brainbypass mod

is there any way to add a third column to that list showing change in ride height?

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Pitstain

Front double convoluted Shockwave 3.0 data





Rear tapered Shockwave 9000 series data

Pitstain

The design of the bag greatly affect the progressivness of the springrate.

Front shockwave (VERY progressive)



Rear 9000 series Shockwave (minimally progressive, at least compared to the front units or leafsprings)

deebee53

This is what the Lincoln bags look like.

Tim Skelton

Ian, is there any way to set the ride height on the front?

Pitstain

In the front as well?

I will be making/modifying jack plate mounts for the lower arm spring pocket, OR if need be will fab and weld on adjustable upper mounts that will take the place of the factory spring/shock perch/tower.

brainbypass mod

i like that idea!

Pitstain

something like this for the rear...



something like this up front....

Pitstain

Shockwave shock dyno information for the double adjustable Varishock based Shockwave units.

This shows 0 clicks, 8 clicks, and 16 clicks, all at 12 ips Velocity equal to .3048 meters per second velocity.

Multiply all In/pound measurements by 0.1130 for the equivalent in Newton/meters

deebee53

That is exactly what the fronts look like. The rears are individual bags.

Front



Rear

Pitstain

Very nice, those look to be rather linear in their springrates based on what I have been told and read, for the truck we unfortunatley need the double-bubble bags for the load rating or I would run the 9000 series front and back.

Tim Skelton

Sorry, I should have been more clear -- is there any way to adjust the ride height on the Shockwaves on a stock truck as delivered from ART without any fabrication?

Tim Skelton

Hey, a progressive spring rate is not optimal on the track, but will be damn nice for street duty (in your case, doing battle with the world-famous Bronx potholes).

FordFanStan

That looks so badazz. What do you think a high quality professional suspension fab shop would charge to do something like that on our front ends? Stan

Pitstain

No they are a fixed configuration that ART says will drop a stock F-150 2 inches at the normal ride height of the Shockwaves, since I already have the drop spindles I will need to make the mount at the top adjustable somewhat.

Not optimal for the track, but with the proper effort surely workable. And hell yes, my tush and GF will thank the sweet baby jesus for the air ride in pothole land.

I'd say the skys the limit, maybe 4 grand, maybe more.