Tips and Tricks That Increase Your Truck’s Traction
Over the years, we’ve run into quite a few simple but smart suspension modifications. Some designs are specific for sled pulling or drag racing, while others are more suited for daily driven trucks or tow vehicles. In many cases, an upgrade (such as new shocks) can be an improvement in all aspects of driving a diesel. Far too often, enthusiasts get caught up in a horsepower arms race without any idea of how they’re going to get that power to the ground. In the next few pages, we’ll combat wheelspin and axlewrap, and show you cool street, strip, and towing suspension combinations. Since many of these ideas are universal, they should apply to your truck—whether you own a Ford, Dodge, Chevy, or some other sort of diesel.
| suspension Solutions jumping Ford Super Duty
| Perhaps one of the lowest four-wheel drives we have seen is Buck Spruill’s Duramax-powered Chevrolet. While the truck is mostly used for drag racing, anyone could lower their GM this much with one simple trick: a coilover front suspension arrangement.
