Anyone seen this in action or used it before?

Apparently some Mustangs use this setup and it works well for reducing wheel hop and traction.

 

Yes mustangs use a shock on that position but they are also a 4 link suspension where they have very little axle wrap, whereas a leaf spring has a bunch of axle wrap. I would thing it's going to take a heavy shock to stop the wheel hop, depending on your power. Be interesting to see how it turns out. This may help with wheel hop but will not be a traction aid like a type of traction bars would be..

 

I got the pics from fb. The guy is building it now. He is supposed to post up his results after he logs a few passes, but you know how that goes.

 

The shocks' effectiveness will be limited by the short stroke of what it's dampening here. Stick a Go-Pro under your truck and watch axle wrap in action - particularly rotation which is the major thing a shock at this angle would be dampening. Not much to work with.
Might be the camera angles and lighting, but that notch job looks a little scary.

 

Yea the notch was botched by previous owner, the current has addressed it.

 

I honestly do not see anything being gained with that other then helping some wheel hop issue.. Like said skip that step add good bars on the bottom of the axle, a good set of shocks in the stock location.. The owner of that truck should have went with a 4 link or ladder set up if he is going through that work,.,. Just my op though

 

all the mustang guys i know remove the quad shocks as one of their first mods, followed by torque boxes and boxed control arms.