Good rear shock for a street strip a body
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Hey there guy's as i continue to figure out what my wife's Demon needs i am about to change the rear shocks. i have a new set of SS springs in stock with everything i need to install them but the shocks. the car is a 72 340 demon with a slightly warmed over 360 727 with a 3500 rpm converter in it right now, the car is honestly 95% street driven but my wife likes to make a few passes each summer. the rear springs are bagged and it has an ancient set of air shocks that need to go, the front end is fully rebuilt and we are running 28'' drag radials. the car does not hook great right now but it tracks nice and straight and pulls hard down the track the 60ft sucks at 2.2-2.3 due to the wheel spin so i am looking to do some set up work to make it a bit better. the car runs 14.3-14.4 at 96-97 mph right now if i can get it to hook better i think it will be in the mid 13's which should be fine for my wife. i was looking at the Calvert shocks over at Mancini's those are the old Rancho's right? i want to be able to adjust them but i don't want to blow huge bucks for a mostly street driven car. any insights or personal experience would be great.
2013 Chrysler 300 touring 1974 Dodge Charger SE. 360-727-8.75-3.23 sure grip 1972 Dodge Dart Swinger 1995 Dodge Ram 1500 4x4
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Re: Good rear shock for a street strip a body
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I have the 3 way Competition Engineering adjustables up front and Rancho/Calvert 9 position adjustables out back. I've been 1.56 sixty foot so far but the prep has to be pretty good. They ride really rough on the street on full firm 9 compression setting but set them on 4 and the ride is fine. I make a massive amount of torque with my setup so it gets hard to hook in lesser conditions.
For a street/strip ride they acrually work pretty well but I would love to try some double adjustable Vikings.
'63 Dodge 330 11.19 @ 121 mph Pump gas, n/a, through the mufflers on street tires with 3.54's. 3,600 lbs. 10.01 @ 133mph with a 250 shot of nitrous an a splash of race gas. 1.36 60 ft. 3,700 lbs.
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Re: Good rear shock for a street strip a body
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Thanks for the reply, those front shocks are they the kind you have to take out to adjust? seems i read about that somewhere? i think i like the idea of the Rancho/Calvert shocks in the back with the new springs. i am still not too sure about the fronts yet i may try the car with just the rear end stuff and see how that goes and if it still needs more i will get some front shocks. i left the sway bar on too as i had a charging issue that cut my night short but i will disconect it next time to help with transfer.
2013 Chrysler 300 touring 1974 Dodge Charger SE. 360-727-8.75-3.23 sure grip 1972 Dodge Dart Swinger 1995 Dodge Ram 1500 4x4
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Re: Good rear shock for a street strip a body
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Thanks for the reply, those front shocks are they the kind you have to take out to adjust? seems i read about that somewhere? i think i like the idea of the Rancho/Calvert shocks in the back with the new springs. i am still not too sure about the fronts yet i may try the car with just the rear end stuff and see how that goes and if it still needs more i will get some front shocks. i left the sway bar on too as i had a charging issue that cut my night short but i will disconect it next time to help with transfer. Front shocks are a KEY component to making the car hook. I tried it with regular shocks and the front comes down too quickly and unloads the rear tires. Yes, you have to remove them to adjust, but I put them on 90/10 and never change the setting. They drive fine on the street with zero issues.
'63 Dodge 330 11.19 @ 121 mph Pump gas, n/a, through the mufflers on street tires with 3.54's. 3,600 lbs. 10.01 @ 133mph with a 250 shot of nitrous an a splash of race gas. 1.36 60 ft. 3,700 lbs.
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Re: Good rear shock for a street strip a body
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Re: Good rear shock for a street strip a body
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Honestly, with those times, I think some half way decent replacement shocks will work. I have a low 12 second car on street tires with 25+ year old Monroe shocks and have 1.7 sixty foot times. The car hooks hard at the track braking it up to around 1500rpm at launch. if the OP has SS springs, and running 13's, it may be possible to use the long monroes for a 3/4 ton truck. that way, the shock won't unload the rear due to topping out. these are not adjustable, just a suggestion that won't break the bank and may be what is needed on a mild application.
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Re: Good rear shock for a street strip a body
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Yeah not planning on having it run those times in the future hence the upgrade... i have normal shocks on the front now and the bagged out springs and air shocks in the rear the plan is to install the super stock springs i already have here and get some ok shocks that are going to be long enough and work ok for what i have now. we have a couple of cars so i don't mind moving some parts around i just don't have shocks yet.
2013 Chrysler 300 touring 1974 Dodge Charger SE. 360-727-8.75-3.23 sure grip 1972 Dodge Dart Swinger 1995 Dodge Ram 1500 4x4
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Re: Good rear shock for a street strip a body
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Honestly, with those times, I think some half way decent replacement shocks will work. I have a low 12 second car on street tires with 25+ year old Monroe shocks and have 1.7 sixty foot times. The car hooks hard at the track braking it up to around 1500rpm at launch. if the OP has SS springs, and running 13's, it may be possible to use the long monroes for a 3/4 ton truck. that way, the shock won't unload the rear due to topping out. these are not adjustable, just a suggestion that won't break the bank and may be what is needed on a mild application. Thanks for the reply moparx i thought about c body or truck shocks too if i can't swing some caltrac / ranchos that will probably be the road i take. if i can get it to hook with a consistent 1.8 or 1.7 i would be really happy it would get the car into the 13's no problem. i have a couple of upgrades in the works for the engine once we get the chassis closer.
2013 Chrysler 300 touring 1974 Dodge Charger SE. 360-727-8.75-3.23 sure grip 1972 Dodge Dart Swinger 1995 Dodge Ram 1500 4x4
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Re: Good rear shock for a street strip a body
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Re: Good rear shock for a street strip a body
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Doesn't look like there is any consensus here. I have some 9 way Ranchos on the Cuda that work pretty good, but they have been on there for years. Are they still available as the Calverts?
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Re: Good rear shock for a street strip a body
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I used the Calvert/Rancho 9 way rear shocks from mid 11s to mid 9s w/ very good results. Had Lakewood 90/10s up front. All 90/10s aren't created equal! The Calvert 90/10s were too loose and my car would NOT hook at all w/ them. Once I started using nitrous and went into the 8s, I upgraded to Viking DA shocks.
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Re: Good rear shock for a street strip a body
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05/28/19 04:08 PM
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I run kyb rear shocks with 1 inch overarched rear springs. If it has the power to spin the tire at the track, you don’t need anything fancy to get a sub 2 second 60 foot. I have run a 1.71 60’ with that rear suspension on f-70 14 redline tire. That being said I have installed qa1 R’s in the front and will be going to a double adjustable rear in the near future. Car is strip only kinda. Looking at qa1 double adjustable.
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Re: Good rear shock for a street strip a body
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Also be careful any after market front shock doesn’t hit the bump stop bracket on the frame at full droop. Mine did so I had to clearance the bracket and I have seen a B body with the same issue.
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