technically even behind it thas some effect also. with the wind traveling over the aluminum shock body i'm not sure the temperature would change that much. i want to know if having the shock in the front affect the handling at all, i guess it should "feel" like it has less rear anti squat. also i guess if you can take a regular buggy and flip the shocks to the front why couldn't you take the serpent buggy and put your shocks on the back? also if you open the rear bulkhead now you don't have to remove the sway bar...