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Old 07-04-2008
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Originally Posted by SHY View Post
Elvo, how about mounting the shocks upside down? Might give some more space... and a much lower COG! PLUS, the shafts would be better protected from dust...
Sorry to hijack the thread a little but I always thought that mounting shocks upside down would give rather bad suspension properties due to the higher unsprung mass. It would be like putting weights on the wishbones. This would theoretically make the whole suspension system react slower and outweigh the advantage you would have due to the lower C of G...

Anyone have any thoughts on this?

Thomas, your car looks the dogs bollocks by the way!!!
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