R DOGG wrote:I do plan on purchacing a tubular front K member with air ride suspension that replaces the steering box with a steering rack thus eliminating the tortion bars. The company is called Magnum Force.
Most people know my opinion of these but it is probably worth me stating my personal opinion again.
I do agree that the Mopar steering box is crap. But when adjusted right (in particular the manual steering box) they are not so crap that you should feel the need to spend $3000 to make them slightly better.
Getting rid of the torsion bars is a bad move unless you need to for the headers i.e. big block in an A-Body or tuned length headers in a B/E body Dragster.
They will tell you that the coil set-up is lighter overall (great for Dragsters) but they are hiding the real truth which is the
unsprung weight is higher with coils and that means the suspension does not react to the ground as well as it does with torsion bars. So for the street they cannot work as well.
Also most of the coil conversions have no facility for a front sway bar. There is nothing handles worse than a car with no sway bars.
I have a particular beef with the Magnum Force design.
They rely on the inner fender to take the full weight of the car.
Use your head.
The inner fender was built to take the top of the shock absorber only. NOT the full weight of the car. There have been a few incidents where the front suspension has collapsed with this design. At the very least it will stress the front end and create flex in the front of the chassis.
IMHO you should save your $3000 and spend it in other areas. Or even on drink and loose women. Anything in fact other than coil suspension on an otherwise fine MoPar.
But all this is just my opinion. If you really want the thing just do it. It is your car and your money man. I just speak my mind so you can think it through and make your own decision.