73 Dart Sport Reanimation
Decided to reinforce the K member and upgrade the suspension for future runs at the drag strip. I decided to ditch the rubber strut rod bushings and install monoball spherical bearings. The process was pretty straight forward. I hole sawed out the strut rod bushing hole to accept a 727 moog lower ball joint adapter, welded them in an screwed in the mono balls. The mono balls are used commonly for lower ball joints on stock cars and road race cars so the ball joint stud can be adjusted to change roll center height. I know there are strut rod conversions that use heim joints but I didn't like wheelbase change that occurred because the heim joint is behind the actual strut bushing centerline. Lower control arms mods to follow but I have to charge my phone.
Decided to reinforce the K member and upgrade the suspension for future runs at the drag strip. I decided to ditch the rubber strut rod bushings and install monoball spherical bearings. The process was pretty straight forward. I hole sawed out the strut rod bushing hole to accept a 727 moog lower ball joint adapter, welded them in an screwed in the mono balls. The mono balls are used commonly for lower ball joints on stock cars and road race cars so the ball joint stud can be adjusted to change roll center height. I know there are strut rod conversions that use heim joints but I didn't like wheelbase change that occurred because the heim joint is behind the actual strut bushing centerline. Lower control arms mods to follow but I have to charge my phone.
