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So I got a 1975 dodge colt gt with a pretty built 318 v8 swaped. My only weak point is front suspension. Just wondering what people think the best set-up would be? Cant seem to find much info on this build
Mainly a street rod but would like to quarter mile it once in a while
The factory style suspension is pretty good for when it was designed, but there are some nice upgrades you can make without breaking the bank or having a bunch of stuff you don't need or use.
For example:
I live in an area where the roads suck, and I mean like chunks of street missing or big dips and humps in the roads.
I opted for poly suspension bushings with OEM A arms, control arms, and strut rods.
Added 1.03 torsion bars and good shocks (Not hyped up racing shocks) but just good Monroe gas shocks.
Then I set my ride height about 3 inches over stock with 15" tires.
I didn't want sway bars because they tend to try to keep the car flat by limiting the individual wheel travel making going over uneven and multilevel surfaces constantly fight the steering.
I wanted each wheel to be able to handle what it's road surface was doing without affecting the other tire also.
You hear the phrase "Independent front suspension" as being a good thing all over the place, right?
Well sway bars undo some of that benefit to keep the body flatter.
Point is, for about 400 bucks in parts you can have a pretty tough and versatile suspension, so don't let all the people that think everyone should have a race or track car make useless parts decisions for you just because it isn't their money getting spent, or their car being all torn apart to make changes that were never designed for that car if it'll never need them anyway.
No offense to anyone meant, just the way it is in my own opinion.
