DOES THE HDK SUSPENSION K-MEMBER HANDLE BETTER THAN A T-BAR SUSPENSION?
Hey Denny,
First of all, thanks for all the valuable input you have provided over the years. Trust me, there's a whole lot of us who appreciate your opinion as its based upon a lot of years of custom fabrication. Your builds posted on here speak for themselves.
As for these aftermarket systems being built for people who know nothing about suspensions or custom building a car , that's a crock of steaming ****.
There's dozens of members on here using them that know exactly what they are doing and are very well researched.
Personally, I have done all the mods to factory suspension parts including steering box mount (first suggested in Mopar Action by Rick) , larger 11/16 tie rods , reinforced control arms, rewelded and gusseted k-frame, de arched superstock springs, different torsion bars , rear sway bars, different wheel/tire combos and on and on.
So have a lot of members on here who have switched to RMS or HDK .
And.. Guess what?? This wasn't cheap by any means either.
It comes down to this.
Spend a ton of time experimenting with the stock stuff and miss enjoying your ride (especially as you get older) or upgrade (yes, I said upgrade) to either of these incredibly well built and engineered aftermarket systems and still have a car that performs exceptionally well.
So far , all the naysayers on here have only used the stock or modified stock components and have never tried HDK or RMS. There are several, including me who have tried both. You are correct. Its a vast improvement in ride, serviceability, header clearance and performance.
For the record, I built my car in a 20 x30 garage. It is a ground up, nuts and bolt resto mod . I read everything I could find on here including a lot of posts by the guys who modified stock suspensions an those using HDK and RMS. It was an easy choice.
Hats off to the guys who know how to make the factory components work well but trying to diminish the innovators such as HDK or RMS for trying a new approach is very closeminded.
I, for one celebrate their imagination, innovation and tenacity to improve our cars.
Here's what I started with..
Here's the type of cars I play with . I hold my own , even to 100+ MPH.
Hey Denny,
First of all, thanks for all the valuable input you have provided over the years. Trust me, there's a whole lot of us who appreciate your opinion as its based upon a lot of years of custom fabrication. Your builds posted on here speak for themselves.
As for these aftermarket systems being built for people who know nothing about suspensions or custom building a car , that's a crock of steaming ****.
There's dozens of members on here using them that know exactly what they are doing and are very well researched.
Personally, I have done all the mods to factory suspension parts including steering box mount (first suggested in Mopar Action by Rick) , larger 11/16 tie rods , reinforced control arms, rewelded and gusseted k-frame, de arched superstock springs, different torsion bars , rear sway bars, different wheel/tire combos and on and on.
So have a lot of members on here who have switched to RMS or HDK .
And.. Guess what?? This wasn't cheap by any means either.
It comes down to this.
Spend a ton of time experimenting with the stock stuff and miss enjoying your ride (especially as you get older) or upgrade (yes, I said upgrade) to either of these incredibly well built and engineered aftermarket systems and still have a car that performs exceptionally well.
So far , all the naysayers on here have only used the stock or modified stock components and have never tried HDK or RMS. There are several, including me who have tried both. You are correct. Its a vast improvement in ride, serviceability, header clearance and performance.
For the record, I built my car in a 20 x30 garage. It is a ground up, nuts and bolt resto mod . I read everything I could find on here including a lot of posts by the guys who modified stock suspensions an those using HDK and RMS. It was an easy choice.
Hats off to the guys who know how to make the factory components work well but trying to diminish the innovators such as HDK or RMS for trying a new approach is very closeminded.
I, for one celebrate their imagination, innovation and tenacity to improve our cars.
Here's what I started with..
Here's the type of cars I play with . I hold my own , even to 100+ MPH.