S/S springs or CalTracks w/mono leaf???

Cuda SRT8 said

Thanks for the response jbc426. That's interesting about the Caltracs. Were you using the mono leaf springs too? I bought my S/S springs many years ago. I think the spec (description) in the Direct Connection catalog was 3,200 lb. 440/automatic, which is what I planned to build when I bought them (drag race only). Now a Gen3 Hemi, manual trans and street/strip. So I suppose I could use a lowering block, but am concerned it will be pretty stout on the street. You think correct shock selection would make the difference for the street then huh?

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I used the +1 mono leafs with Caltracs on my 1970 e-body I called and followed Dr Diff's advice on using the lighter weight rated set of 2800 lbs driver's side springs on the 1970, so it would ride like a normal car and still launch. It does both really well now.

I already had the same springs on my '68 Barracuda. They are still higher than a stock spring for your car a 1" lowering block would leave it sitting about like my car sits in this photo. I have 275 65R15's on my '68 and the top lip of the rear fender just about clears the top of the tire.

The car had a slant 6 in it in this picture, but it did have the small block front torsion bars already. I put a 2001 junkyard 5.9 Magnum and a 727 in it until I could afford to rebuild a 408" for it and install a 4 speed automatic. I also upgraded the front torsion bars to the 1 inch FirmFeel bars since then. I'm still in the process of finishing up the driveline upgrade.

Did you have to cut your torsion bar crossmember to fit the manual trans or isn't it an overdrive?