure "look expensive" and parking it on the street may end up with a little too much attention with the tube bypasses.
Does anyone have experience with both? Either Fox or King. King's IBP is a bit different with a dual piston setup, but similar end result.
17 JKUR on 4 inch Evo plush springs, on Currie/Evo arms.
Any insight appreciated!
