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Old 09-20-2015, 12:53 AM
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Originally Posted by icecyc1
Just dyno'd these pistons tonight. Zero difference in the Compression:Rebound ratio. As you can see in the plots, they are pretty much symmetrical in compression as they are in rebound. I tested with the taper side down, and the taper side up and it made no difference. (The Flat Down was tested second, so the oil may have warmed up a little, resulting in lower viscosity oil which is why you see a slightly lower force).


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Wow so crazy. Ok now someone needs to do all this testing on the track to see if the results are the same as in the lab!
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