Quote: I understand how vertical mounts work better on a drag car. What I'm having trouble getting my (little) mind around is the in front of the axle mount. On the hit the housing is doing two things, it's trying to rotate the front up and also separate from the body. with the shock on the back side this motion is all in the same direction, shock extension. Now with the shock in the front, the axle is trying to rotate up (compress the shock) and at the same time separate from the body (extend the shock). I can't see a single adjustable shock working at all with it mounted in the front. Someone please correct me if my reasoning is wrong.
Thats if you still use a leaf spring.. most that move the shock to the front are using ladder bars or a 4-link set up.... with a coil over the spring has to be stronger to hold the higher weight on it due to the percentage that the shock moved forward... the valving in the shock needs to be adjusted also for the same percentage... so maybe you can get lucky on the valving.. but thats just a guess
Yes Mike I was referring to leaf spring cars, should've mentioned that in my post.
