Frame or chassis options for A bodies
Hey Everyone, thanks so much for the replies and understanding of the question as I have been away from my cars for some time.
Did not know that these options were available, so its exciting to see.
I have several A-body cuda's and am interested in converting one to a fun street/track day car and honestly I thought that in order to get the rigidity, I would need to fully replace the frame.
Can anyone give some feedback on any of these options as to quality, cost to product considerations, ending benefit? Why one over the other?
Best
Andy
You might try the guys over a lateral g forums too. Lots of guys over there including chassis and race car builders for road racing. There's many many ways to achieve a great handling mopar without spending 15 to 20 grand on a chassis.
A good set of torsion bars and rear leafs will improve an abody greatly.
However, if you're wanting a track car, you want adjustiblity in your suspension, the more, the better. Think of it like a tool box, the more tools the better and once you learn more about how to tune, you can shave seconds off a lap time just by making a slight adjustment. While the torsion bar setup on mopars is very good when tuned properly, just ask Jim Lusk who's done amazing things with his, i wanted more.
I recommend a GTS, Gerst Tubular Suspension front K frame. Yes, there's others out there such as the Hemi Denny and RMS, QA1, AJE etc. All have their good points but I chose to GTS because I felt it had more adjustibilty built in than the others and properly addresses ackerman, bumper steer and the camber issues A bodies are known more. Regardless of which kit you chose, do your research, call each builder and talk to them and figure out what'll work best for you.
As for the rear, again, adjustability. SS leaf kits, caltracks etc work great in most cases, but for a track car, adjustibilty is limited. I want to be able to finely tune my roll centers as well as load and unload each tire in a predictable way. Leafs dont give me that.
Anyway, enough of my rant. Best advice I can give is research, research and more research before spending any of your hard earned cash on anything. The guys here and over at Lat G are great.
