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Originally Posted by Dworski
I was wondering if anyone could enlighten me on this subject.
Wouldn`t putting in pistons with larger holes have the same effect as changing the shockoil to a lighter oil?
And: I notice that some are drilling extra holes in the pistons. Wouldn`t they achive the same effect just by putting in pistons with larger holes?
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Yes, but no. One thing is the feel of the shock in your hands, but when jumping, landing and riding over bumps the way we do, it's a huge difference.
The thing is, even though it feels the same with a light oil and 4 holes, compared to a heavier oil with 6 holes, try to imagine how this works when you land a jump.
With the fewer holes, you'll have more pack, during compression, the fewer holes make the damper lock up more, even though the oil is lighter.
With heavier oil and more holes, your damper will just compress a lot slower, and not rebound near as quick. This is pretty bad for jumping, and your will feel slow and heavy...
I'd say go with 55 pistons, 27.5 oil, and if you haven't done it yet, change your O-rings. On clay they tend to go sticky after less than a day of driving. Even on astro I change them quite often.
And if this didn't enlighten you, I'll do it in Norwegian tomorrow at the track
