shock absorbers

[ScottyB]

i have a fairly good understanding of the effect of spring rates, however i was wondering if someone could school me on how to tune shocks. is the bound strength determined by the weight being supported (for instance, running high bound strength in the front of a fwd car due to 70% of the weight being in the nose) , or is it determined by how much movement you want on that end of the car (for instance, running low bound in the front to promote more "tuck in" during hard turn in) . i have the same questions about rebound...how much do you use? i would think alot of rebound will promote more body roll in turns, but too low rebound will prevent the tires from following the countours of the road correctly. any info, links, etc., would be faaaaaantastic

[.RJ]

Koni should have some tech info on their website.

Shocks do not control weight transfer... thats up to the springs/sway bars. They're dampers, effectively.

[ScottyB]

ah, thanks RJ. i thought they were involved in weight transfer.

[.RJ]

They can control the *Rate* of weight transfer

[ScottyB]

aaaaah its all making sense much more now