Will I be disappointed with Currie Antirock for on-road driving?
- Thread starter Eddie Greenlee
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You need to get out more. The DSC reservoirs from Fox have high and slow speed adjusters and the slow speed version will kill body roll with a quickness. I've test driven many of the rigs I've built with them in a very spirited manner and if you have any doubts as to what spirited is, ask Jerry, I've taken him on more than a few test drives. They corner very flat and these are lifted rigs on big tires.
Brianj5600
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I've had 2 different gas charged shocks with no difference, Rancho 9000 and 5000x both bought new by me.
Brianj5600
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That wasn't the point you made. You said shocks can't, you didn't say cheap shocks can't.
Brianj5600
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The context of the conversation was not on expensive shocks. I am not just now learning about high and low speed damping. In the 90s when I was road racing motorcycles I would have loved to have Penske or Ohlins triple adjustables, but they were $1800+ and I had 2 bikes. The budget said no and I settled for Fox shocks.
Know any good sources for the bolt in kind? The bolt in CD reservoirs I can only find for $390 a corner. DSC would be even better but I haven’t seen any that don’t require new shock towers
So far all we have been able to mess with is them on coil overs. I'm tempted to have a set built on a set of 11's and 12's straight across swappable to see how they are. I already know how they are, just trying to see if they are a viable shock only option. I think the biggest issue is they need to be run with 7/8" shafts for the higher fluid displacement.
Concerning "Shocks can only slow down body roll, but not reduce body roll",
I have a set of Edelbrock IAS shocks (Inertia Activated Shocks) on my Silverado that have a small flexible disk that won't flex open to allow fluid through them until there's enough force to do so. This was supposedly designed to help stop body roll. They'll open only when you drive over something that crosses that threshold.
I've seen shocks that are used in NASCAR racing that are able to change the disks depending on the tracks needs. Rougher track may use stiffer or multiple disks.
I have a set of Edelbrock IAS shocks (Inertia Activated Shocks) on my Silverado that have a small flexible disk that won't flex open to allow fluid through them until there's enough force to do so. This was supposedly designed to help stop body roll. They'll open only when you drive over something that crosses that threshold.
I've seen shocks that are used in NASCAR racing that are able to change the disks depending on the tracks needs. Rougher track may use stiffer or multiple disks.
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Not the base straight six model.....
You had to buy an upscale model to get the sway bar.
Very cool link.... I could spend a weekend reading it..
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Brianj5600
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Rough tracks use softer valving. Smooth tracks use stiff valving. Spring rates go the same direction. Does anyone make IAS shocks anymore?
Haven't really had much of a chance to drive it. Roads here are saltier than Browns fans. Hoping to try it out on the freeway soon and try a couple panic stops on curves to see if it makes a difference
Tray Burge
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After reading all the comments and doing some research and knowing my jeep never leaves the pavement I'm pretty certain I'll be going with the manual Swayloc system.
I'm still having difficulty understanding why there is any need for a SwayLoc or a Currie Anti-Rock on a jeep that never leaves pavement.
Based on that I don't understand why you would spend any $$$ at all to replace the factory antiswaybar.
I've been looking more into doing that. My understanding is that the DSCs only harshen valving that already exists on the piston so making the swap you must valve the piston softer first (unless of course you only want harsher).