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suspension upgrade

hillsglass

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Hi Guys, I need some help.I want to upgrade my suspension, I only drive to car shows. I was thinking of going to tubular upper, and reinforced lowers,pst pitman arm quick ratio arm. I already have firm feel stage 2 box.

Will that work for the street or should I apply that money to a alterkation front system

Thanks Chip
 
Checkout QA1 also, Tubular K-Member & UCA's & LCA's, affordable & great products,
you can use stock location or mounting, std. OE style steering/mounting,
OE style torsion bars, dynamic adjt. strut-rods etc. & if budget is a big issue,
then maybe you can do 1 piece at a time if need be...
Don't have to cut up any of the car either {most everything is a bolt on}, a very viable option...


I'd also look at;

Checkout Magnum Force Racing too

Checkout PST too

Checkout Reilly Motorsports too

Checkout Ride-Tech too, they have a few to chose from Shock-wave {airbag} or Coil-over

Checkout SPC UCA's, fully adjustable on the car too,
more of a racecar piece thou, could be used on the street too

There's allot more than one way to skin a cat or do a Mopar suspension...
 
X2 with the "Budnicks"

My Bud purchased an Alterkation front system
I personally think it is a Better set-up BUT it is $5K when it is "said and done"
I simply decided: My 70 Superbee is a 70 built car.
I'm keeping the conventional Torsion Bar suspension system on-board.
Same with the 63 Polara and the 67 GTX
 
Why "upgrade", if you only drive to shows?
 
Alerkation over the top for your needs. Add USCartool subframe connectors if your do not already have them, and Bilstein shocks all the way around. Hotchkiss used to sell them, but you may get them from PST. Remember your 10% discount with PST for FBBO members. Let us know what you do.
 
I just want it to feel better,a little tighter.

I am amazed that you would spend over 5k for an alterkation front end when you can solve your issues for a few hundred bucks and some attention to detail. First let's go over some basics. The tubular upper arms won't do anything more to tighten up the car than a set of poly bushings will - the tubular arms give you more adjustment for castor and really aren't necessary for the street. The reinforced lowers would reduce flex but you aren't auto-xing the car so another case of wasted money. The quick ratio arm will decrease your steering input, which I guess would make the car feel more sporty and won't hurt anything, so go ahead.

Now, what you SHOULD do. HD strut rods and bushings, and properly rated torsion bars for your drivetrain. Subframe connectors will actually stiffen up the car pretty well. You have a new steering box (I am guessing power) but everything that hooks up to it is most likely mush; some gussets to stiffen the box mount on the K, sector brace, solid tie rod sleeves, HD tie rod ends. The factory pot joint on the column can lead to problems, but the solution, a borgeson style u-joint, can reduce the life of the stock steering column bearings. So you have to decide what you want to do on that. If you do have a power box then you can probably stand to decrease the pump assist to get rid of that "floating" feeling.

If you are going to buy "good" shocks, I'll tell you now that KYBs are not "good" shocks. Either pony up for the real deal or go with Monroes. Also, tire sidewall flex will add to the sloppiness, but you need to make the call as to what looks good to you. Low profile tires on a classic car? Not my thing, but there is an advantage.

You didn't say much of anything about what you are working on, but you do mention a 69 roadrunner in another thread so I have to assume that's what we are discussing. If it's another chassis then you might have more work to do.
 
You might like Firm Feel. You can use their suspension AND their steering box and have a car that drives much more like a modern street car in terms of both feel and performance. You get the benefit of a system that is all matched together, right down to the steering box.
 
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