Originally Posted by
gubbs3
I've run with no center spring at all. Just some stiff fuel tubing to set ride height and enough up travel for "droop". Great for tracks with only 180s where you're either fully off throttle into a corner and then full out. Gets goofy through flowing sections. A fuel tubing bump stop is useful if you have hard braking in mod. Makes the car turn in really hard.
I understand what you mean. I once tried a turnbuckle instead of a shock on a carpet car, and it was okay, not faster than the car with the shock and clearly bouncy in some areas, but as long as you can keep the car from bottoming out and keeping the weight on the tires it's a tuning choice and not magic.