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<blockquote data-quote="bubblehead93" data-source="post: 14862019" data-attributes="member: 96609"><p>the MM upper shock mounts eliminate all compliance in the upper shock mount without reducing your available shock travel like some kits which install a clevis in which the upper shock eye (typically a spherical bearing for most coil-overs) which costs you a couple inches...</p><p></p><p>the kit looks like this (clipped from ebay, forgot to take any pictures of the kit before installation, note, the actual mounts are anodized black vice blue)...</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]42864[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>From my previous post you can see that the shock tower brace is sandwiched between the top of the shock tower and the upper bushing for the shock, so if installed with a brace the MM shock mount would be on top of the brace, another 1/8" higher up than intended... no big deal if your going to run the MM rear coil-overs, a 2.25" ID spring/spring cups, no interference issues...</p><p></p><p>When you go to a conventional 2.5" ID coil-over set-up, moving the upper mount north by an 1/8" exacerbates some already tight tolerances... bottomline, the 2.5" spring/spring cups pushes the limits of what can fit in the stock shock mount pockets. As a result I pushed the MM upper shock mounts as far outboard as I could, flush with the wheel tub and slightly forward which gives more clearance inside the shock pocket. In reality this moves the CL of the shock about a 1/4" outboard and a 1/8" or so forward... this plus some trimming which I show below generates enough clearance to mount the shock in its stock location.</p><p></p><p>This caused me to modify the KB brace...</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]42865[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>by removing the hashed out material, it allowed the brace to dove-tail into the top of the shock tower, so that the MM upper shock mount did not have to stack on top of the brace, this dropped the brace down another 1/8" and fixed much of the fit issues (well that and a little notching, hammering, and re-welding)...</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]42866[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>apologize for the gloss black paint, realized now you can't see much as a result due to the flash...</p><p></p><p>Now for the drag racing part of the story... picked up this QA1 setup from Summit... (Summit P/N HAL-HD601S-14150 w/14" 150# springs for the front and HAL -DD701 w/10" 400# springs) plus a kit to convert the upper spherical bearing on the rear shocks into a stock style stud setup to fit the MM upper shock mount as well as 5/8" lower spherical bearings (also for the rear shocks, they come with 1/2" bearing installed, I will need to bush the 5/8" bearings to fit snug on the factory lower shock bolt in the rear)... </p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]42867[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>to be continued...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bubblehead93, post: 14862019, member: 96609"] the MM upper shock mounts eliminate all compliance in the upper shock mount without reducing your available shock travel like some kits which install a clevis in which the upper shock eye (typically a spherical bearing for most coil-overs) which costs you a couple inches... the kit looks like this (clipped from ebay, forgot to take any pictures of the kit before installation, note, the actual mounts are anodized black vice blue)... [ATTACH]42864.vB[/ATTACH] From my previous post you can see that the shock tower brace is sandwiched between the top of the shock tower and the upper bushing for the shock, so if installed with a brace the MM shock mount would be on top of the brace, another 1/8" higher up than intended... no big deal if your going to run the MM rear coil-overs, a 2.25" ID spring/spring cups, no interference issues... When you go to a conventional 2.5" ID coil-over set-up, moving the upper mount north by an 1/8" exacerbates some already tight tolerances... bottomline, the 2.5" spring/spring cups pushes the limits of what can fit in the stock shock mount pockets. As a result I pushed the MM upper shock mounts as far outboard as I could, flush with the wheel tub and slightly forward which gives more clearance inside the shock pocket. In reality this moves the CL of the shock about a 1/4" outboard and a 1/8" or so forward... this plus some trimming which I show below generates enough clearance to mount the shock in its stock location. This caused me to modify the KB brace... [ATTACH]42865.vB[/ATTACH] by removing the hashed out material, it allowed the brace to dove-tail into the top of the shock tower, so that the MM upper shock mount did not have to stack on top of the brace, this dropped the brace down another 1/8" and fixed much of the fit issues (well that and a little notching, hammering, and re-welding)... [ATTACH]42866.vB[/ATTACH] apologize for the gloss black paint, realized now you can't see much as a result due to the flash... Now for the drag racing part of the story... picked up this QA1 setup from Summit... (Summit P/N HAL-HD601S-14150 w/14" 150# springs for the front and HAL -DD701 w/10" 400# springs) plus a kit to convert the upper spherical bearing on the rear shocks into a stock style stud setup to fit the MM upper shock mount as well as 5/8" lower spherical bearings (also for the rear shocks, they come with 1/2" bearing installed, I will need to bush the 5/8" bearings to fit snug on the factory lower shock bolt in the rear)... [ATTACH]42867.vB[/ATTACH] to be continued... [/QUOTE]
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