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On many big-spring stock-clip stock cars, the speed of the wheel, theshock and the spring are all different. If the wheel were moving at aspeed of 5 inches per second, the shock would be moving at 3.82 inchesper second and the spring would move at 2.65 inches per second. If theshock were mounted farther from the ball joint, then it would need to bedesigned with a higher rate of resistance for both rebound andcompression.
Racing Shock Design - Tuning with Shocks, Part II

 On many big-spring stock-clip stock cars, the speed of the wheel, theshock and the spring are all different. If the wheel were moving at aspeed of 5 inches per second, the shock would be moving at 3.82 inchesper second and the spring would move at 2.65 inches per second. If theshock were mounted farther from the ball joint, then it would need to bedesigned with a higher rate of resistance for both rebound andcompression.  View Related Article

 

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