Ride/handling upgrade - E450 / 158" wheelbase
Am I correct on my thinking ? I would think with the correct alignment, rear Sumo's for ride plus the rear sway bar would be a good bang for the buck and should offer the E450 a decent ride and...
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bobndot,
Standard technology "always using the same damping" shocks probably won't take away an under-loaded E450's pounding in the rear.
What I finally figured out was: I want stiff shocks in the rear for their heavy damping in situations such as on gentle roadway dips and rises, roadway curves, going over curbs, going into/out of parking lots, etc.. I want no/very light damping in shocks in the rear (adding practically no damping to the stiff leaf springs) on sharp roadway cracks and potholes.
Standard technology shocks cannot provide a different type of damping in the two situations above.
Cracks and potholes require changing of shock damping to "light" damping. More gradual road surface changes require changing of shock damping to "heavy" damping. Koni's FSD shocks (not their regular technology shocks or competitor's regular technology shocks) adjust automatically in real time to provide either stiff damping, or light damping, depending upon how fast the road surface's vertical change is happening.
Standard technology "always using the same damping" shocks probably won't take away an under-loaded E450's pounding in the rear.
What I finally figured out was: I want stiff shocks in the rear for their heavy damping in situations such as on gentle roadway dips and rises, roadway curves, going over curbs, going into/out of parking lots, etc.. I want no/very light damping in shocks in the rear (adding practically no damping to the stiff leaf springs) on sharp roadway cracks and potholes.
Standard technology shocks cannot provide a different type of damping in the two situations above.
Cracks and potholes require changing of shock damping to "light" damping. More gradual road surface changes require changing of shock damping to "heavy" damping. Koni's FSD shocks (not their regular technology shocks or competitor's regular technology shocks) adjust automatically in real time to provide either stiff damping, or light damping, depending upon how fast the road surface's vertical change is happening.
