As stated. I am in the process of repainting my truck and the bed is going to be removed for a lil custom work and repainting chassis so i am considering relocating the rear shocks while it is the best time.

i am wondering how some of you who have done this did it?;
how it has benefited you (examples of improved 1.60 times would be nice)?; how it affected ride quality?;
do you feel it was worth it?

any pics and information will be greatly appreciated....

 

Very worth while mod in my book. The shocks effectiveness is directly related to the angle at which it is mounted. For example if a shock is mounted perfectly up and down or 0* then it will be 100% effective, if it is mounted at a 45* angle it is then only 50% effective and so on. You will notice an improvement in ride quality.


Regarding the improvement in 60', that depends on other factors. If the truck hooks 100% now, it can't hook better than 100%. Also will depend on the shock you use and the adjustments if available. I have no personal experience with non-adjustable "street/stock" type shocks relocated on a truck, but I can't imagine that it would hurt it.

Here is a good thread with lots of pics

https://www.performancetrucks.net/fo...d.php?t=441078

 

thanx bro. Very helpful and confirmed my thoughts. My build nothin fancy like yours and never will but just lil things i wanna do to it to improve launch performance and even ride quality a lil.

 

Did the relocation and put lil stiffer shocks under my wifes truck and made a big difference.. no track times but it dont seem like it leans the the right under acceleration like it did before, it goes stright back and hooks decent.

 

I cut the crossmembers out and used a 3by5 crossmember for better weight and frame strength in front of the fuel cell. QA1's from Blown06

 

Pretty cool seeing my old shocks there.

 

Heres updated pics with the 14 bolt swap

 

Good work!

 

A little side track, what 14 bolt and brakes did you use for your setup? It looks nice.

 

9.5" semi floater. I used the stock 01 backing plates, calipers, and rotors. The axle shaft flanges had 3/16" turned off the wheel mounting diameter and A 2-3/8" spacer was used to get the correct caliper location. I had to rotate the passenger side 90 degrees to not have the parking brake cable go over the leaf spring.