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Message: [QUOTE="DEGBERT, post: 460997, member: 21616"] I’ve got a little down time here at work, so I thought I would try to start another midvalve (active valve) post. I’m not really asking a question, just sorta thinking about the relationship between the active valve configuration and the passive valve configuration. OK, we know that if have too much midvalve float you might as well have a check valve. I have no idea how you know how much float is to much, but I guess it all depends on oil flow threw the active piston, which depends on the damper rod OD / cartridge ratio (bigger damper more flow). I would also think that more float, up to a point would be better for the woods and less float would be better for MX, or would you leave the float the same and just lighten up on the active stack? So does the passive valve configuration have any effect on the active valve damping? Or does the active valve have the same damping regardless of the passive configuration? Would a passive stack with lots of high and low speed damping cause some kind of back pressure on the active valve, making the shims deflect at different shaft speeds. If the passive stack affects the active stack or vise versa it would seem there would be countless combinations of active and passive stacks. Anyone have any thoughts on this? [/QUOTE]