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    Actually, I have 3.5" between the rear yoke (U-joint) and the floorpan while car is sitting on jackstands compressed suspension just as if it were sitting on the ground. Pumpkin to floorpan is substantially more. The way the 37 floorpan is designed it has plenty of room for the pumkin but there is no tunnel for the driveline. I took the bumpstops out just to look at distances. Shocks are brand new Napa 94005 gas shocks. The shocks compressed are 10.125", fully extended are 14.625 (per spec sheet). With car on jackstands and suspension compressed at ride level the center to center on shock hoops is 12.5". Both shocks tilt forward at about 30 deg.

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    If you put a Ford 9 inch rear in it you will pick up about 2 inches of driveshaft clearance as the 9er ford pinion is probably the lowest pinion of any out there--also I believe the yoke will be fourther rearward which might possibly help also

    but to stop bottoming out you will need bump stops , a stiffer spring rate and maybe more tunnel clearance

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    Ride quality.......
    You have to keep it simple. First the majority of the overall ride quality ( what you feel in your butt and your back ) while driving down the road comes from the back of the car. What you feel in your hands and your feet comes from the front of the car.
    In order to maintain any kind of a descent ride quality you have to have a minimum of 2.5" of compression strok and 1.5" of extension stroke. That is minimum and it has to be on the money. Ideally you will want 3" of compression and 2" of extension stroke. This is on a mid to full size sedan. If you dont have that then there is nothing you can do to get a descent ride. If the stroke is shorter then you have to limiting suspension movement with heavier springs and stiffer shocks.
    Once you have the suspension set up and you KNOW you have the proper amount of travel until it bottoms on the bumpstops, then you can turn to the shock absorbers to get them working with the suspension and the stroke of the car. If your car now has 3" of full compression stroke but your shock only has 1.5" of compression stroke... then you are going to be bottoming the shocks out, eventually killing the shocks and more than likely ripping a mount off. You have to make sure the car hits the bumpstops... DO NOT use the shocks as a bump stop. Most of the 35+ cars I have crawled under could simply benifit from having the lower spring mount/shock mount plate flipped upside down and swapped from side to side. This should put the shock mounting hole going down, not up. This will allow you to run a longer strok shock.
    Next is shock angles and shocks... In the rear of a car with the typical straight axle, if you get your shocks between 15 and 21 degrees you a re fine. Anything over 25-30 degrees and your shock is probalby not even working. Also keep in mind... if you purchase a 20 dollar shock then you need to expect a 20 dollar ride quality. In a properly set up car, the only job the springs are there for is to hold the car up... the shocks are the brains of the suspension and control everything.

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    Tony,

    A couple of questions for you... first, shock angle. MrChips mentioned his cars shocks were angled forward 30 degrees. Seems to me that the shocks would possibly be more functional angled side-to-side. My thoughts are that it would help keep the car from going into excessive lean angles in the event of a swerve, and aid in a more stable ride? With leaf springs there may be a little bit of side-to-side movement because of looseness, or wear in the spring shackles and bushings and I figure the shocks would possible keep this movement to a minimum.
    I have a problem with a suspension set-up I have been working on with my car because of lack of room between the frame rails. I haven't touched it in a while because of helping other people with their projects. One of these days I hope to get back to it and would like to get it set up correctly.
    I have noticed on several factory suspensions that one shock is angled to the front and the other is angled to the rear. Is there any preferred angle, front, back or sideways for the shocks? I set mine up angled sideways but I was told that the angle should not be more than 30 degrees by the vendor that I bought my coil-overs from. I have some issues trying to set my triangulated 4 bar before mounting the shocks, but it appears that my frame is too narrow.
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    Shocks work best when mounted upright


    http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...ang/Shocks.jpg


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    Quote Originally Posted by roadster32 View Post
    Shocks work best when mounted upright


    http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...ang/Shocks.jpg


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    Quote Originally Posted by roadster32 View Post
    Shocks work best when mounted upright


    http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...ang/Shocks.jpg


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    Problem is suspensions move in an arc,not straight up and down.

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    I have noticed on several factory suspensions that one shock is angled to the front and the other is angled to the rear. Is there any preferred angle, front, back or sideways for the shocks? I set mine up angled sideways but I was told that the angle should not be more than 30 degrees by the vendor that I bought my coil-overs from. I have some issues trying to set my triangulated 4 bar before mounting the shocks, but it appears that my frame is too narrow.
    I didn't mean to hijack the thread, just trying to get good information.[/QUOTE]

    They did that on leaf spring cars to help control spring wrap up on accel & decel.

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    If they work best straight upright, why do you never see them mounted that way on a factory production car? Inquiring minds want to know. i don't recall ever seeing a shock mounted straight upright on anything. Thinking about it, I do recall seeing them mounted straight upright on a bucket T. I really would like to know for sure.


    Quote Originally Posted by roadster32 View Post
    Shocks work best when mounted upright


    http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...ang/Shocks.jpg

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