OK, the K5 is the DD as well as the trail rig, so keep that in mind...

I want extended rear shocks to go with the shackle flip, but with the inboard (i think that is how u speel it) shocks, it makes the ride bad and facilitates body roll.

I know when you inboard mount shocks, it lessens the amount of dampening the shock can provide. So now i want to mount the shocks trough the bed & stagger them both forward (as opposed to one forward, one rearward)

I will move all mounts to the top of the axle tub. The hoops would be added to the cage, not sure if i would tire them to the frame, or reinforce the floor.

Does anyone see a problem with this design? or will it be too radical to even drive the k5 on the street? or will it just :nuke: on me?


thanks in advance!
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I'm not sure what you mean by inboard, but unless you need a real long shock because of lots of travel you should be able to run a fairly long shock in the / \ pattern and be done with it.

exactly. the / \ configuration lends itself to body roll to more and more inward they go. I believe the story goes that @ 45* a shock only have 30% of its dampening ability left, because of the geometry.

The shackle flip is gonna add gobs of flex and i am already almost limited by the shocks.

if it was a trail only rig, i would just weld something up betwen the frame and mount them in the / \ configuration.

the idea is to have them both forward mounted on top of the axel tube coming out about 1ft. into the bed.

/ \ is what I think he means by inboarding them...

IF you run em through the bed you'll ocasionally hate it when loading somthing..

but thats somthing to live with..

depending on how much forward you lean them you will be back in hte same place as inboarding them as far as angle/vs dampening/travel goes..

what you can do is figure where you shock is gonna be and then drill a hole saw alittle larger than shock to compensate for angles it will follow during arc or travel...

set up the shock at to front of hole at full droop, so at full stuff it will travel back and not hit body....then set hoops up accordingly..

doing so like this will let you fill the holes in easier..so inside could stay dry when hitting water.. IF this is a concern..

Dont forget that staggered shocks were used by the factory to help controll wheel hop. I dont know how much it helped though, all chevys I have owned had pretty bad wheel hop. :D

I will just be running stiff shocks angled back about 30*. And angling doesnt change a ton, at 45*you still get 70% dampening force not 30%. Eventually when i have money I will have dual soft valved shocks at close to a 45*.