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Originally Posted by amber@ridetech
Some of the benefits of a remote reservoir shock are increased fluid capacity,  |
Number one gain IMO. A shock, being a fluid controlled device benefits from more fluid. Heat issues aside. You covered that already
Thanks.
A fluid is incompressible (for the most part) so you would think a larger volume of fluid in the shock wouldnt make any diff, and it doesnt, in the shock. Its gonna react to the changes it sees with any amount of fluid. But.... It is still subjected to aeration, call it contamination of the fluid with the gas in the system.
So with a larger volume of fluid the gas "contamination" can be limited to a remote reservoir, out of the shock body. Yeah, you will still have aeration in the reservoir, but it is much less than in the shock body where all the action is and the design of the shock causes some dramatic turbulence, if the gas head is right there, in the shock it will cause some contamination . If the reservoir is made correctly then it can be held to a very small amount of turbulence. Verses the turbulence of a shock body.
Mixing of the gas and oil is a bad thing in the shock body. So if you can make a remote reservoir that lends itself to a less active environment then the gas stays in its area and the oil stays in its area. So now you have the shock operating in a completely gas free (no bubbles) fluid, thats a GOOD thing...
As far as I figure LOL Im not a shock guy so what the hell
Just seat of the pants feeling for me. The tech folks like Amber have the real issues laid out.
JR
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As far as real-world info goes, just let me know what you're thinking and maybe I can help. I've had the Titaniums on my daily-driver (4th gen T/A) for over a year now, not to mention the cars in the Ridetech stable that are also equipped. 
), she's all stock (albeit rebuilt engine/trans) including tires/wheels (235/55 R16, IIRC). Weight-wise nothing special; although as my DD, I often use it to haul everything from groceries to large amounts of landscaping materials and a couple hundred pounds of horse feed at least once a week. She handles it all very well; I just throw a few lbs of air at her when I load up and we're on the way. Ride-height really only dropped about an inch; however, I routinely ride with it intentionally too low for various reasons and with the shocks pretty soft. I've got some pretty mean country roads on my commute and I'm intensely pleased with how the Titaniums handle everything, railroad tracks included. There are two particularly weird swoopy potholes that I get a touch of tire-rub on but that would stop if I'd just turn the shocks up another click or two or quit ridin' so low. Another thing I really like about the Titaniums is not having to lay on the ground and feel around behind the tire to adjust them 
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