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- Holmz
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outyonda wrote: have you felt the temp of shokysafter corrogations, single hot, dual warm.
I was thinking more of how it feels in terms of ride, not how the damper feels in temperature??
Does the extra dampening of the duals actually result in a better ride on the cooregations? And then if so, why not three dampers or four?
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- Harry
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Oka 045 the WIDE Motorhome 6bt cummins 500 watt solar diesel heating gas cooking up grade LSD front and rear diffs to 4:56 from 4:88 . 320 lt fuel 153 lt fresh water in 3 separate tanks 3 house batteries 1 start battery 176 lt upright fridge/freezer Black dog security
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Alister McBride wrote: Would love to see someone lift the steel one like that! ...
If I saw someone lift a steel one like that I would be inclined to give them any lip... lest I end up with a fat lip.
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Alister McBride wrote: After having one on the front and changing to two and experiencing both i would say from my experience two is crap on corrugations and bumps in general but better for 'race performance' around corners! Two just makes it stiffer in my opinion. Maths and engineering would suggest the same!. I haven't taken the second one off yet but will do when i get the time...
Thanks Alister!
I must have missed this earlier... but it seems like you observation is in-line with most engineering knowledge,
It is a conundrum to get a good road ride and a good corregation ride, but as I would like to have would like both... then I'll keep scratching the chin(s).
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- Peter_n_Margaret
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Twins with open valving could be the same as singles with more restricted valving.
And they have to be correct before you start comparing.
Maybe the optimum answer is twins with adjustable valving?
Certainly twins take less of a thrashing each and hence will last longer than singles
As an aside, we previously had an F350 4WD camper. It had parabolic front springs and literally ate shockers. On one trip I fitted a pair of new shocks immediately before a trip west from Adelaide. Before we had completed the Gun Barrel, they were stuffed and I had to buy new ones in the west. The vehicle was almost undrivable without good shockies.
The OKA on the other hand is incredibly kind on shockers and they last years. Twins also provide for some back up for when one fails.
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Peter_n_Margaret wrote: Shockers suitable for a particular road surface will depend on the valving.
Twins with open valving could be the same as singles with more restricted valving.
And they have to be correct before you start comparing.
Maybe the optimum answer is twins with adjustable valving?
Certainly twins take less of a thrashing each and hence will last longer than singles
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All ^that^ Valving discussion seems consistent with my understanding.
Peter_n_Margaret wrote: ...
As an aside, we previously had an F350 4WD camper. It had parabolic front springs and literally ate shockers. On one trip I fitted a pair of new shocks immediately before a trip west from Adelaide. Before we had completed the Gun Barrel, they were stuffed and I had to buy new ones in the west. The vehicle was almost undrivable without good shockies.
The OKA on the other hand is incredibly kind on shockers and they last years. Twins also provide for some back up for when one fails.
Cheers,
Peter
What made the F350 "eat the shocks"?
Did they get cooked? Or over extended?, or slammed into the bumps and broke?
Looks like lots of possible paths from singles like the Tough Dog Ralphs over to dual shocks setups in the direction that Hal Harvey did with the Bilstien 7100s he had.
I am trying to find the best performance for mixed surface, which I believe translates into being able to change the valving like some sort of an adjuster...
The heat management and preventing known failure modes comes into play.
I am starting to head back towards thinking that dual shocks may not be the correct answer for corregations and bumps... but are probably just dandy in the road.
So if the dual shocks and cost for the mounting is not going to give an improvement then that could be money wasted, which could be going into some adjustable damper/shock...
And as usual this is ground gone over with lots of past posts, and chin scratchings.
But I have multiple finger tips and chin(s)
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- Alister McBride
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Holmz see this thread for pics of my double front shock setup, was relatively easy to do... to get the benefit of durability of dual shocks you just need to reduce the damping rate:
www.oka4wd.com/forum/september-2012/15-s...ations?start=20#2616
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- Holmz
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I still like the idea of adjusting it firm when on the bitumen (around the race track), And then soften em up for the corregations.
