I am having trouble envisioning how the live action shocks are going to correct the Rap’s rear end wiggle. You’ve got a lightly suspended and leaf sprung, live axle rear with over 400 ft lbs at peak being put to it at times. You get a lot of wheel hop and axle wrap. Stiffening the damping absent the spring rate change and more positive location of the axle will just make it less compliant, all other things being equal.
To be honest I don’t know that it will help but live shock is able to adjust shock valving on the fly and there are sensors implemented that know when the truck is airborne so it can brace for a landing and prevent bottoming out. My hope is the car can sense off camber turns with a big bump, that scenario is known to upset the rear end. Issue being compression and rebound due to soft suspension with simultaneous lateral Gs exerted on the truck. Compression is not the issue but amount of compression is. On rebound the truck gets light then add lateral Gs from turning and you’ve got ass wiggle. Wouldn’t be a stretch for the truck to sense an off camber turn considering the truck can read ride height relative to each side of the truck. Feed in secondary info from the speed sensor and it should know ***** about to go down and adjust accordingly to minimize compression. Maybe it won’t fix the problem completely but that extra shock stiffness should control or slow down compression and slow down rebound on off camber bumps enough to minimize rear end wiggle. I don’t expect it to be as good a solution as the deavers setup and eliminate the problem completely but I hope it’s something they can implement in a acceptable way. I had a M4 with adaptive suspension before and currently have a GT350 with magneride. Both cars do a masterful job of dealing with off camber bumps. Literally a non issue anymore compared to other cars I’ve owned without some form of automatic active shock valving.
Im not concerned about wheel hop. It’s a 7000 lb truck so I don’t care how much power you put into it, it’s not meant for drag racing. I won’t even bother. LOL
There are reviews of live shock on mountain bikes that say the system is able to tell when you’re pedaling uphill and lock out front and rear shocks to prevent bouncing up and down as you pedal uphill. Bouncing makes you lose significant pedaling energy since a lot of your energy is being used to compress the shocks vs straight to the pedal. Normally you manually lock out the shocks but live shock knows what’s happening and does it for you. Similarly it’s reportedly much smoother on the downhill run so in this particular application it’s a huge bonus and gives a stiff setting when needed and a softer more compliant ride when appropriate. Something a static setup can’t do.
That said, I’m concerned also. Live shock is designed for off road performance so who knows what that means for on road performance.
