rear suspension options?

70dart65coronet said
What are you guys using to keep your rear end suspension from hopping and moving around.

i just put bigger rims and tires on.

I down shifted the other day got a violent reaction from the rear axle, got a enough movement in the leaf spring that the tires touched the body and bend some sheet metal up. luckily it didnt ruin my tires and i dont have a nice paint job yet...:D

Normally when i down shift at higher RPM to engine brake, the rear tires would skid, well these bigger street slicks dont want to skid or slide.

ive tried the cheap bolt on traction bars no luck there.

what are you guys using? does someone make a kit out there? i could only find one on the internet, found a slide a link traction bar on summit racing that fits my application.

1970 dodge dart with the 8-3/4 rear end. its also has a rubber differential bump stop.

what do they call it, 4 link? because there is two pivots on each side?

would it be pretty easy to make something?

Have you considered changing your driving style. I've virtually almost never skidded the rear tires when downshifting, as I roll my heal to the throttle to "blip" the throttle briefly to match engine rev's with the driveline speed.

Caltracs are way to harsh on the street for me. Did you properly adjust the cheap slapper bars you tried unsuccessfully or just bolt them on as they came? They will not work unless you fit them so that the snubber is just touching the bottom of the front spring eye with half the rubber snubber cut off.