Rear shocks to front of rear shock tower?

[omen1975]

Hey Guys,

Has anyone tried and tested the rear shocks on the front side of the rear tower on the ZX-5?

I have noticed this type of setup on the new Tamiya 501X, HB D4 and BJ4WC and many other top class off-road cars.

I have posted some pics of my conversion to test at the next race meet, the conversion uses a KMRC shock tower mount, other than that it was a straight forward modification.

omen1975

[sosidge]

Someone locally runs them like that and much prefers it, never tried it myself.

[WheelNut]

Would be one way to move some more weight to the front. Can't see any other reason at all to do it though.