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[QUOTE="rollingp, post: 221288, member: 25488"] [b]spring[/b] yes say for example a pds 7 starts at7.6 and is rated at 9.5 compressed. The better would be 8.0 ending at 9.5. The only spring that is close to that is the pds 8 which is 8.1-9.95. Remember though just because it is rated at 9.95 does not mean that is acurate. My stock 02 pds 7 is rated at 7.6-9.5 and when tested on a spring tester it was 7.15 at 1/2 inch of compression and jumped to 8.9 at 2inches 9.5 at 3 inches and at 4 inches of compression or equal to it being on the shock itself was at 10.3. If a guy can get his hands on some progressive springs in varying ranges, take a day to test them as we did the results can be pretty surprising. Personally I like last years pds 6 spring which seems to not coil bind the first 3 coils of the shock as soon as the pds 7 and for me that works much better than getting into the stiff part of the spring so early in the shock stroke. For every big bump there are a thousand small bumps and if the shock is riding in the stiffer part of the spring too early than the part of the spring that is supposed to absorb the small high speed stuff is not being used. This is what myself and Kelly Smiths x Mech Mike Wiesner and I have found on this years 520sx. We also lowered the fork oil level to 140mm of air chamber with 1.5 turns from min spring preload . The comp set at 12 out and reb at14.Shock at 35mm of unladen sag , full out on the high speed comp 18 on low and 12 on the reb. We race allot at Red Bud and we also have a very good track hereto practice on.This really helps. This setup isnt for everyone but for me it works great. [/QUOTE]
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