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FE Power Forums => FE Technical Forum => Topic started by: LuxurySportCoupe on March 22, 2016, 11:13:19 AM
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What are the drag guys running for rear shocks on your galaxies? I've looked around and haven't found much besides stock replacement stuff. The car is going to have a split mono-leaf/caltrac setup this year, and should be right around 600hp, so I'm looking for a better option than non-adjustable factory shock. Thanks guys!
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Get the Cal-Trac rear shocks. They are single adjustable and work great with the Cal-Trac bars and mono leaf springs. I have them on my 64 Galaxie, and that car has sixty footed in the low 1.30s with the whole Cal-Trac setup.
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I'm not seeing rears on Calvert's website. I only see 9 way adjustable rear (not listed for galaxie) and the 90-10 fronts.
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They have them, I think maybe there is an adapter required to make the shocks they sell work on the 64s, but I got mine from them.
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Thanks Jay! I'll give them a call tomorrow
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I have a set of Viking shocks for the rear of my 63. They have a set for early Galaxies, may not show in their current catalog. I dealt directly with one of their reps, he said they could adapt just about any length shock by changing the upper and lower mounts as required.
However, I also have the Calvert rear shocks on my 63 Dodge. That will do a 1.54 60' with nothing more than S/S leaf springs, pinion snubber and those shocks.
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Jay,
When doing drag week in the Galaxie, did you have the drag shocks installed the entire time?
How do they do on the road?
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I don't think I've ever changed or adjusted shocks from the track to the street. The big Gal rides just fine with those shocks, at least with the settings I used. Like cruising along on a big sofa ;D
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Fantastic..... I'll put that on my "drew do list" once the engine build is done. I'd heard some conflicting reports regarding drag shocks on the street. I don't mind changing them at the track, but it's less than ideal. Luckily I live 8 miles from the drag strip.
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I run the same settings on the street as at the track on my daily as well. Handles like a pig, but with 58% on the front wheels, it aint gonna be much better just because I tweak the shock setting, and it wont hook if I do. Hell it wont hook on the street anyway... ::)
Aren't there any Rancho 9000's that will fit on a Galaxy? Thats what Calvert originally recommended when he first came out with the Cal-Tracs, before he came out with his own shocks.
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I've got Rancho's on my 63, but don't recall the part number... They work well.
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Calvert's are Rancho's which are basically a truck shock so you won't find many car specific numbers. They just match up something close and an adapter may be included. The ones for the rear of my Mustang were actually a Toyota 4x4 Front application. They are 9 way adjustable but it just goes from softer to firm with the same bias for both compression and rebound as far as I know. It's a heavier duty shock that's cheap and works well in most applications.