Need to get new springs on my 68 4 door, and may crank up the torsion bars a bit, or buy thicker one

[Cruisingram]

I just got home my wife's 1968 Dart 4 door barn find. Has less 25k miles on it! We live on a 2.5 mile dirt/lava/cinder road in Hawaii. I will post a pic in a sec. Clearly, the springs are sagging. It's a four door, and I have four sons, all of them massive boys, 200 pounds each. Yes, they all are looking at NFL careers LOL, so, with me, two boys and wife, it's a load. Put the food in the back for the run to da other side of the island and beach day, it's scrunched down low! I would like to keep a fairly decent ride quality, this is not a race car, it's a daily driver for my wife, from the farm to our clinic and back about 4 days a week. So it will see some easy miles on it basically, except our bumpy, but not too bad, dirt road. I mean, a prius and a water truck can make it to my place. It doesn't need THAT much clearence. In the pic I will post here, it just got off the boat from Molokai, and has all the tires and a bunch of parts in it. It also has about 300 pounds of horse feed in the back seat. So I am wanting some kind of HD spring, and I might go up a size on the torsion bars as well. So for ride, reasonable ride height, longevity, spring, torsion bar and shock suggestions?

 

[Cruisingram]

https://www.generalspringkc.com/pro..._jQ9krMXKYxoDVMndgTePI_SBgXnLTOxoCHyUQAvD_BwE how about these?

 

[clementine]

If the majority of the time there will be no load in the car, careful to go too HD. The kidneys will thank you. But i if you have to have a car that will 4x and get the groceries, you could keep that horse feed/gravel bags handy to put in trunk to keep it cadillacky.

Aloha!

 

[Cruisingram]

SOUTHWEST SPEED MATCHED REAR LEAF SPRING SET,64-76 DART,2 SPRINGS,2" RAISED,RAKE | eBay I am thinking of getting this one?

 

[A56]

SOUTHWEST SPEED MATCHED REAR LEAF SPRING SET,64-76 DART,2 SPRINGS,2" RAISED,RAKE | eBay I am thinking of getting this one?

Nice, and they're made in the US of A !!

 

[Cruisingram]

Nice, and they're made in the US of A !!

Bought em. Will post before and after pics. Now on to shocks and torsion bars! I am going to go up one diameter. Shocks, I am hoping for some help and advise for the best ride for the buck.

 

[cudamark]

Leaf Springs for 1968-1972 Dodge & Plymouth | General Spring how about these?

I would have gotten their 6 leaf version.

 

[Cruisingram]

I would have gotten their 6 leaf version.

I am already worried about too much ride hieght gain and too stiff springs harming the ride- why do you suggest the 6 leaf? I am guessing the rear end is currently sagging about 2-4 inches lower than stock, and these raise the rear end 2 inches according to the description, which could mean as much as a six inch lift from where it is now to the rear. The six leaf version is for the BB dart after all?

 

[cudamark]

The ones I got from General Spring are the 6 leaf springs that came on the small block performance cars.......Formula S Barracudas, 340 Darts, Dusters, etc. The 5 leaf spring just sag out too much for my taste. I like a firmer ride for better handling. Not the big block car springs. I think they show 3 different choices on their web site. Mine's an earlier model than yours, but, all the A-body springs should fit the car. It's just a matter of stiffness. They did make a couple of different front eye bolt (and bushing) diameters, but that can be changed if necessary. You can measure yours and let them know what you have when you order so you get the correct ones.

 

[A56]

I am already worried about too much ride hieght gain and too stiff springs harming the ride- why do you suggest the 6 leaf? I am guessing the rear end is currently sagging about 2-4 inches lower than stock, and these raise the rear end 2 inches according to the description, which could mean as much as a six inch lift from where it is now to the rear. The six leaf version is for the BB dart after all?

Nah, you'll be fine. Your previous description of the cast of characters who may ride in your car will settle the ride down after a time.

 

[halifaxhops]

LOL where in Pahoa? I lived in Hawaiian acres for a while.

 

[Cruisingram]

LOL where in Pahoa? I lived in Hawaiian acres for a while.

I am down in Kapaho by the new lava flow LOL