4bt 72 Dart

thepaintguy said

With those control arms there must be a coil over that fits it. Either with or without the use of the torsion bars.
IMO; I'd rework the K Member to fit the oil pan. Remember to tack weld some bracing on your K Member before you take the saw to it- you don't want to lose the integrity of that member.

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I guess a coil over could possibly fix in the upper control arm, but I don't need could overs with the 1.06" torsion bars that I bought. The factory ones that came off the car are like .820 or something like that at 82 wheel rate. HD Police ones are .940 at 155 wheel rate. Which I think would be like a big block car. Mine are 1.06 at 252 wheel rate. So, over a 100 lbs stronger than a big block cars torsion bars.

The pan is a rear sump. I can swap it, but there would be no K-frame left after that. But, even if I swapped the pan to a front sump, the pitman and idlers arms hit the block not the pan, so that would do me no good. The engine would have to be so high that I would have a terrible drive shaft angle. I wish I could use the stock stuff or even an after market K, but then in that situation, were they place the rack, is way to high and would be into the thinnest part of the pan where there is no room to cut into.