Anyone swap the rear shocks out for something a little stiffer? Seems to be a LOT of weight transfer under hard acceleration causing the front end to unload quite a bit....

Are the shocks in the rear gas or oil?

thanks

-Red

I believe the answer some of us have come up with is massive 315's hooked together with an ARB air locker inside of a 9" Ford running 3.70 gears in the back, just slightly faster wheel speed than the front.

The left or right wheel front torque transfer just translates to a bonus :)

I asked the same question, when first bought it. The truck is all over the road if you're not ready. Pretty scary. Don't believe there's a solution, except to hold on to the steering wheel.
Shocks are gas

I asked the same question, when first bought it. The truck is all over the road if you're not ready. Pretty scary. Don't believe there's a solution, except to hold on to the steering wheel.
Shocks are gas

Not the same question, in your case Bwoody sway bar links will help stabilise the vehicle on the road. I now drive fast highway with one hand on the steering wheel vs 2 before the links. Not a night and day difference but very noticable, the way it should have been from the factory.
The fisrt question was about front to rear weight transfer under hard launch like at the dragstrip, I would like a solution to this one too

Are trucks are a lot more stable at high speeds then you might think. I have over 30 hours of track time in my GCSRT8. I think since we sit up higher then other performance cars it feels less stable than it really is. Check out this link for some in-car video of me following a Porsche GT3.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-833665532575908076&hl=en

Are trucks are a lot more stable at high speeds then you might think. I have over 30 hours of track time in my GCSRT8. I think since we sit up higher then other performance cars it feels less stable than it really is. Check out this link for some in-car video of me following a Porsche GT3.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-833665532575908076&hl=en

I think the issue is a feel of lack of stability as opposed to a lack of actual stability.

The fisrt question was about front to rear weight transfer under hard launch like at the dragstrip, I would like a solution to this one too

I feel the front definitely unloads too much, wasting a lot of hp/tq in the transfer process thus lowering times. If we could get the rear to slight squat and move instead of SLAM the back end / LIFT the front end, it would appear to pickup some power (less wasted power in launch).

I'm going to play with some shock options....an oil-based very slow-rebound front (not allowing the front to decompress as fast) and a stiff compress gas rear (keeping the back from wanting to squat so badly).

Hopefully those are enough without going into spring rates.

-Red

Just thowing this out there.. Would those air bag assits do anything to help/hurt?
http://www.performancesuspension.com/air-bag-ride-suspension.html