Sooooo......You guys (Jim and Rusty Rat) have NEVER driven one? What a nut buster!
.........and you wonder why I grin and shake my head.
One more time.....and please pay attention.
What really makes the difference is the steering....replacing the steering box with the rack is like night and day. I know from EXPERIENCE.
To make the geometry for the rack conversion correct, the LCA pivot points must be re-located. This makes using the factory torsion bars impossible. Replacing the torsion bars with coil overs is the logical answer.
It is really that simple....of course, there are previously mentioned ADDED benefits to the conversion.
Nothing wrong with that, and I hear good things about your stuff, I'd love to drive one of your cars.
That said, the beauty of Mopars in MY eyes is how well they work
for what they are. By the time I'd replaced 50 percent of the car with other stuff, I wouldn't feel comfortable calling it a Mopar, and I'd be in denial about what that vehicle truly was. Hanging a Mopar shell on an Indy Car chassis doesn't make it a Mopar, although it would be fun to drive. It's just a race car with a pretty face.
My car is amazingly stock, and I'm ok with that. 95% of the people installing all this stuff couldn't come close to pushing
any car to its limits on a track (which is the sole location where limits should be pushed), let alone with all the goodies. I can't push my Dart to its limits as it sits!
Yes, a lot of problems are solved by these coilover kits and all the little bits and pieces. I'm just of the opinion that most people (and this statement is NOT limited to the discussion at hand, but the American public in general) are enthralled with solving problems that do not need to be solved; they buy this stuff because it's out there and therefore, they think they need it. Did the OP say, "I have this problem, and I need to see what to do to fix it." Do many people actually make that statement before "upgrading" their cars? I see a lot of folks that don't.
Hooray for tinkering, I just don't like fixing stuff that ain't broken. When I want a new modern car....I'll drive a new modern car.