Upgrading a Fairly Stock Suspension
Thanks for all the input guys! It seems most people are saying to rebuild the suspension and increase the spring rate. Can someone help me pick a rebuild kit from PST? There's quite a few on here and I hardly know what I'm looking at and what's the difference. I'm currently running Kelsey-Hayes up front. And along the lines of Torsion Bars I was thinking of going with at least a 1" bar (not initially, but we'll see). And a FF Stage 3 Box is definitely on the list of priorities (maybe early Springish). The panhard bar and watts link are new to me (I vaguely remember hearing about them once) but I'll do my research on them. I doubt I'd ever do that because as of now I'm running a 7 1/4 rear end. Would like to go with the 8 1/4 or even the 8 3/4 when I collect parts for bbp.
IMHO, you are way far on your Dart project from buying front suspension. You have all kinds of safety and realiablity issues to resolve first before buying any upgrades.
But
after you get that all done...
An economical first major step would be:
Tire upgrade: 225/60/15 or 225/60/14 minimun. 16", 17" rim with better rubber would be great too.
front and rear sway bars. Hellwig if you are on a budget.
1" to 1.03" Torsion bars. The ones that go on sale.
Moog front suspension parts as necessary
Moog offset K7103 upper control arm bushings
Bilstein RCD shocks. KYB's on a tighter budget.
I'd try running that power steering pump pressure reducing deal the Ehrenberg wrote about in Mopar Action magazine before buying a rebuilt steering box just to get the firm feel.
All that will make it feel completely different/better for not a whole lot of money.
You have front KH disks right now.
When you get them working properly, they work well with a starting suspension upgrade.