Cantilever rear shocks

[howdiy]

I don't really feel like cutting up the rear of my truck and making a shock hoop. So last night I was trying to fall asleep and thought of a cantilever setup. Then I remembered petersons 4x4 did it on their z71.

I have some left over edelbrock ias shocks that I will use for now. Down the road I'll get some custom valvable shocks.

I think the edelbrock shocks are 8" stroke so I need to make it a 2:1 ratio to get 16" of travel.

Now I just need to find durable pivot point and get drawing on cad.

 

[dhcomp]

Cool idea, but is it really worth the effort? Isn't the shock going to need to be twice as stiff (or 1/2.....my brain isn't working) to function properly?

 

[howdiy]

Doing some research it will need to be 4x as stiff. The edelbrocks will be a little weak, but they are still stiffer than the el cheapos.

I'm going to build the shock mount width to the width of a king bypass shock. 8" bypasses aren't too expensive used.

The most expensive this will probably be the pivot assembly, I may just have a delrin bushing machined and call it good. The heims would be pretty cheap if I only used 1/2"

I think it would be worth it. If I ever used it as an expedition rig I would have full use of the rear. I decided not to cut it up and try and make it into a hardcore rock rig. I Just want something like you could use on the ultimate adventure. I'll save the hardcore stuff for a buggy build.