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Author Topic: Eliminating quad shocks AcesWild85 ¯ Member # 2616 posted                              I heard it mentioned a while back that if you buy aftermarket control arms that you can get rid of your quad shocks. Can you still get rid of them if you box the stock control arms as such: http://www.fordmuscle.com/archives/2001/03/controlarms/ -------------------- College student and U.S. Marine; The possibilities are endless... Mustangs aren't built; they're born! Posts: 844 | From: San Jose, CA | Registered: Mar 2003  |  : Stimson _ Member # 51 posted                              General rule of thumb is: its okay to run with out them as long as you don't experience wheel hop. Posts: 2373 | Registered: Jun 2000  |  : Red97SVT ¯ Member # 2811 posted                              Just an added point that they or something that compesates for the loss of the uppers (like a panhard bar) are needed for handeling corners. Besides controlling hop the uppers help to control side to side motion of the rear end. They dont do a real good job of it because by design they bind. This controls the side to side but hurts the dampening control. -------------------- Engine: HCI forged 0.30' over N/A. Suspension: Full Griggs by Apex. Drive train: T-56, Auburn pro, 31 spline axles, 3.73s. Posts: 246 | From: Manteca | Registered: May 2003  |  : BlackNGold CaliforniaFords.com Moderator Member # 655 posted                              Quad shocks are there only to help with wheel hop caused by axle wind up.....Getting rid of the quad shocks will not make you corner any better or worse, but it will increase wheel hop with stock control arms and stock bushings... Replacing the stock control arms with stiffer bushings helps reduce deflection caused by the rubber bushings, that way reducing wheel hop.. -------------------- -SLOWER TRAFFIC KEEP RIGHT- Posts: 5132 | From: Bay Area, CA | Registered: Dec 2001  |  : Red97SVT ¯ Member # 2811 posted                              Ack.... Sorry my bad. I was thinking of the upper control arms.... -------------------- Engine: HCI forged 0.30' over N/A. Suspension: Full Griggs by Apex. Drive train: T-56, Auburn pro, 31 spline axles, 3.73s. Posts: 246 | From: Manteca | Registered: May 2003  |  : AcesWild85 ¯ Member # 2616 posted                              Is there even any benifit at all to removing quad shocks? -------------------- College student and U.S. Marine; The possibilities are endless... Mustangs aren't built; they're born! Posts: 844 | From: San Jose, CA | Registered: Mar 2003  |  : Norcal95050 ¯ Member # 2941 posted                              Need to remove em if your gonna change susp to a coil-over, (or you have to reverse em) -------------------- 2000 gt - built block, kenne bell sc, t56, full Maximum Motorsport suspension. Posts: 380 | From: San Jose | Registered: Jun 2003  |  : season'd 88 ¯ Member # 169 posted                              pitch em! Posts: 1383 | Registered: Feb 2001  |  : Jim ¯ Member # 2848 posted                              buy a panhard bar, then junkem -------------------- Jim Posts: 50 | From: colfax,ca | Registered: May 2003  |  : WANARNM ¯ Member # 587 posted                              I took my quad shocks of and got wheel hop like crazy.. im putting them back on this week. I will be getting better controls armes down the line but for now.. i will stick with stocks.. -------------------- 89’ Hatch. Completely stock. Posts: 1390 | From: San Jose | Registered: Nov 2001  |  :

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