I didn't oversimplify anything. Excluding the engine, which we're not really talking about here, there are only a few differences between my car and the Red Brick. The 6 point cage, the Nascar sway bar, and 1.2" bars mostly. There are quite a few components on my car that exceed the capabilities of the parts on the Red Brick. The simple fact is that I've seen the Red Bricks specs before, and they influenced how I built my car (along with a few other builds). So if you want to do this, let's do this.
The Red Brick vs 72Blu's Duster
- Torque boxes---------------------------------√
- subframe connectors-------------------------√
- lower radiator support brace---------------- √
- firewall to frame rail bars underhood--------√
- 6 point cage-----------------------------------X
- A833------------------------------------------T56(2.66/1.78/1.30/1.00/.80/.63)
- B-body 8 3/4 housing------------------------√ ('68-70, 4.30 w/ TrueTrac)
- 13" Baer brakes------------------------------13" Cobra style brakes, DoctorDiff
- Mustang Cobra rear disks--------------------√ (11.7")
- 15/16" master--------------------------------√
- Adjustable pressure valve--------------------√
- Seam welded/reinforced K frame------------√
- 1.2" bars---------------------------------------1.12" bars (street car)
- Nascar sway bar-------------------------------Hellwig #55905 1.125"
- FMJ spindles-----------------------------------√
- FFI UCA's---------------------------------------SPC double adjustable UCA's with Delrin bushings
- Boxed stock LCA's------------------------------QA1 tubular LCA's (~1" additional travel, 8 lbs lighter)
- Poly LCA bushings------------------------------Delrin LCA bushings
- FFI SIII steering box (power, 16:1)-----------Flaming River 16:1 manual steering box
- 11/16" tie rods---------------------------------9/16" tie rods with tubular steel adjusters
- Poly strut rod bushings (stock strut rods!)----Adjustable strut rods
- Bilstein shocks-----------------------------------Hotchkis Fox shocks
- AR front hangers (stock w/ lowering hole)-----√
- F-body shackles---------------------------------AFCO spring sliders (no lateral slop)
- 340 springs (110 lb/in rate)--------------------AFCO 120 lb/in springs
- .875" rear sway bar---------------------------- √
- battery relocation-------------------------------√
- Denso alternator--------------------------------√ (175 amp)
- aluminum radiator w/electric fans-------------√ (26" aluminum radiator with Contour dual electric, dual speed fans 3k/5k cfm).
- 275/40/17 Falken Azenis 17x9-----------------275/35/18 on 18x9", 295/40/18 on 18x10", Falken Azenis
And honestly, the list I posted right at the beginning pretty much covers everything the Red Brick has suspension wise. The bars are smaller because we're talking about primarily street use. The chassis reinforcement and other things were left out, but, they'd have to be added to make a RMS or HDK car hang with the Red Brick too. For comparison purposes I leave out the stuff you'd have to do either way- brakes, chassis reinforcement, engine, etc. But if you wanted your RMS or HDK equipped car to hang with the Red Brick, you'd have to do all the chassis and engine work too.
Suspension wise, the Red Brick is not an extraordinary set up, it uses more stock parts than my car does. And honestly, that's been my whole point all along. It has a lot of other things going on for sure, but the suspension modifications are pretty basic and straightforward.
