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Old 03-30-2011, 12:07 AM
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Does anyone have a suspension set up calculator for a stock C5Z which would include things like:
Unsprung weight
Spring motion ratio
Shock motion ratio
Corner frequency
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So does anyone have any of the individual data points? Shock motion ratio? etc

I'd have to think that this has been many times for a C5Z.
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Should be the same as the C6, yes? If so, shock motion ratio is 0.69 front, 0.65 rear. The rear is a little funky since at [full] droop the MR is closer to 0.71 and at bump it's closer to 0.53 ... 0.65 is the "average across the range," I think. You'll get lots of disagreements for the rear MR since measuring the lengths gets you closer to a 0.55 -- but the shock moves from 62deg to 49deg as if goes from droop to bump. The front shock goes from 68deg at droop to 61deg at bump but it doesn't seem to have the wide range to the MR.

I'd honestly recommend you measure it yourself to feel comfortable with the data you're using.

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