stupid question on droop

[Loheswaran]

I've come over from tc and 1/12, so i am a bit green with off-road.

Hpw is droop measured with off-road?

[metalmickey0]

Originally Posted by Loheswaran

I've come over from tc and 1/12, so i am a bit green with off-road.

Hpw is droop measured with off-road?

As i know it isnt, just if you got it or not. Best to have some as tc dont need it. Where as buggys do.

[Chris-S]

Lift the car off the ground so the wheels arnt touching. Then measure the lengthof the shock.

[mark christopher]

Originally Posted by metalmickey0

As i know it isnt, just if you got it or not. Best to have some as tc dont need it. Where as buggys do.

What tosh..... on road use it just as much as off road.

Best way is with a droop gauge. Or measure car at ride height under from or rear of chassis then lift till wheels are just touching floor and re measure. Shock length is just that shock length which can be measured off the car. If yourcar has droop screws measuring shock is pointless to get droop imo as You should use the screws to adjust not the shocks

[MrMagoo]

Coming from 8th (where we pretty much all use Chris' method) I notice that 10th guys have a wide variety of ways of measuring it, mostly by placing the car on a ride height block and then using a droop gauge.

If you're copying someone else's setup, best to use whichever method they used. If you just want a record for yourself do whichever you find easiest. Myself, eye to eye on shock with a set of vernier calipers is easiest and most reliable. And yes, it works just fine if you have droop screws to - less droop = shorter shock.

A quick lesson from Adam Drake (who's quite handy!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H99PKqsUZjA

[hotrodchris]

Spot on link Mr Magoo tells you all you need to know

[mark christopher]

have a read of this, page 13
http://www.teamxray.com/teamxray/sho...p?file_id=4461