Dave-Co wrote:
what is the biggest fing joke about those shocks is John Marking who is a long long time friend of mine who is the big cheese at Fox I tried for years to get him to make recirculating shocks and all he ever would tell me is it wont do anything then they come out with this shock about 35 years late like they re invented the light bulb. I agree, that puny set up wont do diddly, oil and lots of it is what keeps a shock cool. My class 11 has 3 gallons of oil that is circulated per shock and you can put your hand on it after a hundred miles of use! 100 degrees??? what a joke. My dad came out with this set up in 1977 when we were burning shocks off the car in a Baja 1000 or 500 or less, literally burning the paint off of bilstien shocks and turning them black and why the top shock makers still do not get it is beyond me. Think about this, if I had a trophy truck which burns up shocks on the front and back because of heat and massive shock fade I would run the resivor lines up threw the cab and mount the resis obove the back of the cab and make them as wide as the cab in the wind and presto, heating problem gone forever but no they come out with a tiny set up that just gives a taste of the cooling they could have. With double lines and 1 way check valves it does not mater how long the lines and resivors are, the longer the more oil the farther the more oil. Simple isnt it?? not to the big shock companies. I tell you this, that new light bulb Fox came out with will for sure bankrupt your piggy bank!! For a 100 degree difference LOL which will still be entirely to hot.
I remember you telling me about your recirculating setup years ago on a VW site think it was the class11 site, I ran across this setup today thought you would get a good laugh so post it
Might be time for you to make kits and sell them ?