Originally Posted by fredswain

Here's something to think about in terms of big bores. I wanted to know how close the equivalent pack of the standard bore shocks were to the big bores. Basically I looked at the total piston hole area vs the bore area. Logic would dictate that maintaining this same ratio between bore sizes would result in the same equivalent pack since oil speed through the holes would be approximately the same.

AE standard bore shocks:
#3 pistons .84% hole area vs bore
#2 pistons 1.05% hole area vs bore
#1 pistons 1.18% hole area vs bore

AE big bore shocks:
1.5mm 1.16% hole area vs bore
1.6mm 1.31% hole area vs bore
1.7mm 1.49% hole area vs bore

Keep in mind that I can't account for the tolerances between piston and shock body or leakage in this area. Basically what we can gather from this is that the big bore shocks run far less total pack than the standard bore units. They will definitely feel different from the standard bore pieces for this reason alone. I'd love to see how different handling is between them with the same approximate levels of shock pack. Keep in mind the big bores may not require as much total pack as a smaller bore so don't think I am crying foul. Not at all. Just something else to play with!