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!
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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