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ds, go for all the power/tq you can get that the hv can handle. you'll never regret it.the 5x5's will be a greatimprovement with the ds front. gonna be a whole new ride .
So here's a question for you gents;Sounds like the choice of going 5x5 will compliment our new fronts ends well. So being we have to re-do shock mounts and such, what is the best or standard practice for this? Typically I haven't put alot of thought into this and always did "what worked". But I would like to put some rhyme and reasoning into this round. What is the optimal shock angle to shoot for? Or straight-ish? Bottom mount ahead of or behind axle center line? Or is this determined by shock angle? I've seen so many different ways of this being done maybe it doesnt matter but I would assume it does and some general rules apply here. Love to hear some thoughts on this. Thanks
On my bucket list of builds someday ends with a 3.5 EcoBoost in the back of it. For the differences in HP/Torque and weight I'd definitely choose the 3.5 over the 2.7. Alot more aftermarket support for it as well. I cant imagine the fun a 2.7 or 3.5 would be after having hands on experience with the 2.0 and 2.3's.
Quote from: Aprilfools on December 26, 2021, 07:15:35 PMSo here's a question for you gents;Sounds like the choice of going 5x5 will compliment our new fronts ends well. So being we have to re-do shock mounts and such, what is the best or standard practice for this? Typically I haven't put alot of thought into this and always did "what worked". But I would like to put some rhyme and reasoning into this round. What is the optimal shock angle to shoot for? Or straight-ish? Bottom mount ahead of or behind axle center line? Or is this determined by shock angle? I've seen so many different ways of this being done maybe it doesnt matter but I would assume it does and some general rules apply here. Love to hear some thoughts on this. Thanksthis is an interesting question and one that has many answers thats not maddening so it really comes down to the amount of wheel travel you wish to achieve and the available room you have to place the shock. as far as size of shock, choice of shock type etc etc that will be determined by your intent. if you want the best of all worlds then external by pass and coil overs. next step down would be internally bypassed coil overs with remote resi. if you like to jump and your rail is in the 2klb plus category then you'll want 2.5 shocks and an external bypass shock next to it. if you want to simplify that then go with the 3.0 interally bypassed coil over like. as far as wheel travel goes.......well that will be determined by how high of shock to wheel ratio's you want to run which will require the appropriate coils. so say you want 20" wheel travel out of a 10" stroke shock, 2:1 shock/wheel ratio. in the past most tried to keep the ratios as close to 1.5:1 but with the heavier rails the higher ratios with stronger coils seem to make for better rides.i do believe when the day come and i install the ecoboost 6cyl that i will be swapping to internally by pass'd 3.0 fox in the rear. if i have room i may even go to the 3.5 or 4.0this of course is just my opinion as these choices are driver by driver choices.