72 Duster build - Pro touring slant six
Now it was suspension time, this is probably my favorite part to work on especially when adding nice new shiny parts. The main goal with the new parts was to make the car comfortable to drive and not a stiff race car feel but also something that is not going to get out handled by a minivan. I tore the whole front end apart and added QA1 upper control arms, QA1 strut rods, QA1 steering rods, hotchkis front sway bar, hotchkis/fox shocks, Dr. Diff cobra style 13” brakes, new master cylinder, brake lines, new pitman, idler arm, and lower control arm bushings. Also boxed the lower arms while they were off.
I did add a set of 1.03 torsion bars but they made the car sit like a 4x4. No matter how I installed them (arm at full drop/ride height/and even up) I couldn’t get the car to sit properly so they came off and the stock slant six bars went back in for now. I think the clocking is wrong but I’ll get a proper set from Firm Feel eventually. I also have a set of Hotchkis subframe connectors that need to go in.
Now it was suspension time, this is probably my favorite part to work on especially when adding nice new shiny parts. The main goal with the new parts was to make the car comfortable to drive and not a stiff race car feel but also something that is not going to get out handled by a minivan. I tore the whole front end apart and added QA1 upper control arms, QA1 strut rods, QA1 steering rods, hotchkis front sway bar, hotchkis/fox shocks, Dr. Diff cobra style 13” brakes, new master cylinder, brake lines, new pitman, idler arm, and lower control arm bushings. Also boxed the lower arms while they were off.
I did add a set of 1.03 torsion bars but they made the car sit like a 4x4. No matter how I installed them (arm at full drop/ride height/and even up) I couldn’t get the car to sit properly so they came off and the stock slant six bars went back in for now. I think the clocking is wrong but I’ll get a proper set from Firm Feel eventually. I also have a set of Hotchkis subframe connectors that need to go in.
