[Marv D]

My experience with lowering springs is that they are a VERY rigid , short spring. Means they do everything exactly the opposite of what we want in a drag suspension. No stored energy to make the front rise (and not much rise available) and a heavy rear doesn't allow the shock to work. Adjustable shocks are to adjust the rate at which the spring forces and pitch rotation of the chassis works. You can see how a hard, heavy short spring designed to keep the entire weight from bottoming out in VERY short travel isn't going to be your best friend. Not saying you can't make it work in your combination,, just your going to have to work harder at it. Getting the truck low doesn't mean you give up suspension travel. Having LOTS of travel in the direction of pitch rotation, and dampening that travel with a adjustable shock is the standard in a race car suspension from my point of view. Adjustable shocks,, GOOD adjustable shocks , is going to be key. Koni and Strange make some of the best manually adjustable shocks and struts out there in my opinion,,, but lots of folks using AFCO and the Varishock from Alston. Get ready for some serious hits to the budget,,, quality suspension parts don't come cheap.