keeping shocks temps down....there WAY to hot

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shockseals.com wrote:Just reading what they did...you can do that without swapping pistons. Similar to what I have always done to kings.
By tapping a port and plugging it?
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randomthoughtsracing wrote:
shockseals.com wrote:Just reading what they did...you can do that without swapping pistons. Similar to what I have always done to kings.
By tapping a port and plugging it?
Short course stuff flow metered with jets but offroad stuff flow metered by stack height...
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SteveG wrote:... I wonder if that cooler would work significantly better in a piggyback configuration then with the reservoir hose ported off the bottom of the cooler.

In a bypass with the reservoir hose ported off the bottom of the shock body you could put the cooler right on the shock and remote mount the reservoir with a hose. Maybe even add a large block between the shock body and reservoir to aid heat-sinking. It would be fun to experiment with stuff like this.
Here you go, the new ACV end caps just arrived. Can be run with or without the secondary internal valving and will accomodate piggyback or hose configuration.
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randomthoughtsracing wrote:
SteveG wrote:... I wonder if that cooler would work significantly better in a piggyback configuration then with the reservoir hose ported off the bottom of the cooler.

In a bypass with the reservoir hose ported off the bottom of the shock body you could put the cooler right on the shock and remote mount the reservoir with a hose. Maybe even add a large block between the shock body and reservoir to aid heat-sinking. It would be fun to experiment with stuff like this.
Here you go, the new ACV end caps just arrived. Can be run with or without the secondary internal valving and will accomodate piggyback or hose configuration.
Uhmmmm...Uhmmm... those look tasty!
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randomthoughtsracing wrote: Here you go, the new ACV end caps just arrived. Can be run with or without the secondary internal valving and will accomodate piggyback or hose configuration.
Why would one bother running them without valving?

Lets see the business end.
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95_Bronco wrote:okay so at the last MDR Plaster City race we came in for a pit/driver/codriver change after the first lap and while a buddy was running around the truck shaking the tires to check for wheel bearing issues (which weve been having) he touched the shock body and roasted his fingers in a matter of seconds, we put a heat gun on it and it said 450 :o !!! how do we keep them down.

FYI there on the back of a curt leduc built 7s ranger. the shocks are 3.0 SAW 16" tripple bypasses
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Cool shocks, Joel! You going to hook us up with some before and after temps or is that top secret?
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