lol your are spot on there djr. the questions are really basic, no-brainers even, but it's frustrating when no one knows the answers to the fundamentals and even more frustrating to think that people in the industry haven't bothered to find out. try getting empirical evidence on the often quoted RB30 harmonics issue or the benefit of dump pipes. i can't really blame the industry though, research does cost and if people are prepared to part with their money...
you prob know this but if you want to see whether a susp guy is thinking, ask what sort of bumpstops they use and why they chose that elasticity. if they use the term 'universal' ask how they can use the same units on a GTR as on a Civic. that's the thing with john, he has prob 20 different types because he understands the importance and with limited travel the 32 needs some thought in that area.
STA did produce graphs for the dyno, if that's what you mean. can't remember the cost but it was well worth the $ to know, particularly when i found that one set with 36 click adj only worked from click 25 onwards. imagine the stuffing around that saved in terms of trial and error.