Okay I am trying to find out what kind of shock I need. I have a lowerd L and I do aoto-x and road racing, what would be a good allaround shock, front and rear??

 

BILSTEINS

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2001 Lightning, silver, escort 8500, ranger 2950dx dual band radio, wilson 2000 ant., bot/picked up on 05/08/01, 1997 f150 xlt 4.6L 4x2 with: a/f one fipk, superchip, optima battery, bbk 75mm throttle body, edelbrock ias shocks--2001 lightning to come(she came--see above)

 

I use pro shocks.but what you really need to find out is what spring rates you have and buy a shock that has the dampening abilities of that spring rate, ie.,for me 900+ spring rate in the ft, shock is 610 bounce and 700 rebound.Hope this does not confuse you.It all dependes on what type of ride you are after and how crazy you get on the track.

 

How did you lower your L?

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Regards,
George
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Red 2000 Lightning, #4033

1967 CJ-5 (0 - 3 mph: yes)
White 1996 Whippet (600 yard course, 6 turns: 40 Seconds)
Red Wheaton 1995 Ridgeback (1/2 loaf of bread, 6 bites, 4 seconds)
New addition:
2001 RR Puppy: 0 to stumble - next two months

 

What class of autocross are we talking about. Stock, prepared...

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Andy Whittle
White 2000
#2482 of 4966
Built 4/27/00

My Autocross car

 

I'd like to know also. would the 01L Bilsteins bump you out of stock?
Mike

 

Lots of variables. Spring rates, what class you plan to run, how much you want to spend? How low your truck is makes a big difference in the length.

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2000 Silver Lightning 13.16 (so far)
PSP 4-way
PSP Filter Kit
PSP Lower Pulley
Level 10 Shift kit
F-250 Trans pan
MagnaFlow 12468
Snug-Lid

I feel a 12.xx coming on.

Team PSP West

 

Shocks are free to change provided that they mount to the stock mounts and that they have no more than 3 adjustment *****.

Andy

 

My front spring rate is 900, I have the rouch rear leafs.

Ruslow, Please give more info on the shocks you are talking about. How can I figure out what shocks for the front and rear would be??

Paul

 

Believe it or not the ft shocks that I use are a variation of the street stock shock on the dirty cars.They are made for the G Body GMs[I know]ie regals, montys etc.The valving that you need is going to depend on what you plan on doing with the truck and the road surfaces.When I was auto xing I had 50/50 valved shock simply because the courses were smooth.But if they are rough it getts much more harder to choose.
Also am looking at having eurathane[sp] bushing made for the a arms and maybe playing with lengths of control arms by offset drilling the bushings.Would anyone be interested in just the center drilled bushings?
If you need more help please email me it startes to get more complicated now.Stan

 

Ruslow.....if you can get polygraphite bushings....count me in!

Anthony

 

Ruslow
Stan did you catch my post about the rack & pinion? Sounds like the Blackwood may make converting the L a whole lot easier.

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2000 Silver Lightning 13.16 (so far)
PSP 4-way
PSP Filter Kit
PSP Lower Pulley
Level 10 Shift kit
F-250 Trans pan
MagnaFlow 12468
Snug-Lid

I feel a 12.xx coming on.

Team PSP West

 

YES,I am already researching it as I type.The mechanics at the dealer don't know but are expecting one to come in.They said the crown vics were or are still box steering.But will know in a few days.

 

The new ones Hotchkis will be making.

 

Ruslow, Is there a type of name for the shocks so I can ask my speed shop? What about valving for the rear??

Paul