Is the air valve on the small end of the shock egative air?
No, the air valve on the small end on the shock is where you pump up the IFP chamber. IFP stands for Internal Floating Piston and regulates the sensitivity of the control valve. On the air shock, this valve controls the same pressure as the valve on the 5th Element Coil Shock. The control valve controls position sensitive compression damping. In other words, the shock senses how far it is compressed and responds with changing compression damping throughout the shock’s travel. The higher the IFP pressure the sooner the control valve starts to close as the shock is compressed, increasing compression damping. The correct normal range of pressure is 50-125psi for the 5th Element Air Shock IFP chamber and 50-175psi for the 5th Element Coil Shock chamber.
