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They also change the pinion angle

If it rises under power (like it should) they get shorter. If it squats they get longer

That looks great! Thanks for the pics. Just what I was looking for

I wondered about the limits with the panhard bar too. Thanks for the info. Sounds like triangulated is the way to go Wow! Carnage is always ugly.

Wasn't planning on going that far. I've seen pics online of a couple systems that install without ripping out the whole back end. Can't afford one of those high dollar setups but I have the tools and ability to build my own. Just looking for input, and hopefully some pics of guys here that did...

Not sure. Just toying with the idea. As I mentioned above I'm green when it comes to high perf rear suspensions and i'm looking for something that'll hook better and ride better. It also looks like it may give me a little more tire clearance that the leaf springs so I can get the next wider tire...

Curious, why don't you like parallel? I've rebuilt numerous stock suspensions over the last 35 yrs. but new to the performance aspect of them

Mostly street driving but it needs to hook up good. I have a full CalTrac system (springs, bars and adjustable shocks) on it now and can't say it really hooks much better than the stock leaf springs. I have 275/60/15 Mickey drag SS radials on it. The main thing(s) I don't like about the Caltrac...

Anyone here done a 4 link on their A-body? If so I'd sure like to see some pics. Especially of cars with full exhaust systems cause I'd like to retain tailpipes. Thinking about doing it on my Cuda over the winter. Haven't decided which would be better/easier to do, parallel 4 link with panhard...

I have the Fastrax setup and also found it would fall off the wheel real easy. After that happening 4 or 5 times I found a light weight bungee cord that was long enough to wrap completely around the tire and Fastrax setup to hold it in place. You don't want the bungee so tight it distorts the...

Sitting seems to be hard on tires. If he lets it sit for extended periods of time tell him to jack it up and sit it on jack stands to take the weight off the tires. That'll pretty much eliminate the problem.

A vibration in the steering wheel indicates a problem with the front end, not the drivetrain. Mine was doing it and it was junk tires, even though they only had 5000 miles on them and looked fine.

Another thing that can make them look like their dog tracking if the car has an 8-3/4 is the rear wheels aren't always perfectly centered. That's because of the design of the rear axle wheel bearings. The drivers side is fixed and you adjust the pass side in to get the proper end play putting it...

whoops, I see Rob already responded. Sorry to be repetitive, I'm a slow typer

You should shoot for positive caster as the Skosh chart shows. If their stock bushings most likely you won't be able to even get it to 2 degrees positive caster. When they designed the steering on these cars bias ply tires were used and didn't require that much caster so the steering was...

Great job Brian. I'm getting ready to install a new set of Doug's headers on my Cuda and have a Flaming River U-joint I plan on swapping on at the same time. I bought it used over the net and wasn't told it was for a double D column but I got it cheap enough so I was thinking of a plan on how to...

Your right Bob. Reshaping the fender is better but I am not a painter and don't have the money to have mine painted so plates will have to do. In my case I'm only installing 3/16" thick plates to move the rearend back a small amount. I doubt that little bit will make much of a diff. but I am...

The only way the offset spring hangers move the axle is if their installed wrong. I helped a buddy weld in a set on his car and we used the front leaf spring eye hole of the original spring hangers as a guide for installing the frame boxes and the axle sets just exactly where it did before...

It's normal. My 68 and all 67-69 Cuda's I've seen are that way. When the cars were designed they were designed around using short 14" tires that were so small you could barely tell they were not centered. Add bigger tires to the mix that barely fit the fenderwell and it is then very obvious. I...

Thanks Jim. I was planning doing something like that.

Thanks a bunch for all the great info. I didn't mention it but I did plan on making stiffening plates too. Never thought about making it all in one piece but that's an idea. Thanks again for the pics and ideas guys.

Would a set of hangers with a single hole that lowers the car 3/4" work? I have a set that are in real good condition I'd sell you for $30 shipped. Their nice heavy duty units with 5/8" holes.

I picked up a stock sway bar for my 68 Cuda and see the K-frame has the holes to bolt it up but my lower control arms don't have the tabs so I need to weld some on. Does anyone have a set of lower arms off their car to snap a couple pics of with measurements to show me exactly where they go? I'm...

I've never compared them but there may not be much diff. in arch from one to another. Their built differently from side to side (i.e. how the leaves are stacked and the length of each individual leaf) and that's most likely what contributes to the right side of the car sitting higher with SS...

The torsion bar has to be completely loosened and slid back a few inches so you can remove the lower control arm that the strut rod is attached to. There's a much easier way to do this but it'll cost you. Buy some aftermarket adjustable strut rods. I have CAP Dynamic strut rods on my Cuda and...

I wouldn't try to crank adjustable strut rods out to adjust the caster either. You want the lower control arm to move freely and if you adjust the strut rods much off center you'll bind up the lower bushing. Like Slim, I used tubular upper control arms on my Cuda to get more caster. Worked great.

I put a set of them on my car in 08 and they work great except they do transfer a little more road noise due to the heim joints but they react quicker for lift so they have an advantage for racing. Mine went right on with no cutting or grinding needed and aligned easy.

If it leaks you'll get water in the lower ball joint making it die an early life. I got some from summit. Energy suspension brand.

Mancini's has them.

Mike here are my experiences with the poly bushings and the adj. strut rods. I ran into a big a problem when using the poly strut bushings. They are so much thicker and don't squeeze down hardly at all that I had to carefully trim approx. 1/8" off the back side bushing so it didn't force the LCA...