Alister McBride wrote: Holmz, double shocks should be fine for corrugations if you change the valving to standard rather than just doubling up on the same standard shock. Peter has a good point about adjustable damping shocks, i'm not really up with what options are out there and costs etc though...
Holmz see this thread for pics of my double front shock setup, was relatively easy to do... to get the benefit of durability of dual shocks you just need to reduce the damping rate:
www.oka4wd.com/forum/september-2012/15-s...ations?start=20#2616
Thanks those look more economical than ones posted earlier on.
The earlier ones looked great, but would be a waste if I only need one damper/shock.
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The minister of finance is fairly rational and says, "you should be disinclined to have a spend up on a modification that ends up making it worse."
The last time it saw scales the front was at 2.4t and the rear at 2t.
It was not overly happy on bumps, but I'll branch off my ravings to a different thread if I encounter any wisdom not previously uncovered.
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One of the guys who helped do engine conversion on Hals OKA, had a fair bit to say about OKA setup. Couple things that stuck is twin shocks should be valved differently and that OKA dont have a lot of distance between bump stops. Saying with a long springs OKA have, he thinks there should be a lot more of distance between bump stops at the front. A lot of OKA`s are getting round with bent bump stop brackets up front.
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Outback Jack wrote: ...
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One of the guys who helped do engine conversion on Hals OKA, had a fair bit to say about OKA setup
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Was that Dr RC or the fellow in the gold fields? Or someone else?
Outback Jack wrote: ...
Couple things that stuck is twin shocks should be valved differently and that OKA dont have a lot of distance between bump stops. Saying with a long springs OKA have, he thinks there should be a lot more of distance between bump stops at the front. A lot of OKA`s are getting round with bent bump stop brackets up front.
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And... we put in a 1" springs pins to solve the effect that causes the bent bump stops?
Outback Jack wrote: Other reason for dual shocks was to help reduce body roll.
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Spring rate also affects body roll.
Damper affect transient roll rates, but parked on a hill sideways is all spring rate, theoretical roll centres and centre of mass.
It is uncommon to not even have a roll bar.
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- Harry
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The next day with no head wind old 045 got 450 km and used 71 liters of diesel .... I am real happy with that
I think for me going 456 diff ratio was a good move
Again thank you Paul and Ian for doing such a great job on the Machanic s and Chris and H for the bull bar and tanks and steps at least Chris I gave you something different to do rather than the same old same old cheers
Oka 045 the WIDE Motorhome 6bt cummins 500 watt solar diesel heating gas cooking up grade LSD front and rear diffs to 4:56 from 4:88 . 320 lt fuel 153 lt fresh water in 3 separate tanks 3 house batteries 1 start battery 176 lt upright fridge/freezer Black dog security
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It has 4:56 diffs
I did 1002 km and put in 161 liters of fuel the tank holds 169 liters thanks Chris from Kununurra
I had a good head wind for the three days
Outside temperature was 35 degrees
Radiator temperature day on 83 degrees
The Egt sat on 300 to 320 degrees and the turbo boost was on 4 to 6 pounds
That was starting and stopped for morning tea and lunch and afternoon tea for the 3 days
On the next day I did 450 km and used 71 liters but no head wind the temp and boost stayed roughly the same as it was a little uphill
For me the 4:56 diff ratio with 19.5 x 70 R x 305 are a perfect match
In all road conditions as we did around 3000 ks of 4w driving in this trip
Thank you Paul and Ian for your Machanic s and a great job you both have done for me
And Chris for your great work on tanks bull bar and steps
Oka 045 the WIDE Motorhome 6bt cummins 500 watt solar diesel heating gas cooking up grade LSD front and rear diffs to 4:56 from 4:88 . 320 lt fuel 153 lt fresh water in 3 separate tanks 3 house batteries 1 start battery 176 lt upright fridge/freezer Black dog security
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