What do staggered rear shocks mean?

[Stanglover]

The driver's side shock on a staggered shock car is mounted behind the axle. It uses two of the passenger side lower shock plates, and a special upper mount welded to the trunk floor.

Like Sherriff41 noted, it's really not worth the effort to retrofit this setup. It causes issues with exhaust fitment, and there are much better ways of handling axle hop.


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That picture shows a similar color to what I found under my gas tank, but slightly bluer than my "slop grey" underbody paint.

 

[Hemikiller]

That picture shows a similar color to what I found under my gas tank, but slightly bluer than my "slop grey" underbody paint.

I grabbed that off the 429 Megasite, definitely wouldn't use it as a reference for anything color wise. Who knows how old the pic is.

 

[Stanglover]

I grabbed that off the 429 Megasite, definitely wouldn't use it as a reference for anything color wise. Who knows how old the pic is.

I agree.

 

[MaddMike]

The driver's side shock on a staggered shock car is mounted behind the axle. It uses two of the passenger side lower shock plates, and a special upper mount welded to the trunk floor.

Like Sherriff41 noted, it's really not worth the effort to retrofit this setup. It causes issues with exhaust fitment, and there are much better ways of handling axle hop.


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Thanks for the info and comments. After I wrote the post I realized there is the 2nd shock mount hole behind the axle - as pictured. I have an extra passenger side plate and I need to look beneath to see if it is set up for it to make the switch, if it is, I will do it just to have it correct. If not, no prob, I have Lakewood bars on it already. I never beat on it but she does get a slap on the ass to jump, occasionally.

 

[Sheriff41]

Traction Master (TM) underride bars function different than traction bars and the Caltrac bars. TM bars stabilize the axel housing's rotational movement during acceleration and during heavy braking. This is why Shelby had them on the early GT 350s; they worked well for sports car racing. (The early GT 350s initially used override bars that required cutting the floors. These weren't production friendly so they changed to the underride style.)