Monroe air shocks

jos51700 said

Gotta disagree with some of that.

Yes the wheels are unevenly loaded. When the snubber strikes the floor pan, the weight transfer of the vehicle ceases to compress the rear suspension and the weight is then transmitted directly to the axle thru the snubber. This increases traction dramatically. Think equal and opposite reaction.

The imbalance in the loading at the tires is ONLY addressed by the springs. If you could disconnect the springs and somehow launch, the body would just pivot around a bottomed out snubber.

This is precisely why the mp super stock springs are heavier on one side.

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This is where I found air shocks weren't just good for when I had the ski-boat behind, full of camping gear, trunk full of everything else, or when I had a couple of fat friends in the back seat, shocks up to over 50, - but when I was at the strip, I could pre-load the rear shocks, 12lbs.ish drivers side, 16lbs ish pass side, do bunny hops around the lot to set tires and shocks for best contact .
Worked great on my 62 Max, and my 69 Swinger, and got the hardware to prove it !
(Yes, I know the shocks weren't supposed to go that low)
Cheers .

P.S. The car in my Avatar has had air-shocks in it since about 3 weeks after I drove it off the dealership lot new, - the upper shock crossmember is as new ! ! No Drama ! . lol