Hotchkis TVS for A-Body's!
I've allready had lots of suspension mods done to my car over the last 16 years (since 1994). With those mods I've driven it 70,000 miles, daily commutted 80 miles round trip through Los Angeles for 4 years, driving it from L.A. to Iowa and back 4 times, snow/salt/rain/sleet, been to 14 different states, etc, etc.
My Cuda has had lots of combinations of tires, rims, shocks, swaybars. Like I've run no less than 4 different rims sizes, 4 tires sizes, 4 different brands of shocks (Herb Adams, Koni, KYB, QA1), 4 Swaybars (early stock, late stock, 1 1/8, 1 1/4). This is not the first suspension setup on my Cuda. Not hardly.
Well, I'm really impressed at the improvements that the Hotchkis TVS made. After all that fiddling around for 16 years this is hands down the best.
For all that time, my car had .99" torsion bars. Those are 65% more spring rate than stock. It's a stiffer ride, but not like you might think. BUT the shocks didn't seem to control things. When I hit long bumps or dips the seatbelt would pull me down and stuff like that.
Now with the TVS and there system, I don't feel that.
The kicker is I just installed 1.14" torsion bars with the TVS system. !!:shock: Ok, those are BIG bars. Those are THREE TIMES stock rate and 57% more rate than the .99" t-bars. Those are way bigger than I would expect most to run on thier car...
You know, with the TVS system the big T-bars are nicer riding than the smaller .99 T-bars. I was sort of shocked. With .99 bars it would be even better.
I really notice how good it tracks on long soft freeway/interstate curves.
I'm still got to put some more miles on it. And I'm going to have some friends drive it and see what they think too.
Anyone here near Simi Valley, Ca what to drive it?
I've allready had lots of suspension mods done to my car over the last 16 years (since 1994). With those mods I've driven it 70,000 miles, daily commutted 80 miles round trip through Los Angeles for 4 years, driving it from L.A. to Iowa and back 4 times, snow/salt/rain/sleet, been to 14 different states, etc, etc.
My Cuda has had lots of combinations of tires, rims, shocks, swaybars. Like I've run no less than 4 different rims sizes, 4 tires sizes, 4 different brands of shocks (Herb Adams, Koni, KYB, QA1), 4 Swaybars (early stock, late stock, 1 1/8, 1 1/4). This is not the first suspension setup on my Cuda. Not hardly.
Well, I'm really impressed at the improvements that the Hotchkis TVS made. After all that fiddling around for 16 years this is hands down the best.
For all that time, my car had .99" torsion bars. Those are 65% more spring rate than stock. It's a stiffer ride, but not like you might think. BUT the shocks didn't seem to control things. When I hit long bumps or dips the seatbelt would pull me down and stuff like that.
Now with the TVS and there system, I don't feel that.
The kicker is I just installed 1.14" torsion bars with the TVS system. !!:shock: Ok, those are BIG bars. Those are THREE TIMES stock rate and 57% more rate than the .99" t-bars. Those are way bigger than I would expect most to run on thier car...
You know, with the TVS system the big T-bars are nicer riding than the smaller .99 T-bars. I was sort of shocked. With .99 bars it would be even better.
I really notice how good it tracks on long soft freeway/interstate curves.
I'm still got to put some more miles on it. And I'm going to have some friends drive it and see what they think too.
Anyone here near Simi Valley, Ca what to drive it?
