i've seen another car used to shorten the pole of shock absorber in the front suspension.
they are using kyb gas shocks, their theory is that being the shock shortened, there is less movement for the front of the car to rise since there is no more "play movement" in the shock. i hope u do get my point. they said it works like strapping down the fron end of the car.

did anyone done this before? d car is not daily driven so they don't care if the ride is bad for the streets. im planning to do that to, but i need to be sure it is safe. tnx.

 

by the way im using adjustable coilovers..

 

I believe you are trying to say this about the shortened shock bodies, this is what Skunk2 says about their shocks.

Sport Shocks are designed with shorter shock bodies and short strokes so they will perform better and have more travel and be more durable at lowered ride heights.

 

Some shocks such as Koni Sport SP3's only have a shortened piston, which really does nothing but limit droop. It doesn't give the shock any additional compression travel. In fact the more you limit droop, the more likely the tired will leave the pavement which can cause undesirable handling or even unsafe driving characteristics.

 

im referring to a oem shock, then the bolt top of the piston is machined to be shortened.. so it looks like a same shock body but short piston. so that the piston cannot move anymore, therefore preventing the front to rise when launching.

is it bad? any long term effects?

 

I think it will just make the front wheels more likely to have massive wheel hop. Limiting front droop makes the suspension have more difficulty keeping the tires in contact with the pavement.

 

thnx for the reply., i guess i would stick to my endless shock absorber then.. i would just lower the front suspension to prevent the front from rising up during launch.

 

i doubt anyone is machining or cutting down oem shock pistons.

 

get stiffer rear springs. lowering the front won't do anything to help your front end from lifting.

 

yeah even the highest-HP pro FWD drag cars use wheelie bars mainly to just prevent rearward weight transfer - not to keep the front end from lifting off the ground. This ain't no Top Fuel funny car

 

first of all no one machines the pistons, they might shorten the piston rods. When the shock body is not shortened and the rod is shorter than it should be, it just has rebound stop added inside to make the damper have less droop. (droop limiter).