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Old 04-15-2013 | 08:20 AM
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Originally Posted by dontfeelcold
If the height of the front pivot point of the stays the same it will change the angle of the shock. It depends on the car as to what it will do. If the angle of the shock and the line that runs from the shock end (where its attached to the pod) and the pod pivot point is less than 90 degrees, it will make the dampening and spring rate technically stiffer. If the aforementioned angle is greater than 90 degrees then it will make the dampening and spring rate softer.

In a nutshell.

If that doesn't make sense just tell me what chassis you are using
I'm running my BMI CH12. So the commonly accepted effect is that the spring rate behaves more stiff without needing to go to a higher rate spring which may be too stiff.
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