Alterkation question. .....

Joeycurl said
this is good discussions here. I am on the fence about torsion bar setup vs alterkation/other setup.... i have done a lot of autox in my daily driver so I'm looking for similar setup/feel. I'm very new to the torsion bar setup world and just seem harder to tweak but then I don't have someone (except here) to tell me what's what... like how to lower the car (currently has a front rake to it)

anyways, every car is just slightly different with engine/header/steering/suspension combo.... so it's hard to make general statement without considering the car combo... like for instance... I have a BB in my demon and had to dimple the crap of my driver side headers to have minimal clearance from the borgeson steering box... to which still seems like there's play at the steering wheel

Here's a pic of the ride height of my car. Next to it is my brothers 2007 Shelby GT 500. As you can see, I'm right there with the ride height of this Modern day muscle car. Also, I can hang with him all day in the twistys , straight aways are a different story as his 6 speed and over 600 hp comes into play vs my 500 hp and 4 speed w/ 3.91's . I had the factory stuff and ill never go back. That's not to say that with the proper mods and the essential knowledge a torsion bar system could not work well also. I also have a much greater weight advantage as I also have aluminum heads, intake, radiator, 11 wilwood disks vs 10' drums which would also be there with a t bar system. A big factor as well for me is clearance in the engine bay which is much better than the stock system with power steering. I don't believe all the crap about this system being unsafe or under-engineered. This system has been out for a long time and I've yet to see or hear any major complaints about it or Reilly Motorsports.
This stuff works. Is it more expensive? Probably, but to me worth every cent!!