bent my shocks at xenia back brace hit the shock body hard enough to bend the rod could my mexican ss springs be junk after only 158 passes or do i have other grimlins

are they bent from front segment wrap-up? and make shure there long enough on extention not to top out, maybe add more clamps to frt half.

thanks randy the shocks are c/e and with the car at static height when i pull them off at the bottom they extend 3 in beyond the shock stud i think they bent from axle wind up because the top of the brace hit the shock body

I almost did the same but caught the interference jst before I installed back brace, if you look close you can see the slight angle I cut into the back brace to give me more clearance. Suprised this issue hasn't been brought very often before

good picture jcc last nite and today we made the shock studs longer and spun up some spacers to give us clearance replaced the springs and shocks should be good for norwalk then i will set car at static height and mark the back brace and cut it like yours nice touch with the holes to lighten the brace thanks again

How close were they when sitting ?
Mine are about 1/4 " from the brace unloaded , and it is an area I had some concern with.
But I won't know until I get it back on the ground and apply some torque.

john if yours are only 1/4 in imo they are going to hit mine were that close and they did you can do what i did and remove the shock studs and weld in some grade 8 5/8 x 3.5 in bolts then make up spacers i now have just shy of 3/4 in

Thanks.
I may as well do that before I set it down to save on cussing later.

Had the same problem on our 64 Plymouth. They were too close for comfort with the back braced 8-3/4". I ended up drilling a hole in the trunk floor in line with the original shock holes, reinforced the trunk floor and ran a long bolt through all three holes (near the sender wire on the left and under the spare tire hold-down on the right). The shocks were installed on the section between the trunk floor and the rear shock mount. Had plenty of room and never had a problem with them contacting the rear. BTW, we ran Mancini SS springs w/o a snubber.

i called mancini for s/s springs the manufacturer they had making them is having fincial problems so i had to go with another set of m/p mexican springs anybody running tri city launchers? i may go with them after i wear out the m/p ones shouldnt be long 158 passes on the old ones and they went away

get in touch with "springs and things" (a sponser on here and located in pa.) for there ss version (they have their own made). i bought them in 2000 and other then this yr. i race pretty much every weekend. 2 class championships so that says i'm going rounds. a ton of passes and they are still working! dave

thanks dave i will give them a shout and see what they have to say!