uglyoffroad
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I am currently running 2.5 SAW Air shocks on both front and rear of my buggy. Not sure if any of this matters, but its your standard old school GM 1 ton drivetrain tbi 350 th400 klunev, np205, 3 seater buggy 124 inch wheelbase. Not exactly lightweight, but I have seen heavier buggies out there. I bought the front 2 shocks from poly performance and told them I wanted to be able to go fast... well relatively fast around 25-35 mph down main trails and through fields, but also be able to crawl. I have been very happy with them, although I think they could be tuned a little better. I bought the rear shocks used, and they seem way too soft, I have played with oil and nitrogen levels, but when going up anything really steep they always seem to be bottomed totally out. I took them apart today, and the compression stack is .010 thickness per shim, and the rebound side is .015 thickness per shim. I was thinking about swapping them but I am afraid this will cause unloading problems. I have also considered a flutter stack, but I think I need to get the basics figured out first before trying that out any else. All the info I ahve found so far has been from http://www.crawlpedia.com/ Great tech there but really no suggestions on where to start at. Has anyone done this before, or have any suggestions on where to start with the valving?
