Front A body suspension help please
A little update on my setup and maybe it will help someone searching for answers.
I want to say to thank you for the advice in this thread! I replaced all of the bushings in the front end, tie rod ends, idler arm and plated the lower arms. I also installed 1.03 torsion bars and the small poly bumpstops. I gave the alignment shop the specs and told them, this is what I want, I don’t care what the book says. WOW!!! It’s a whole different car! I took to Roadkill ziptie drags in Tucson (about 1k miles round trip) over the weekend and it drove soo damn nice. It wanders a little bit so I’ll have to look at the column connection and the box. No more bottoming out up front. Took everything in stride and rode great. I can’t say the same for rear but that’s for another thread. My buddy who was with me, was not agreeing on upgrading the torsions. But after he rode in it and drove it...he’s sold! I’m still to replace the Kyb’s with Bilsteins but it’s going to have to wait for the $$. To the doubters...if you truly drive your car, these upgrades are worth every penny!
I want to say to thank you for the advice in this thread! I replaced all of the bushings in the front end, tie rod ends, idler arm and plated the lower arms. I also installed 1.03 torsion bars and the small poly bumpstops. I gave the alignment shop the specs and told them, this is what I want, I don’t care what the book says. WOW!!! It’s a whole different car! I took to Roadkill ziptie drags in Tucson (about 1k miles round trip) over the weekend and it drove soo damn nice. It wanders a little bit so I’ll have to look at the column connection and the box. No more bottoming out up front. Took everything in stride and rode great. I can’t say the same for rear but that’s for another thread. My buddy who was with me, was not agreeing on upgrading the torsions. But after he rode in it and drove it...he’s sold! I’m still to replace the Kyb’s with Bilsteins but it’s going to have to wait for the $$. To the doubters...if you truly drive your car, these upgrades are worth every penny!
