by Eddie » 07 Dec 2006 17:20
I know this was posted a long time ago but here goes my bolt-on setup for a suspension that corners like a proper car should(asian, european ect..),no offense to the American way of thinking which is plush, soft,compliant ect...My 70 R/T has a lot of Just Suspension,Moog,Firm Feel parts on it. The front torsion Bars are from Firm Feel,(1.14), The Sway bar is 1.00 and the front control arms have the Just Suspension Chrome-Moly Lower control arm studs,Strut Rods are 50% larger and chrome moly, with black poly graphite bushings. The rear springs are also from Just Suspension XHD with their H.D. rear Shackles, the rear Sway bar is the Firm Feel Frame hung unit, The factory bar is a badly engineered piece its mounted below the shocks, hangs below the differential ect..The FF rear bar is modeled after the AAR Cuda/Challenger T/A piece. For shocks I went with the Eddies I.A.S. shocks, they are cheap and work very well. I do like the Konis and the Penske/XV shocks but they were almost a grand for all four, the eddies were only 240.00! The Manual steering box is a Firm Feel 20:1 box and requires great effort at low speed,( not for the faint of heart), the 16:1 would virtually be undrivable in congested slow turning traffic and would be almost impossible to park. I dont think I could drive a 16:1 in town at all. On a race track is another story. The wheels and tires are as follows: Ralley 15"x7 wheels. B.F. Goodrich,(what else),P245 60 15s. I am very happy with the way the car drives, it corners with very little body roll and is very neutral,(flat), going thru the corners, I used to ride bikes and my bikes would steer with the throttle thru the radius, my challenger feels the same way,(almost), its a huge improvement over a stock based sixties car. I am at the limits of my tire size and really need fat low profile tires with a 15x10 size but I wont go there, I think they look weird with the fat tire look. Hope this helps somebody contemplating modifying their E-bodys suspension, I forgot to say that there are four holes to drill 3/8 in the rear frame for the FF sway bar.