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Old Feb 28, 2010 | 10:30 AM
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Ok so lastnight I took out my stock springs and cut 1 coil off and did the heater hose mod. It sits 27 1/4" pass side and 27 1/2" driv side.....Do you think these shocks will be good enough for drag racing? Would I get better 60ft times?
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Old Feb 28, 2010 | 10:43 AM
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I never heard about cutting your springs to get performance, i always though the car would ride worse after.

Were you having problems before? it might be tires that are holding you back.
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Old Feb 28, 2010 | 10:46 AM
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Cuting springs hurts the rate of the spring..And what shocks do you have? The springs might end up hurting you now, time will tell, Good tires and a good shock/spring set up is everything when your trying to get a car to hook up!
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Old Feb 28, 2010 | 01:18 PM
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I have stock springs and stock 180k mile shocks that are blown. My tires are 255-50-16 et street radials. Just seem to spin more than i would like
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Old Feb 28, 2010 | 01:47 PM
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Competition Engineering drag shocks & stock springs work well on rear,,fronts are a different matter.
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Do you have any pictures of it? How much of a gap is there in the wheel wells from the top of the tire to the fender? I was thinking about cutting some extra springs I have to use on a friends car. I have a couple sets of extra OEM springs just laying around and gathering dust.

New shocks would help. KYB AGX shocks are cheap and would work.
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