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Well they came in! So far so good! And man, these things are nice.
First off, the shock shafts are 3.5 mm. Thats a whole half of a mm thicker than stock or the ones by HotBodies. While a half mm may not seem like much, side by side they feel better.
The inner diameter of the shock body is the same. About 10mm.
The stock pistons installed are 2 hole with an additional set of 1 and 3 hole piston plates.
The stock springs it comes with seem OK, but I may look for something stronger. Maybe the WFC ones.
I have tested the feel of 3 different oils so far, all above the manufacturers specified max of 25wt. I mean hey, its going on a monster truck right? lol Well with the 2 hole pistons installed, the 50 and 45 wt oil is a little bit too much. I think the 40 has a very nice dampening feel and should do the trick for the rear. I will more than likely run 35 in the front.
As for the RPM dual stage plates..... Sorry guys, I dont think they would work properly. I will have to drop RPM a line and ask if they are willing to make them just for these shocks as the stock/hb alum ones they work just fine. More than likely not. The E clips are too big to rest in the plate, forget about the shaft size.
As for installation, I am installing them with the RC Solutions shock towers and full cage installed. That being said, you can only install them into the lowest shock mount position available. That will leave you a couple mm for when the shocks are fully comressed. I'm just hoping the big air doesn't drive the resovoirs into the cage. Will have to wait and see.
As for the overall machined work, as usual, the Integy shocks are precise. No detail left undone. From the knurled/threaded upper spring adjustable mount to the hex cut at the top of the shock body, its the little things Integy seems to pay close attention to.
Fully assembled and filled with oil, I felt no side to side play on the shafts, which seems to be one of the bigger problems with Savage shocks in general.
The instructions are straight to the point with photo galore. No chance of screwing up the initial setup. They also go on to say that there should be no rebound in their setup either. Without the springs. But they do seem to creat a vacum internally, whereas when you fully extend the shock shaft with no spring installed, it will tend to 'suck' back in a few mm. I'm going to assume this will stop once the sponges in the resevoirs absorb their oil and I can top them off.
The lower mounts also are very beefy and not done half assed. They are actually thick and the mounting ball inside has one flat surface for the side where the screw will mount.
Overall, I'm happy as can be with the initial results.
Next stop, the field.
-Chris
Couple of pics:
Well they came in! So far so good! And man, these things are nice.
First off, the shock shafts are 3.5 mm. Thats a whole half of a mm thicker than stock or the ones by HotBodies. While a half mm may not seem like much, side by side they feel better.
The inner diameter of the shock body is the same. About 10mm.
The stock pistons installed are 2 hole with an additional set of 1 and 3 hole piston plates.
The stock springs it comes with seem OK, but I may look for something stronger. Maybe the WFC ones.
I have tested the feel of 3 different oils so far, all above the manufacturers specified max of 25wt. I mean hey, its going on a monster truck right? lol Well with the 2 hole pistons installed, the 50 and 45 wt oil is a little bit too much. I think the 40 has a very nice dampening feel and should do the trick for the rear. I will more than likely run 35 in the front.
As for the RPM dual stage plates..... Sorry guys, I dont think they would work properly. I will have to drop RPM a line and ask if they are willing to make them just for these shocks as the stock/hb alum ones they work just fine. More than likely not. The E clips are too big to rest in the plate, forget about the shaft size.
As for installation, I am installing them with the RC Solutions shock towers and full cage installed. That being said, you can only install them into the lowest shock mount position available. That will leave you a couple mm for when the shocks are fully comressed. I'm just hoping the big air doesn't drive the resovoirs into the cage. Will have to wait and see.
As for the overall machined work, as usual, the Integy shocks are precise. No detail left undone. From the knurled/threaded upper spring adjustable mount to the hex cut at the top of the shock body, its the little things Integy seems to pay close attention to.
Fully assembled and filled with oil, I felt no side to side play on the shafts, which seems to be one of the bigger problems with Savage shocks in general.
The instructions are straight to the point with photo galore. No chance of screwing up the initial setup. They also go on to say that there should be no rebound in their setup either. Without the springs. But they do seem to creat a vacum internally, whereas when you fully extend the shock shaft with no spring installed, it will tend to 'suck' back in a few mm. I'm going to assume this will stop once the sponges in the resevoirs absorb their oil and I can top them off.
The lower mounts also are very beefy and not done half assed. They are actually thick and the mounting ball inside has one flat surface for the side where the screw will mount.
Overall, I'm happy as can be with the initial results.
Next stop, the field.
-Chris
Couple of pics:
