CRT.5 Big Bore Shocks done easy & cheap

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Originally Posted by Finnster

GO-Ride: How do you determine what length to cut the springs too? Why wouldn't you cut them short enough to use the stock shock mounting holes? LMK, as I don't want to trim any springs until I am sure on what I am doing. Thanks

Just from watching the car on the track it seemed that the yellows were pretty close in rate to what I wanted, but they were so long that I could not get the right ride height (bones level w/ 2.2 truck tires). So, I cut 1 coil off and tested them, the car still sat too high. I cut a second coil off and now the car needed a bit of preload to get bones level.

I don't have the crt.5 here with me, but if I remember right with the shocks mounted in the standard shock tower holes it was going to be very difficult to get the right ride height and the wheels would be very limited on up travel. From my experience with the car on the track mounting both the front and rear upper shock mounts inward gives the car good handling in the corners, lots of up travel for rough sections, and enough droop for big jumps.