Not satisfied with my Ohlins

AWESOME info! ;)! Thanks to BTV for his tireless outlay of good stuff for those of us who are clueless. :rocks:

Oh, and if you don't like those rear Ohlins, just send them to me cause' after Thursday I'm in love with my front PC's and MUST do the rear now. Just can't believe how much better my sled is with the fronts alone.
 

someone pmed me on limiter straps, this is a preference/style of riding thing.

if you ride for a great ride and dont go balls up into a corner then a limiter let out as far out as you can stand is the best for ride.

when you think about a bump in a trail it is rarely above grade. that means that you usually fall into the bump. the tighter your limiter is the less the front of your skid can fall out into the bump. your shock wont have as much stroke to absorb the impact. the other effect a shorter limiter has is the sled is alowed to fall into the bump further before the shock can start absorbing the impact.

now for handling, its another story, the tighter your limiters(to a point) the more of a slot car feel you will have and also the more of a handful you will have to turn your slot car.
dont believe for a second that just pulling up those limiters will make your handle flat, if your skid is real loose your will still wrap your sled up in a corner. loose gaps and a tight limiter will still alow the skid to twist over in a corner making your sled lean.

for a good handling pro action a good place to start is to go through the skid, install all new bushings and shim them all tight. this will keep the sled on plain with the skid rails, this acts like a stiffer sway bar. the main part of the skid that keeps the skid on plain with the sled is the w arm, if this is loose(which they are when they are new)then the skid will twist.

as for the front, i cant say enough good things about a good sway bar, and a tight one helps too.
the ventures have the largest sway bars. they work great and are cheap.

most sleds have a loose sway bar, check yours, you could replace the bushings in the frame every year to keep it tight.

sx sleds come with a sway bar link that has slots it the rubber and will move a bit before bringing up, install srx/viper style links to cure this and yes, make an sx handle better.

ask away if i have missed anything
 
any recomendations on a brand of higher quality front bushings? meant to do that a while back, but with all the snow we DONT have, havent really gotten to it yet. thanks!
 
Same on a -04 Viper S?

BETHEVIPER said:
your gap is set with you and all your gear on the sled on a flat surface.

on a viper you should have about 16-18mm of total gap. when the sled is correct it will all be on the top.

with the fra in the middle position

set the limiters loose to start, set on the sled, then lay over it and look at your gap
for the best handling you should have 50/50 spacing

if when you set on the sled the front end of the sled lifts and the gap ends up even then the center spring is too stiff,

if when you set on the sled the front end doesnt move up and the gap is too large on the top the spring in the rear is too tight

if when you set on the sled the front end doesnt move up and the gap is too large on the bottom the spring is too loose

dont adjust you hight with the fra, this is for adjusting the speed of the shock/spring through its travel

the optimal setting is to have the sled when you set on it have the most center spring preasure you can have without lifting the front of the sled with you getting on it and still have 3-4in of set in and keep the gaps even

also dont set your skid to not bottom out, if a sled bottoms out a few times durring the day it is fine, if it never does then your riding a stiff sled for no reason 99% of the time, if you bottom several or more times in a day increase either valving, and or spring preasure and fra rate to the fastest(bottom) setting

set the clickers in the middle on both settings and start from there
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BETHEVIPER: Does this measurements also apply on a -04 Viper S, or are they different?
 
sorry for the late response, lost track of this thread. thought i would bring it to the top to help out some guys,

to answer above, 14-16 works best, above and below that is just too loose and will make the sled act more like a teetertotter and less like a sled.

if i have missed anything in here, ask away, ill try to answer as best i can. i am writing a larger article and will post it when i think i have answered everyones concerns in it. kind of one stop shopping.

also for the front end, i recomend adding grease fittings and shimming it tight as described in the line up article linked below.
 
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