Thread: LORENZ vs Kore, A REAL WORLD BEATING and the RESULTS

Quote: Originally Posted by HLewallen I am a little fuzzy on the operation of those dual purpose springs - just looking at them, and the removeable "bumpers", it seems the spring would have to compress pretty far to reach the second stage. Am I missing something? Take a look here for a complete discription on how the DP leafs work. http://lorenzindustries.com/products_leafs.html I've had a couple of questions on how the...

Quote: Originally Posted by THUREN Best way to do it is just go out with multiple trucks, play follow the leader, and all stop and check the shocks at the same time... I'm game sounds like fun..... We did that 1 1/2-2 years ago,maybe Sean remembers the #s,I remember there was about a 10 degree spread between all the 2.5's a bit more for the std shocks. Bob i s

Quote: Originally Posted by ENafziger Hey JTNM, Thanks for the updates! Have you started installing the 2.25" kit yet? --Eric No not yet, still have a couple of components to receive. Should have everything this week then get the kit installed this weekend. jtnm

Heat exchange does occur between the reservoir and the shock body. Lorenz correctly stated that the piston/valve stacks are responsible for creating the majority of the heat. The next question then, is why is the reservoir temp never appreciably different than the shock? Hmmm? Heat transfer is taking place through the oil. Suppose you were to rig up a misting system that sprayed water on the reservoir under hard use. Would it have no effect...

Quote: Originally Posted by Baja_Mike Thuren, this would be a good opportunity to test out your "trench diggers" Got to test them over the weekend a bit.. Ran a short track made by a local with a class 7 course on his property. The CTD was working gooooood... Tooks hits as good as his 07 F-150 just built by Dirt-Worx I think.. Coilovers, fabbed spindles, wider track front, deavers, tripple bypass, yada yada...

Quote: Originally Posted by kparker BajaMike, We can probably round a truck or two up. Maybe a 100 miles or more offroad at moderate to high speeds? A big Baja trip maybe? Mojave? Could be fun. KP We'll be down prerunning quite a bit this year anyway so it sounds like fun. We should definately get together and just go out and have fun with these trucks (what these trucks were intended to do) instead of this internet drama. Thuren, this...

Quote: Originally Posted by FGoodwin hmmm $2000 for an axle truss when it is off the truck, or $600 when it is still on the truck? Something tells me the above may not be reality. And oh by the way, many of us “non-racers” have more hours in the desert over the last 30 years than some of the arrogant pros ever had. “Racing since 1979”, non-professionally of course. FGoodwin I agree 2k is a lot of money for a truss. But non the less it is...

Hey thanks for the great install pictures! Have you got any more miles on it yet? How does it do offroad/on road compared to the 2.5 system? --Eric

So how much lift resulted in the rear with those dual purpose springs? I am a little fuzzy on the operation of those dual purpose springs - just looking at them, and the removeable "bumpers", it seems the spring would have to compress pretty far to reach the second stage. Am I missing something?

Quote: Originally Posted by Jason Hughes FGoodwin I agree 2k is a lot of money for a truss. But non the less it is a truss. And the price has come down a little since I spent time making them go faster. Please send me a picture of the $600 dollar chunk of metal boogered to the bottom of this axle so I get some more laughs. And when you are in the desert spending all these hours there, think about how not cool it is making assumptions about...