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Not a Z but I am building the 510 wagon's suspension, Ross has be covered in the front but its the rear leaf setup that I need some guidance on.

 

The stock leaf suspension will be lowered about 2". Now, to get the shock back in range I am going to run a shorter shock, and with a little less travel.

 

What are the differences between car and truck shocks???? Seems that all the ones I look at with the correct dimensions are all truck or van shocks...

 

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Valving might be different, but other than that if it bolts up you should be good to go.

 

I know some people that run a wagon at autox and they had trouble lowering it too much because the axle hit the floor.

 

I have a KICK ASS suggestion for leaf springs too! Check out the sliders mentioned in this article: http://www.afcoracing.com/tech_pages/leaf.shtml

 

Here they are for sale on AFCO's website:

http://www.secureperformanceorder.com/afcostore/getproduct.cfm?CategoryID=14&ClassID=180&SubclassID=851&ProductID=985

 

I used these things on my Toyota truck when I was autoxing it. It lowers the car because the shackle is eliminated, and it eliminates the slop in the shackles. When you stomp on the brakes in a leaf sprung car the shackles "stand up" and this creates excessive nose dive. Also when you corner hard the shackles lean over and the rear end can actually move side to side. On some cars with really worn leaf spring bushings you can actually see the inside tire come out of the fenderwell on hard corners. The sliders eliminate that as well. And they're virtually stiction free. When I first put them on my Toyota and the bearings were all nice and new you could move the rear suspension by pushing down on the bed WITH ONE FINGER!!! I used those and some traction bars and that thing was freakin planted!

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Thanks !

 

That site has a lot of good information on a leaf spring setup. i'll look into the sliders..

 

I will be flipping one of the springs to see how much lower I need to go.. and the spring rate. I like the slider idea. I'm not putting any lowering blocks on it.. It doesn't leave you much room to work with and those sliders might do the trick..

 

I wonder where I can get some size information on the sliders??

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