I won't get into a common setting for Droop (Rebound-Stop/Bump-Stop) considering all the different vehicles on the market, and their setup differently in all types of ways.
Measurement of droop, there are probably numerous ways to measure droop, that in some ways can probably get very technical. The best and easiest way I think to measure droop is measure the distance from the middle of the shock screws. Look at the picture provided below.
Basically, droop effects the transfer of weight from front to rear and vice versa.
For example, if you think you need more steering, add some droop to the rear which will load more weight to the front giving the rear less traction. Assuming you have little or no droop in the front.
If you need the vehicle to gain a little more traction in the rear, take some droop out of the rear (More Suspension (Susp) Travel). If there is no droop at all and you need more traction in the rear you'll have to look for another setting to change.
I know this may be a little awkard at first trying to understand the droop setting, when I get a little more data, maybe I can explain it a little better.
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Add Droop = Screw Droop screw into chassis = less susp travel
Subtract droop = Screw Droop screw away from chassis = more susp travel
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Adjustments are made in small increments, I would recommend 1 hour or 1/8'' adjustments as a starting point. I would like to give you a starting point, but it's up to you to find the right setting per the track conditions that best suit your driving.
Things to remember when your setting droop;
1. What you affect while setting droop may have an adverse effect to another part of the car.
2. Adding a lot of droop (Less Travel) may not be very good for rough track conditions, it also may make the car feel sketchy landing large jumps.
3. Droop is a consistently changing variable since the droop screw will etch into the chassis changing the measurement always, so be on top of your adjustments over use.
I would like to elaborate a little more on this but I'll keep it short for now, I'll probably come back to this to update.
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