Falcon SP2 3.3 Adjustment

[Jteakus]

You have to remove the lower shock bolt to make a setting adjustment? Am I understanding this correctly?

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[darkhorse13]

You have to remove the lower shock bolt to make a setting adjustment? Am I understanding this correctly?

Yes, for the "shaft" setting only you have to remove the lower shock bolt and extend the shock shaft fully. For everyday adjustment you just turn the big red dial.

This is the BEST video explaining the "shaft" twist settings for SOFT vs PERFORMANCE

@2:26 you'll see exactly what twisting the shaft by hand is doing and understand why there's no "starting" point to the process or why twisting the shaft multiple times in the same direction will do nothing more to the shock. It would probably have been easier for the consumer if Falcon could just put a hard stop to the twist to know you're in either SOFT or PERFORMANCE but you'll see why they can't.

 

[bakobobby]

You have to remove the lower shock bolt to make a setting adjustment? Am I understanding this correctly?

It sounds pretty silly but it does allow running an aggressive tune that would not do well in cold weather bit allow for twisting it to work well when things get colder. Colder also is softer... although for many may argue not soft enough. Its more or less like you can re-valve it to one of two profiles w/o having to take it apart.

 

[Jteakus]

I understand now.

 

[darkhorse13]

It sounds pretty silly but it does allow running an aggressive tune that would not do well in cold weather bit allow for twisting it to work well when things get colder. Colder also is softer... although for many may argue not soft enough. Its more or less like you can re-valve it to one of two profiles w/o having to take it apart.

Great way to explain it. Now can you only imagine if they could still take another 10-15% valving out of it for a SUPER SOFT mode I'd get behind that...

 

[fourfa]

I guess I'm the outlier, wanting more damping on my overweight diesel camper :/

 

[THE SANDALORIAN]

For daily road use, I run soft and turn the dial to 2.2. Offroad, I run soft and have the dial on 1.

 

[darkhorse13]

I guess I'm the outlier, wanting more damping on my overweight diesel camper :/

Question for you since we both run an AluCab overland setup... are you wanting more High Speed or Low Speed Compression? I found that there's too much high speed compression firmness on the lowest dial setting and SOFT shaft twist. You also have the diesel while I have the gasser so maybe we can't compare. I do think that these could benefit from more low speed compression though. Not that we can fine tune it, but do you like the rebound speed? Falcon told me that the PERFORMANCE shaft twist also increases rebound speed as well.

For daily road use, I run soft and turn the dial to 2.2. Offroad, I run soft and have the dial on 1.

I have watched plenty of YT videos where people are split on this choice. At first I was in the same boat as you with more compression on-road and less off-road but I slowly came to realize that the side to side head bobble off-road warranted the dial to be in the "2.2-2.6" range. Now this is for CO -style crawling coming off bigger rocks and more chunky terrain. For wash boards and fire roads though I'm right there with you on the dial "1" setting to keep it as soft as possible.

Ironic that I'm having better forum conversations about the Falcon's now that I've sold them vs all the uncertainty of when I bought them new and ran them over the past 2 years trying to understand them and dial them in

 

[fourfa]

I haven't found high speed chatter/harshness to be a problem, but again, I probably got used to a lot on my sports cars. I want more low speed control, both compression and rebound.

And back to the OP for a second, if you haven't gotten it from all these posts about different setups - you'll probably like setting your shocks to soft on the shaft, and play with the knobs for quick controls. That's the most popular setup

 

[Volksparts]

I'm going on about 7 months now on my adapt e-adjust suspension and I set it on performance only due to the fact that I'm running a lot of weight in the rear. I do notice that on cold mornings it rides stiff and sometimes "bouncy". But once things warm up it's a lot more comfortable ride. My main concern is I want the stiffer settings especially when cornering/turning with the weight so I feel like the truck is tipping over. In that respects the truck handles very well. I'm happy with my settings but now that OP mentioned this I almost want to rotate the shock shaft to see what that feels like.

 

[hjdca]

I am running the Falcon SP2 3.3 with Clayton 3.5" overland plus lift kit with 37" tires for about 33K miles now. I live in a mild climate, and I also confirm that the shocks ride firmer in the colder winter than the very hot summer. I have the shaft tuned to "soft" and always run the 2.1 or 2.2 setting while off-roading. Setting "1" is too soft and too much sway. On the road, I usually run 2.4 or 2.5 setting in the summer. In the winter, when cold, I will run 2.3 setting. I have only used higher settings a few times in the hot summer -- on the hwy with high winds. Overall, these shocks have been very predictable, great performance, and bullet proof. I would buy them again.
Note: My truck has the steel bumper with a Warn Winch, bull bar, and lights, so, I have some weight up front.

 

[Edub]

I installed my Falcon SP2 3.3 A-adapt shocks last year. The shop that installed it, set it to the Performance mode instead of soft mode. Their rational was that with 37" tires and potential payload, it will better.

However, I am feeling like the truck is rougher than it should be. It's fine and much better than stock setup but I can't help thinking if soft would have been better.

I wanted to find out from those folks who have installed Falcon SP2 3.3s, which setting did you go with?

Soft or performance?

How are you liking your ride and what are some impressions you can share. Has anyone switched between soft and performance?

Thanks,

The shop I that did mine also put mine on performance, after a year of tolerating it, I finally got fed-up and adjusted mine to the softer setting. What a difference. my wife said I un-ruined the suspension lol.

with the quick adjustment I can still make them plenty stiff, but on the softest setting it's a very comfortable ride.

 

[aevgladitorrubi]

I installed my Falcon SP2 3.3 A-adapt shocks last year. The shop that installed it, set it to the Performance mode instead of soft mode. Their rational was that with 37" tires and potential payload, it will better.

However, I am feeling like the truck is rougher than it should be. It's fine and much better than stock setup but I can't help thinking if soft would have been better.

I wanted to find out from those folks who have installed Falcon SP2 3.3s, which setting did you go with?

Soft or performance?

How are you liking your ride and what are some impressions you can share. Has anyone switched between soft and performance?

Thanks,

Custom: 2-1 is what I ride around on for daily driving

 

[rezar1]

I have an appointment with shop who installed to change it to cold next week. Will report back. Just a note that aDapt shock doesn't have 2 dials. It only has a single dial from 1 to 9.

 

[bakobobby]

I have an appointment with shop who installed to change it to cold next week. Will report back. Just a note that aDapt shock doesn't have 2 dials. It only has a single dial from 1 to 9.

Right so instead you have this in cabin to switch modes on the fly. As does the e-aDjust minus the auto.

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