Big bore shocks on a WOIN racer setup

Post by **pumpkinfish** » Wed Mar 12, 2014 9:52 am

I just scored a set of B5 big bores on eBay. I notice on the modern cars they mount behind the front shock tower. Is this necessary on the WOIN setup with extended nose? Is there a performance gain or geometry gain from this? I have seen guys having to shim the rear tower out to avoid the socks being at an angle so I should be good there. I'm just curious about the fronts.

Post by **janaya** » Wed Mar 12, 2014 2:09 pm

From what I have read the biggest reason for having the shocks mounted behind the front shock tower is to bring the weight lower for a better center of gravity.

Post by **RC10th** » Wed Mar 12, 2014 5:05 pm

What Janaya said.

I'm too am currently waiting for big bores to arrive for my car and wondering about shock set up too. How much shimming does the rear tower need?

Post by **pumpkinfish** » Wed Mar 12, 2014 7:05 pm

I think I read 4mm on Joey's ReRe build thread.

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