Looks good Kevan. See, these are the kinds of pics we were wanting, not so much of the blocks themselves. lol Thanks Kevan.
I wasn't. You just missed the other thread: http://www.srtconnection.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10729
Really depends on how may coils are cut from the springs. The ride is a little stiffer, but in Kevan's case, I am sure the ride did not get much worse than OEM.
Got it. Stared at post #17 for a while thinking about that (that's convenient). I didn't see any shocks in that pic. I suppose the truck has enough travel to begin with that compressing the shock that much isn't going to make much difference? Oh wait a minute. Looked again. I can just see it mounted on the sway bar bracket (that pic is really hard to look at for detail if you know what I mean)
If you look at the pic in post #17. sandwiched between the rear end and the leaf springs is a shiny block. The U-bolts are holding this all together. That block did not come from the factory. Kevan and I added this block to move the leaf springs and the rear end further apart. The back of the truck is connected to the leaf springs, the tires and connected to the rear end. So the tires and the bed got closer together,Lowering the truck. Does that help? Oh and the shocks on this thing are damn near 2 feet long there is plenty of travel left in them. the rear end would hit the frame before the shock bottomed out.
Yep, I stared at post #17 (painful) and figured it out. Only change to the suspension is that the shock, under normal load, would be compressed by the height of the block. Nice.
Thanks for all the compliments folks! The ride was rough to begin with. This is a sport truck, designed for racing....high-speed and twisty tracks. You feel every part of the pavement. There's no 'cushy' with this thing. If you want cushy, buy a Buick. The OEM shocks have a good bit of travel in both directions, so the extra 1.5" or so isn't going to affect the shock's performance much, if at all. Once you go past the 2" lowering mark, new shocks will be needed. Although the rear springs could care less about most things, they did say they LOVED my lowering block design. Even sent me a nice Thank You card. The shock on that side is toward the rear of the vehicle; on the other side of the truck it's mounted toward the front. Not my preferred setup, but it works fine. On my recent trip to Indy and back (400 mi), the truck handled great. I didn't really get a chance to test out traction, but I'm sure it's still not there. LOL
It's not the lawyer. It's the USPTO. We're just waiting for the paperwork back from them saying it's been filed. Sorry for the delay, but it's out of my/our hands.
