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Originally Posted by CaptianSam
Float?
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Sorry, I was in suspension short hand. I refer to shocks and struts as dampers because that morre acurately reflects what they do. The real shock absorber is the coil spring. Dampers are there to control the compression (bound) and expansion (rebound) of a spring or the way they handle energy. Think of a pogo stick. When you compress the spring it stores energy and you bounce up it is releasing energy. That is what a car is like without dampers (shocks or struts). The program for a damper, the damper map, is controlled by valves in the unit. If you increase bound damping the coil will compress slower. If you increase rebound damping the coil will expand slower. Vice versa is true.
The new 5th Gen suspension will will have greater control with a revised bound and rebound map. That control will reduce overall suspension travel. or in short hand, less float.
Other revisions to the sub-frame bushes and sway bar geometry will result in increased stability.