RACE SHOCKS - RESULTS

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January 08, 2009, 04:17:10 AM

I posted this on our sister site---thought i would post here to help out the A body guys .

I tried some new rear shocks on the Dart the last 2 race days. Old shocks were A body Mopar Performance . The new ones were Competition Engineering 3 way adjustables.

I tried the comps on 30/70 and also on the 50/50 setting .

NO improvement. NO change in 60' or ET. Save your money, stay with MP or truck shocks. Hope this helps .

I was going to get MP shocks for my car , But seeing They get all their stuff from Who ever can make it the Cheapest. I did some research and got a set from Monroe for a 72 Monaco 440 police car . Should be better than truck shocks . And Cheap To !!! Monroe 1980 Dodge 150 4x4 V8 360 # 32375
Upper Mount A= 1/2" B=1 5/8" Lower Mount A= 11/16" B = 1 9/16"
Compressed 15.75 " Extended 26.25 " Travel 10.50 "
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Monroe 1972 Dodge Monaco Police V8 440 # 32128
Upper Mount A= 1/2 " B= 1 5/8 " Lower Mount A= 11/16 " B= 1 9/16 " " BEST OVER ALL SHOCK " MONROE # 32128
Compressed 15.625 " Extended 26.25 " Travel 10.625 " ...........................................................................
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Gabriel 1972 Dodge Monaco
Upper Mount 1/2 " Lower Mount 11/16 "
Compressed 13.53 " Extended 22.39 " Travel Huh

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KYB Shocks One Size Fits All !!! #5512 Gas Adjust
Compressed 13.98 " Extended 22.64 " Travel 8.66 "
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KYB Shocks One Size Fits All !!! #343159 GR2
Compressed 13.98 " Extended 22.44 " Travel 9.06 "

dont forget--- the shock needs to extend farther than when the leaf spring is fully hanging down.

This is the shock we ended up putting on the dart . It is a monroe #32364 I could never come up with a application for it other than the box says LT ( light truck ) It has the right type of mounts other than the top bushing had to be enlarged a little ( DRILLING OUT A RUBBER BUSHING IS ALWAYS A PLEASURE ) and it has extended length of 28 in. and a collapased length of 16 in. they were 22.00 ea. at O'rielly auto parts.

Quote from: 496dart on September 11, 2007, 12:43:32 AM

dont forget--- the shock needs to extend farther than when the leaf spring is fully hanging down.

I found that out the hard way!