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Originally Posted by aki
I'm not sure that copy-and-paste answered my question 
In other words, isn't the ideal spring rate at just the point where it doesn't compress to the bumpstops? |
I would think so. Using the motion ratio of the suspension, you can figure out what spring rates you want to run to get the certian frequency you are after. 1 hz for a street, 1.5 for street/track and 2-2.2 for the track. Then you have to pick a damper based on its motion ratio (if its separate from the spring like our rear suspension) that best utilizes those frequencies. Since you want to keep as much suspension travel as possible, I would think that the valving you want will do just what you said and keep the car off the bump stops.
We need an engineer to explain it better because I paraphrased that from an engineer.
Chirs, where you at?