Originally Posted by
Geberit
We talked to Bruno at Euros 1/8E Buggy few weeks back. He said on carpet the car is a monster and they found nice set-up, already faster than with T4 2017! On asphalt a different story at the moment, the old car with bigger shocks works better but they think it’s just a matter of shock set-up… oil/spring combo.
That would be my expectation. Particularly once you throw in bumps and curbs. Not totally sure it can be fixed with springs/oil if what's really lacking is travel and space above/below the piston. I think if the piston gets too close to the bladder or shock bottom then the bladder/bottom interferes with the flow of oil over the piston and through the holes. Or maybe it's a suction effect, with the piston attaching to the bladder.
In the UK on particularly bumpy tracks the team drivers sometimes run the old T3 shocks to good effect.
I won't be selling my old cars just yet!