Haney
www.carsonandironmt.com
I have read about all the "handling" post that the search engine would help me find here at FABO. I am working on a 72 Dart and thought I would post to get some opinions on my specific build and end use. Hopefully some of the FABO Handling Experts will chime in.
The car will be my daily driver. Although it will be a daily driver, I still want it to handle and stop well. It will be a mix of interstate, highway and city driving. I will NEVER be on a road course with this car. There will be spirited driving at times and I want the car to be pleasurable to drive and have a performance feel.
The car is a 1972 Dodge Dart Swinger, 2 door, 318 auto, with factory air and power steering. It currently has a 7 1/4 but I am in the process of putting together a B-Body 8 3/4 that I will put a 3.23 in. I drive about 50 miles a day so MPG is very important as well.
The car is a drum/drum car now but I am currently working on a 11.75 Mopar Disk conversion up front. Once this is compete, I will be running Mustang Bullitt Wheels and 245/45/17s on all four corners.
The car only has 75K original miles on it and drives very good but has the over sensitive, no road feel, power steering that most of these older PS mopars have.
From reading all the other post, I know I need to do these mods:
Since this will never be a road race car would it be worth the money to buy / modify:
I am also going to reduce the pressure of my PS pump to take some of the assist out of my steering and firm it up.
Any suggestions, opinions, or vendor recommendations here is greatly appreciated......
Thanks in advance!
The car will be my daily driver. Although it will be a daily driver, I still want it to handle and stop well. It will be a mix of interstate, highway and city driving. I will NEVER be on a road course with this car. There will be spirited driving at times and I want the car to be pleasurable to drive and have a performance feel.
The car is a 1972 Dodge Dart Swinger, 2 door, 318 auto, with factory air and power steering. It currently has a 7 1/4 but I am in the process of putting together a B-Body 8 3/4 that I will put a 3.23 in. I drive about 50 miles a day so MPG is very important as well.
The car is a drum/drum car now but I am currently working on a 11.75 Mopar Disk conversion up front. Once this is compete, I will be running Mustang Bullitt Wheels and 245/45/17s on all four corners.
The car only has 75K original miles on it and drives very good but has the over sensitive, no road feel, power steering that most of these older PS mopars have.
From reading all the other post, I know I need to do these mods:
- Good performance tires as wide as I can get under it.
- At set of 1.00" or 1.06" Torsion Bars. Probably going to get Firm Feel Bars.
- Good Shocks (recommendation?)
- Moog Offset UCA Bushings to improve Caster
- Front Sway Bar (Hellwig)
- Rear Sway Bar (Hellwig)
- XHD Leaf Springs in the back
Since this will never be a road race car would it be worth the money to buy / modify:
- Tubular UCA's
- Box LCAs
- Adjustable Strut Rods
- 11/16" Tie rod ends and Adjusters
I am also going to reduce the pressure of my PS pump to take some of the assist out of my steering and firm it up.
Any suggestions, opinions, or vendor recommendations here is greatly appreciated......
Thanks in advance!