Bypass reservoir relocate
collinmaune said:
On the new build I have bypasses front and rear after panhandling on the local corners but apparently I wasn't good enough to by remote reservoirs. After looking at them I was thinking I could make my own remote kit out of hydraulic hose fittings has anyone done this? and if so whats the best way to go about taking them apart and building the hoses.
Are you going to be racing or trail riding?
Even if rock bouncing, I doubt you have a long enough run to notice considerable fade and cooking the oil to need reservoirs on the bypasses. The same is true for the coil carriers.
The coilovers valving should be low and only sets the valving during the center of the bypass travel. This is why most people run no valving in the coil carrier to start with and only add it if necessary once the bypass is tuned.
If you are just trail riding, I doubt you would ever actually need the benefit of the remote reservoirs on the bypasses.
Emulsion shocks under hard use (racing) offer less consistent valving than reservoir shocks with an ifp. Under extreme events the emulsion of oil and n2 can erode the piston surfaces in the ports, but if not ultra4 type stuff, I doubt that would ever happen.
I€™m not entire convinced it would even happen rockbouncing, where the runs aren€™t long enough to get the shocks oil over temp. I€™m not argueing that reservoir shocks aren€™t better, just pointing out that you may never notice the difference based on intended usage.
I€™d just run and tune and tune and tune what you have and see how it works.
Just to clarify for the thread, the coilovers are speed sensitive and the bypasses are position sensitive. This is what allows their use to tune in two completely different ways to achieve the same goal.