22 Shock rebound advice

[Chris Elworthy]

Would I be correct in thinking that in basic terms you would run less rebound in high grip conditions and more rebound in lower grip conditions? I'm just building my shocks and race on a very grippy all astro track so i have built mine with around 30% rebound. Ive read that a lot of rebound in high grip conditions can make the car feel very springy and inconsistent.

Can anybody enlighten me on the effect of more/less rebound and in which conditions you would favour one over the other.


Thanks


Chris

[jaydits]

hi Chris
we race the 22 all year and run on any surface with the least amount of rebound we can get
and no bladders in them
joey

[Robby]

Originally Posted by Chris Elworthy

Would I be correct in thinking that in basic terms you would run less rebound in high grip conditions and more rebound in lower grip conditions? I'm just building my shocks and race on a very grippy all astro track so i have built mine with around 30% rebound. Ive read that a lot of rebound in high grip conditions can make the car feel very springy and inconsistent.

Can anybody enlighten me on the effect of more/less rebound and in which conditions you would favour one over the other.


Thanks


Chris

I was always taught to "never ever" run any rebound, regardless the circumstances.
The problem being that the only reason shocks rebound is because there's too much oil in the shocks, and the first big jump it's going to blow out any extra oil upon landing. Then the car is going to handle inconsistently the rest of the day.

As an experiment - Next time you build your shocks with rebound, take them off the car after one run and see how much rebound you have in ANY of them.......