Do you need quad shocks?

[DirtyD916]

do you even need th equad shocks? HOw would removing them effect your car at the strip and on the street.

 

[blk92stangg]

I never had the balls to run without them, but the general consensus seems to be that while it depends from car to car, it is likely that you will experience wheel hop on hard launches.

 

[DirtyD916]

damn. Cause i was thinking about some large rims such as 10.5 or 10 wide and was wondering if flipping it wasnt enough that removing it might have to be an option.

 

[blk92stangg]

Ah, well if you get uppper and lower control arms, I heard that you can toss the quads. Try doing a search to see what you can find.

 

[HISSIN50]

Blk92 is right. why do you want to ditch them? wheel width issues?

 

[-86GTStang]

..Quad shocks..

Keep them if you can, and if you are doing mostly street driving. Remember, you need to change them, if they are old and rusty. Just remove them, and check for tight, firm
compression/decompression. IF you got a clearance problem, remove them, but bee ware of weelhop !
My friend got 4.11s ,FMS upper control arms, and Edelbrock lowers, FMS rear springs, and Poly Spring isolators, and he got weelhop problems after removing the Quads and installed the 4.11s. His running 275/50-15 tires, and got a rubbing problem (Welds,9" )
..and I run the same springs, Isolators, tires/Welds, but 3.73s and Steeda Billet lowers and Steeda Tube alu.uppers
with polys and I dont have any wheelhop problems...?
Could bee his 4.11s in combination with the hard,rubber bushings in the upper FMS control arms.
So, now he is using his old Wheels again(225/60s) and
installed the Quads for street use.
( removing the quads gives you a bit faster suspension travel, nice for track use...) just my .02

 

[9 Deuce GT]

With upper and lower control arms, ditch the quads.

 

[joelliott]

Where did you guys get the poly bushings? Are they the ones that are thicker than stock? I need to bump my rear end up a bit to level out the ride. I was thinkin of slappin in a set of these poly isolator on the rear and being alright. Thanks!
Joe E.

 

[joelliott]

Oh forgot, I just put 17x9 corba Rs on the rear with a 255-40 tire. I have 1/4in clearence between the rubber and the flipped quads. I tried running without them but I had alot of vibration when hard driving. It sucked. probably arms need to be replaced but no cash for that now. but I put the quads back on and it drives alot better even with the cheepo monroe quads.
Joe E.

 

[MustangPunk302]

With a quality set of UCA's and LCA's you should be able to ditch the quads without problems.