pyrojim
Well-Known Member
I just put 002 and 003 s on my 71 dart. 8 3/4 and needed the offset shackles.
I'll be your huckleberry Rob.
Go old school...Meaning cheep and affective.
Get yourself a Monroe 32128 C body shock. Totals 26.250 in length.
Measures a full 3" longer than the Monroe A body shock.
This shock will give the suspension the full travel it needs,on the launch. :burnout:
Just ordered a set to try.
I'll be your huckleberry Rob.
Go old school...Meaning cheep and affective.
Get yourself a Monroe 32128 C body shock. Totals 26.250 in length.
Measures a full 3" longer than the Monroe A body shock.
This shock will give the suspension the full travel it needs,on the launch. :burnout:
Just ordered a set to try.
I took your advise on these 32128 Monroe shocks. There is one problem I came across. The top shock bushings are smaller . So the shock won't slide over the top shock bolt. What did you do when you came to this problem?
Really? I put a pair on the back of my Coronet before Christmas. They fit right on. I wonder of the shock bolts are different?
I went from the wrong SS springs ie the 2800 lb ones that the nunyuck who did my resto put in to the 002-003 springs and my KYB shocks are still fine , no wheel hop, but I sure wouldn't want em with a 7.25 they hit the tires way too hard for such a wimpy rear end .
i put ss springs on both my cars last year. didn't drill anything or change shocks, did change u bolts (broke the old ones) '69 dart & '70 duster. don't like the lean either so i put both 02's on the duster & the 03's on the dart. mopar al is still fussing about it.
Yeah I always wondered why people buy two of the same number springs. It's a waste of money, IMO. If that's what you want, then get the XHD springs. I've run SS springs on the past 4 Mopars I had and drove them very much on the street and it didn't bother me at all.
Agreed! I think you're asking (waiting) to walk home :burnout: Get that 8-3/4 in there.
I've run the 002/003's for 18 years with the Mopar longer shocks, no snubber, 9 x 29" tire= 1.45 60 ft. all day :glasses7:
If you drilled them you probably went with the CBody shocks as that seems to be the draw back of using them , I just wanted people to know the correct shocks do exist and are available , there is quite a bit of stuff still in stock from the Performance catalog and most of it is priced as old stock clearance so it's always worth looking up the part number and making a call to your dealership .
I just ordered a set of 002s and 003s for my '74 Dart Sport.
Now i'm curious about the upper shock bolt size when using the Monroes too.......
Does anyone have a definite answer on what over the counter shocks/bolts will fit and work for sure and give me enough travel?
Over extending your shocks is the worst thing for them , we used to run limiting cables on our rally car back in the day to prevent over extension when in the air .