Damper/shock absorber forces

[SekiguchiUeno]

I am not suspension specialist (that does not mean i am not interested in it

I have the same feelings about suspension like you, many peoples use too much rubber and too much springrate and damping force than really needed.

I have some static load data from koni/bilstein/stock
I find it and post it here.

Problem about greddy is very short stroke. I tried 6kg/mm in front and it feels little bit better but there was already preload needed to not bottom out and keep the static heigh in the middle of the stroke. I tried also 3,5kg in the rear but the preload needed was already too much for my taste without that i was always at the bottom of the shock(or better to say on that rubber buffer on the shaft). The shocks alone have from feel much compresion damping force comparing to bilsteins.

For street car i was trying to get 4,5/3,3 kg/mm + stock bilstein shocks, but ended with springs little bit out off the scale. Still think that setup would be great for experienced driving and still be very comfortable, enough stroke etc. I need to order adjustable swaybars and tweak little bit.

I would say 6/5maybe 4,5 can be used on greddy with some preload on the springs. Much less will not work.
But then again greddy with its very short stroke is good for autoX/slaloms events where you dont need bodyroll at all and dont care about stroke.