Front A body suspension help please

TrailBeast said
I have to agree on the larger torsion bars and the sway bar install.
If those KYB's are the monotube style they work ok for stiffening things up a little.

I run the 1.03 bars with the KYB monotube and it made a huge difference, but you can make your own decision on shocks when you look at some of the prices.:D
I'm sure some of them are fantastic, but gees.
The KYB mono's cut down on the front end dive a lot that helped with the really crappy streets we have.

The Bilstein RCD's are worth every penny.

I ran KYB monotube "gas adjust" shocks in my Challenger with 1.12" torsion bars on the street for over 60k miles. Now, keep in mind that 1.12" E-body bars are longer so the wheel rate is lower than an A-body bar with the same diameter. 1.12" E-body bars are ~270 lb/in, the 1.03" PST A-body bars are 230 lb/in. Plus the car is heavier than most A's. Anyway, the car rode stiff, but I just attributed it to the large torsion bars. I finally swapped the KYB's out for a set of Bilstein RCD's, and I instantly regretted ever using the KYB's. It's a HUGE difference, the KYB's are awful. The difference between the Bilsteins and the KYB's is night and day. I wouldn't put them on anything ever again, I don't care if KYB sponsored me and sent me a lifetime supply of those hunks of crap, I'd toss all of them.

Also, the Hotchkis Fox shocks are a little better than the Bilstein RCD's. Probably not worth the extra cost with a set of 1.03" bars, but I did notice the difference going from the RCD's to the Hotchkis shocks on my Duster with 1.12" bars (300 lb/in wheel rate). The Duster rides nicer than the Challenger ever did with the KYB's, even being a lighter car with a higher wheel rate. Once you go past 1" torsion bars you need to have a set of shocks intended for the kind of wheel rates they have. The damping the shocks provide has to be matched to the wheel rate the springs give. The better the match, the better the ride.