ORIGINAL: Dirty_Vinylpusher
With the twist of the rear swingarm, would it be better to have the shocks angled in any certain direction?
Preferably in the direction of travel. Normally, the rationale for leaning shocks is soften ride, make them more progressive, compensate heavy or light springs to suit the build. etc. a 100 pound spring, at a 45 degree angle, feels like a 50 pound spring. So it's also a tuning thing. The springs only job is to hold up the car and set ride height. Dampening is everything else.
In a perfect scenario, at full suspension extension, the spring reaches zero load at the exact same instance the suspension finishes extending. And is maximally crushed when the suspension is at maximum compression. Or there abouts. It's a trade off.