Quote Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter
Had a little more time this morning to do some searching. I couldn't find the original chart I recalled, but found this that is similar in it's discussion; http://www.4x4review.com/feature/shock-genius.asp
About a quarter of the way down the page is the discussion on geometry.
For the sake of discussion, That article is good, but seems to be aimed at 4wd vehicles... Would you want the shock on the front of the straight axle to behave in the same manner as the shock on a 4wd axle??? Geometry is geometry, but wouldn't you be looking for the shock to do different things on the two vehicles? The part of the article that I consider important for any vehicle is to have the shock as far outboard as possible....I would imagine something to do with getting the energy created by tire when it encounters irregularities in the road surface(or track) transferred into the shock and dampened before it travels any great length through the suspension components? Seems I recall the old gassers having the shocks on the rear of the axle and angled back to the top mount?????

According to what I read, would the correct placement of the shocks being on the shackle side (forward in this case) of the axle????