"suspension" VS "Xmax"

[imhungnurnot 9]

DD post their excursions in "suspension". Does this mean the total distance the sub can travel as opposed to xmax which means the greatest travel in one direction? For example, their 9500 series has suspension of 80mm... it doesn't seem like this can be xmax.. so would the xmax be 40mm ??(half of the total distance traveled)

[SpeakerBoy 64]

^^x2

[95Honda 486]

No. It just means how far the cone can travel before something breaks.

[Impious 1,476]

Their suspension figure has nothing to do with linear excursion, which is what Xmax defines.

Their suspension figure would be more equivalent to Xmech, which like 95Honda said is basically how much travel the driver has before damage begins to occur (and I would presume DD's 80mm is a peak-to-peak figure).

As an aside, DD has never used conventional methods to define Xmax. They used to go by an "8mm in the gap" definition which they came up with themselves, rather than defining Xmax by conventional methods.

[imhungnurnot 9]

Their suspension figure has nothing to do with linear excursion, which is what Xmax defines.

Their suspension figure would be more equivalent to Xmech, which like 95Honda said is basically how much travel the driver has before damage begins to occur (and I would presume DD's 80mm is a peak-to-peak figure).

As an aside, DD has never used conventional methods to define Xmax. They used to go by an "8mm in the gap" definition which they came up with themselves, rather than defining Xmax by conventional methods.

So there must be some type of conversion to determine xmax?

[Impious 1,476]

If you are referring to the 8mm thing.....Only if you know coil length and gap height, and even that isn't exact....more of an estimate although fairly widely used by manufacturers.

If you are referring to their suspension rating then no, it's meaningless to linearity.