Episode 80: Ned & Jeep of MTS Off-Road

In this episode of The SXS Guys Offroad Podcast, I'm on location at UTV Takeover in Coos Bay, Oregon with special guest, Ned Ellsworth and Jeep Porter of MTS Off-Road Suspension Tuning! We've wanted to have them on the show for a long time now and we finally tracked them down, pulled them away from tuning shocks, and had a great conversation. We dive into what suspension tuning really is, what makes the biggest difference, how to approach tuning, if/how technology progression changes shock tuning, and so much more!

Short link: sxsguys.link/episode80

Rundown

0:00:00 - Introduction 0:02:57 - Company History 0:07:31 - Transitioning into a Business 0:10:37 - Approaching a Suspension Tune 0:15:17 - Different Tunes for Different Riding 0:19:05 - Active Shock Tuning 0:22:24 - Multiple Drivers, Multiple Variations 0:25:38 - Common Misunderstandings 0:27:44 - Polaris RZR Pro R 0:29:58 - Tender Springs 0:33:54 - Pandemic Impacts & Priorities 0:36:55 - Tuning Starts with Communication 0:40:41 - Spring Kits vs. Rebuilds vs. Valving 0:42:30 - Oil, Nitrogen, & Reservoir Caps 0:47:12 - SDI E-Clik Shocks 0:48:58 - Future of Shock Tuning 0:53:03 - Walker Evans vs. Fox Shocks 0:55:02 - Focus On What You're Good At 1:02:38 - Destroyers 1:05:40 - Wrap-Up

Applicable Links

MTS Off-Road Suspension Tuning (Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok) Jeep Porter (Facebook, Instagram) UTV Takeover SDI E-Clik UTV Shocks Slikrok Productions Sand Hollow State Park Kawasaki Teryx KRX 1000 4 UTV Fails (Instagram) Metal FX Offroad Wheels HCR Racing Polaris RZR Pro R 106 Motorsports (Facebook) Dune & Destroy (Instagram) Brent Gilliam (Instagram)

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