Another important aspect of those 440 shocks is what spring rate is on the shock? It should be written on the springs such as: 115/ 155. I will get the .pdf for the 440 series once I get home, since I wanted to do some research for my 440's as well.
I bought my 440's with the HD spring on it but I found it a little to stiff so I bought a standard rate spring which works great with a light tail bag on it. I plan on doing some longer trips so will be hauling my camp gear so I'm want to find a spring that in-between the two I have.
By the way, the 440 has IAS technology in it's design which is the same theory of operation as
Ricor uses in their fork valving kit for the Vmax(Also have Progressive fork springs). I have been very pleased with the performance of my suspension thus far.
EDIT: The Ricor valves are on sale ATM for $180.00