I've been trying to get my 1200 ready for the upcoming winter series drag meetings. and I was under it today. I've not been able to lower it at the rear due to tyre clearance. Although there is a wheel change on the horizon. The other obsticle to being able to lower it is a clearance issue of the U13 rear brake caliper on the inner face of the wheel tub. If I drop it down, it's gonna hit.
So I was looking at it after work today, and though what if I move the shock absorber onto the front side of the axle? I'm running a ute diff, and had to make up and tack weld a shock retaining bracket to the spring pad so I could even use it in my sedan. It wouldn't be overly difficult to cut the welds and retack it on the front. This would move the shock forward, and (with the extra clearance on the leaf spring that lowering blocks would give) allow me to redesign my caliper mounting plate to rotate the caliper down and away from both the shock and wheel tub.

Are there any conceivable drawbacks in having the shock mounted off the fron instead of the rear?