Shock plate mount with lowered mounting point?

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khuebner250

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Does anyone make a shock plate that has a lower than stock mounting stud. I'm running hotchkis spring and would like to gain some shock travel before I blow out my fox shocks. Lmk what you know.

Thanks,
Keith

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I make my own shock plates and use a double shear lower shock mount. The double shear mount can be placed wherever it needs to go to provide you with the proper shock length. I might have something out in the shop that would work for you.
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AndyF said:
I make my own shock plates and use a double shear lower shock mount. The double shear mount can be placed wherever it needs to go to provide you with the proper shock length. I might have something out in the shop that would work for you.
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Are they 1/4" steel and do you think there's enough room to drill and weld shock studs to add the distance needef? And not use double shear mount.
 
you could fab a small bracket, that uses a bolt and the holes in Andy's mount, and provides a lower mounting point.

i can't tell for sure, but are your plates installed with the mount pin down or up?
 
khuebner250 said:
Are they 1/4" steel and do you think there's enough room to drill and weld shock studs to add the distance needef? And not use double shear mount.
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Double shear is a much better design than having the shock stuck on a stud. Your Fox shocks would probably work better double shear since the mount will be stiffer.
 
You only get more compression at the loss of rebound length. Only changing the compression/rebound length ratio not total travel. Likes standing or sitting, you are the same height when you stand up.
 
Duane said:
I cannot get an explanation how the Caltrac bar is attached to his shock mount. There is no mounting bracket showing in his shock bracket picture.
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your talking about @AndyF's bracket?
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i think he just added the tabs for the caltracs to the bracket he already made. i'm sure he'd be happy to make a set for you


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Duane said:
I asked him to explain it and he never answered my question.
I too may be interested in his shock brackets, but I may run Caltracs as well and am not sure how he accomplished both features there.
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guess i'm not understanding what you are not seeing.
red arrow to caltracs. tabs welded to bottom of plate, i assume. yellow to shock mount
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vs what caltracs supplies
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heck, the ones on his car maybe caltacs plates with the shock tabs added on...
 
kursplat said:
guess i'm not understanding what you are not seeing.
red arrow to caltracs. tabs welded to bottom of plate, i assume. yellow to shock mount
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vs what caltracs supplies
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heck, the ones on his car maybe caltacs plates with the shock tabs added on...
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Right now go back to post #2 and tell me what you see.
There is no Caltrac transfer force bar mounting bracket in that pic or the pic on his website. Does he also sell the Caltrac bracket to weld on to his shock plate?
 
Duane said:
Right now go back to post #2 and tell me what you see.
There is no Caltrac transfer force bar mounting bracket in that pic or the pic on his website. Does he also sell the Caltrac bracket to weld on to his shock plate?
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post# 2: that is the standard plate he makes that has his style shock mounts. post# 13: pic# 1, shows his car with caltracs mounts added to the same design. i don't know what he has in stock or if he's making these right now or if he offers the caltracs tabs separately
 
kursplat said:
post# 2: that is the standard plate he makes that has his style shock mounts. post# 13: pic# 1, shows his car with caltracs mounts added to the same design. i don't know what he has in stock or if he's making these right now or if he offers the caltracs tabs separately
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Right that's what I am trying to find out, but he's not sayin for some reason.
 
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