+1 for the big versus small bore shock comparison.

I'm thinking most of the testing you did for the hole size and viscosity comparison testing was with emulsion shocks, correct? You mentioned the spring effect several times through there, so I assumed emulsion was the base setup.

I spent quite a bit of time trying to calculate some sort of damping factor for various pistons, viscosities, etc. I run emulsion shocks, and that caused an extra unknown I didn't have an answer for. I had the calculation set up to work with different shock positions, spring setups, sprung weight at each corner, etc. for my SC10. Really geeky stuff, but I'm an engineer, too, so the geeky stuff sort of just happens.

I'd be interested in some testing comparing front and rear shocks with emulsion setups. Comparing the two is where my calculation bogged down due to the different amounts of air in the emulsion to compensate for the different shaft lenghts.

Higher piston speeds would be interesting, too. Assuming the shocks follow an orifice flow model or possibly a short pipe flow with entrance and exit losses included, the damping would be exponential with speed, wouldn't it?

Again, this is awesome stuff you are providing. I'm looking forward to more test results!