DOES THE HDK SUSPENSION K-MEMBER HANDLE BETTER THAN A T-BAR SUSPENSION?

72bluNblu said

The GM suspension design definitely has some inherent issues. Like on the Camaro's the motion ratio is terrible. So that's why guys like Dick Gulstrand ran 740 lb/in springs on those cars to set up for racing/handling. You're running a spring rate of 700 something to get a wheel rate in the mid 300's.

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Exactly. Plus the same sucky motion ratio also made the shocks pretty unresponsive to tuning and cost a fortune to get to work.

And this is what the magazine guys saw and assumed was the case with Mopars as well, because the mighty Camaro couldn’t be inferior to a Mopar. This is what the experts and internet tough guys propagated far and wide. Result being, most uninformed people want to throw it all away regardless of the make, age or condition.

At least that is my take on it. :D

Edit - for what it’s worth, in the link I posted in #97 the guy was talking about 1500# springs. Insane.