Elcon Snab Valve for big bore shocks

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The Snab-valve can be mounted in the excisting big bore shocks. The Snab-valve ensures a higher "pack" of the shocks. Handy at jumps, landings or when driving through rough terrain. Prevents bottoming out of the car and losing grip and control at this moment. 

At the same time the shock absorber remains smooth. The Snab-valve is mounted with distance to the shock piston. Minor bumps are absorbed easy as the Snab-valve becomes only active at higher flow speed of the shock oil through the piston. The Snab-valve will only restrict the flow when the piston moves at higher speed.

The Snab-valve is made from special grade plastic with high precision on the thickness within +/-0.01mm accuracy. This special type of plastic will stay straigth also after longer time of use. It works as if it was a spring and will come back to its natural flat form.

By shims the distance between the piston plate and the Snab-valve is determined. More shims enlarges the space and will effect in less "pack". Less shims puts the Snab-valve more close to the piston and will result in more "pack". Then the flow holes of the piston are restricted sooner. The shims have a thickness of 0.2mm and thus a distance from 0 up till 0.6mm can be achieved.

The principle of the Snab-valve is illustrated in the 3D animations. Arrows show the flow direction of the shock oil on ingoing movement of the piston rod and outgoing movement of the piston rod.