Originally Posted by
Bob Barry
lol I have no idea. I was just saying that if he was running X weight oil at 100 deg temps AND at 40 deg temps, there's a good chance that your car will feel stupid.
Rule of thumb is to go up in oil if you are running in hotter climate than NORMAL or down in oil if you are running in colder climate than NORMAL.
Normal is different for everyone.
My experience is with V2's. Outdoor I would use say 35 fr 30 rr. Indoor 30 ft 27.5 rr. The feel would be the same but because the temps drop from the 90's to the 60's, I can go thinner oil. Just use that concept and try some changes.
Oh and this is for oil only, springs stay the same. The goal is to make the car feel the same way in one temp as it does in the other temp.
Also dont forget guy if ur building ur shocks and changing the oil wt i would suggest u bleed or fill up at the race track and if the pits are even in a seprate area from the track an the temps are different then ur defeating the whole purpose.. Thats why u notice now u see some racers have in there pit is the Tamyia/Long shock building vacum system..