Big Blocks and Handling
UPDATE:
Thread is getting old but its taken me since Christmas to get everything squared away and get back on the road. Upon teardown I encountered a domino effect of issues that I had to address surounding the rear-end (axles, disk brake kit, thrust button, 35 year old bearings etc.)
Car handles great. Intstalled PST 1.08 TB's, Hotchkis leaf's, Edelbrock IAS shocks, PST sway bars front/rear (originally had none).
Test drive last night, but I didnt thrash it or go wingin' around corners yet. Need to double check all of the nuts and bolts on rear suspension before I get ahead of myself. Difference was night and day between the way it used to be and the way it handles now.
PST 1.08 sway bars did not seem rough to me.
Hotchkis leaf's seem great. They lowered the car a bit, even though I didnt use their forward hangers which would have made it even lower. Going to use longer rear hangers to raise it back up a bit. Car was already low, now its really low.
Will give the full corner skidding report this weekend.
Edit: Great weather Sunday, went on corner carving run towards Mt. Rainier. Handles fantastic and comfortable ride, would go another size larger on the torsion bars but the 1.08 TB's work very well! A lil oversteer prolly from extra 440 weight (needs alignment done too), handling is predictable and precise.
UPDATE:
Thread is getting old but its taken me since Christmas to get everything squared away and get back on the road. Upon teardown I encountered a domino effect of issues that I had to address surounding the rear-end (axles, disk brake kit, thrust button, 35 year old bearings etc.)
Car handles great. Intstalled PST 1.08 TB's, Hotchkis leaf's, Edelbrock IAS shocks, PST sway bars front/rear (originally had none).
Test drive last night, but I didnt thrash it or go wingin' around corners yet. Need to double check all of the nuts and bolts on rear suspension before I get ahead of myself. Difference was night and day between the way it used to be and the way it handles now.
PST 1.08 sway bars did not seem rough to me.
Hotchkis leaf's seem great. They lowered the car a bit, even though I didnt use their forward hangers which would have made it even lower. Going to use longer rear hangers to raise it back up a bit. Car was already low, now its really low.
Will give the full corner skidding report this weekend.
Edit: Great weather Sunday, went on corner carving run towards Mt. Rainier. Handles fantastic and comfortable ride, would go another size larger on the torsion bars but the 1.08 TB's work very well! A lil oversteer prolly from extra 440 weight (needs alignment done too), handling is predictable and precise.
