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I don’t recall your engine build but if it’s a mild build with under 400 hp the OD will work great . I ran one in a 73 340 4sp Dart Sport and drove it from Boise to BIR raceway in MN …ran high 12s and drove home . People couldn’t believe I drove all that way with it . Springs shouls be fine …...

I try not to drive recklessly (anymore) but do like a car that goes where I point it and I live in the mountains so I encounter lots of sharp turns with fast moving rivers beside me or 1000’ drops .

If you drive halfway sane that is true . We drove these cars in stock form for decades and thought they were fine . I didn’t use a rear sway until around 2015ish . But man it really made the car hold the road . I currently run 205/70-14s because I like the stock understated look and it still...

The OP just wants a nice handling street car . Properly matched front and rear sway bars will accomplish that.

Smooth is the winner . Again… the top pros I have been with don’t look or feel like they are going that much faster but they never scrub speed . It’s an art !

Not sure if it was the case then but if you wreck a car in one of those events your dealership buys it … lol. I know a few dealers bought some $200k+ cars .

I discovered that growing up driving rwd cars in Minnesota winters. I was drifting cars before the term ever existed. Lol

Skiing and Motocross experience actually gave me some insight into picking lines and looking through corners . Not to say I can really drive … but they give you a head start . The faster you’re going the farther ahead you look .

Yep… never chop the throttle when it starts getting loose .

I understood. I have followed many of your posts and believe you to know your stuff on chassis setups.

Much like a 911…. If you are not familiar with how to drive a rear engine car you can total one quickly. A technician in Bend Or put a customers 911 GT2 into the jersey barrier on a post service drive . Not an easily replaceable car !

That Austin looks like a blast to drive ! I sold high end cars for 25 years …. BMW , Porsche, Mercedes,Jag , Acura and Audi. ( 2 different dealers ) and the manufacturers would put on “Ride and drives”…. They would have their newest models and the competition there to drive . Some events were...

While all that may be true spirited street driving is a long way from autocross or road racing. I know some will chime in saying they drive like that on the street but I don’t. I live in the mountains and I just want a predictable good handling car that holds the road . Driving to the limit on...

I saw those but curious why Bilstein doesn’t list them on their site . Just want to make sure they aren’t knock offs .

Bilstein doesn’t show a shock for A bodies . What is Kantor selling if Bilstein show no part for that application?

And my 69 Swinger is a 525 hp stroker with a 4sp . It launches super straight! Never wanders in the rear .

I have front and rear Helwig swaybars on both my cars . Corners like a champ even with little tires . One of the best upgrades I’ve ever made.

Would it be possible to use an RV trany with a drum parking brake to initiate your drift ? That would save the rears and apply more braking force to rear tires ( if I am thinking this through correctly) . I grew up in Minnesota driving first a 73 Monaco wagon with a 400 then a 73 318 Dart...

Also rebuildable I believe.

Good for you ! Mopar engine bays are the best looking because of the contrasting colors . I flew out to Minnesota last month to put my brothers 400 back together in his 69 bird and although it’s an awesome car the engine bays is SO bleak ! At least Pontiac has a cool metallic blue engine.

Mounting calipers on wrong side makes it near impossible to bleed them .

Probably old and deteriorating. Are there threaded fittings on the old ones or just nipples and hose clamps ? Like Toolman said returns are not high pressure.

But wouldn’t that allow more caster adjustment ? Caster and camber fight each other for adjustment . I may be visualizing this wrong . It’s early …

Why not shim the spindles to create more caster ?

Frame may have been tweeked at some point

Your tires will move rearward when the springs get compressed so unless they are rubbing no worries.

Yep … tire moves rearward as springs compress. I did add a 1” aluminum block as a spacer to my Swinger so I could run a tire that would rub otherwise .

Jacked up rear ends were the result of big tires and not having the capability to narrow the rear end . It throws your weight distribution and steering angles off . My dart handles nice , drives straight and stable as well as launches really well even with 500+ hp and torque. Interesting thing...

Nice! Here is mine with SS springs

Make sure your leaf spring U-bolts are torqued to factory spec. Most people way overtorque them . The individual springs need to move around a bit on the interleaf shims. This may have no effect for your situation but it can’t hurt to check .