quad shock questions
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Sharad
ALWAYS choose the V over the P!!! Wait... what?
They're just band-aids to compensate for the awful factory control arms without affecting NVH...
...unless your name is MFE, and then they are awesome!!
Exactly. The factory 4-link rear had rubber bushings which allowed for deflection while turning (attempted to prevent suspension bind) and this deflection can results in nasty wheel hop. The quad shocks were installed to minimize the potential for wheel hop.
...unless your name is MFE, and then they are awesome!!
I installed MM LCA's w/ the poly bushing on the body side and the spherical bushing on the diff side and FRPP UCA's. I removed my quad shocks and I don't have any issues with wheel hop, but that's just me.
Same exact setup here.
Without the quad shocks...I had wheel hop. I put them back on and it was gone
I was asking are they used for any other purpose BESIDES wheel hop. I didnt ask if I need them or not lol Hense why i said I may need to REPLACE mine
I dont race and dont do burn outs....often
I didnt know if they help keep your wheels on the ground when going over a bump ect.
so instead of copying and pasting a link that has NOTHING to do with what I asked.. you should read my post again
so ill say it again. Do they serve a purpose besides controlling wheel hop. are they there for any other reason?
The point is this topic has been beaten to death on the forum. The general consensus is that the quad shocks do nothing except prevent wheel hop and it is debatable whether or not they are needed to mitigate wheel hop if you have aftermarket control arms.
I figured it was pretty clear that they serve no purpose other than preventing wheel hop and provided you with a link to a discussion forum so you could decide for yourself if you want to keep them or get rid of them.
Had they served another purpose aside from preventing wheel hop, don't you think people would have included that in the debates about their usefulness?
I figured it was pretty clear that they serve no purpose other than preventing wheel hop and provided you with a link to a discussion forum so you could decide for yourself if you want to keep them or get rid of them.
Had they served another purpose aside from preventing wheel hop, don't you think people would have included that in the debates about their usefulness?
They're just band-aids to compensate for the awful factory control arms without affecting NVH...
...unless your name is MFE, and then they are awesome!!
Or unless you're any of the following people, or the others just like them who never posted, and you're not a forum shill selling knock-off watches out of a trenchcoat.
I removed my quads when I replaced 6 of the 8 bushings in the rear with poly bushings and had to reinstall them because of the wheelhop.
I just installed some lower control arms, and they didnt help at all! I still have wheel hop....
...its a 88 LX i put on JD's performance control arms. I have always heard that you leave the quad shocks off when putting on lower control arms...
[later]...put the quad shocks back on and tightened up all of the bolts, my wheel hop is almost gone...It's interesting how after putting on the quads with the new Control arms, my tires actualy squeal instead of just jump. Pretty exciting
[later still] Lemme just say thanks again to MFE, and all of the other guys who gave me advice to stop the wheel hop. Its totaly gone now. All it took was 5 minutes bolting my quads back on and the wheel hop started fading fast. I think as the parts are wearing in its getting even better. At first I had a little bit of hop, but I took it out today and I couldnt get it to hop at all. Thanks again guys.
mustanglx91
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If you leave them on, and travel faster than 88mph, you will travel thru time. Quad shocks are that amazing
skunk21
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Like already stated the quad shocks are there to control wheel hop and to absorb the swisting action of the axle housing. quads came in full production on '85 and up stangs and started showing up on the '84 SVO and some early '84 mustangs. Pre quad days Ford used a traction bar type set up to control axle hop. I swapped over to police rear uppers and maximum motorsports lowers, '01 bullitt springs, etc and had to put the quads back in. some can get away without I couldn't and from reading other posts not alot have. If you want factory quads ( they are skinny and the body is smaller than aftermarket w/o the need to cut the dust cover) you can still get them just order them for a 2004 stang, they used the same quad up to '04.
I was never gonna get rid of them. I figure if they are on the car they are on there for a reason. I was trying to find out if they were on there for any other reason besides wheel hop. cause mine are stock and im pretty sure my car has 190,000 miles plus on the car.
My back end seems to bounce off the ground a lot over bumps and twists a little when the car shifts. just trying to find out if new quads could fix the problem.
I already have newer shocks and struts in the front and back
My back end seems to bounce off the ground a lot over bumps and twists a little when the car shifts. just trying to find out if new quads could fix the problem.
I already have newer shocks and struts in the front and back
Your rear "bounces" because its a solid rear axle. The quad shocks will not help the twisting. Your bushings are moving around and thats why your car is sloppy when you apply torque to the rear end.
Next time you are under the car, take a small pry bar or a large screw driver and lift up on the rear control arm where it connects to the rear axle. Yo will be suprised at how little force it takes to move them. The factory rubber bushings are very soft and made to give a nice ride, thats about all they are good for.
Well, after reading this post on and off again for the past week, I decided to throw my quads back on and see if they made a difference in my launching on street tires....Nope! But I did end up doing some huge burnouts and a few doughnuts in an abandoned parking lot about 1:00am this morning So it was worth the "test run"!
So it was worth the "test run"!
Sharad
ALWAYS choose the V over the P!!! Wait... what?
That right there, THAT'S funny!
"Pssst! Hey buddy? Wanna buy a billet vacuum tree?"
Nah, we forum shills aren't all about the sales... sometimes we say things like "Pssst! Hey MFE... wanna race?"
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