dave-r wrote:Me and Drew both use QA1 adjustable shocks. They are on the expensive side but boy do they make a big difference to the car. You can tell they are quality as soon as you get one in your hand.
Drews car has stock 383 suspension with the shocks adjusted stiff.
My suspension is about 30% stiffer than stock 440/426 suspension and I have front and rear sway bars.
I use the shocks on a soft (2-clicks) setting for normal driving which is slightly softer than the KYB shocks were.
3-clicks is about as stiff as the KYBs and the car corners very flat but feels all the bumps in the road.
On the strip i adjust the rears very stiff and the fronts as soft as possible for better weight transfer.
I don't think you are thinking enough about under-steer or over-steer.
If you get the spring rates wrong in relation to front and rear you will have one or the other. Drew found that adding a rear sway bar made him oversteer. That is because his front spring rates are not high enough.
If you go too high on the front spring rates though you will under-steer.
yea Dave is right since then i have backed of my front shocks just one click to 5 and now the rear needs a rear sway bar,once i do that i will most likley have to back off the front more, but the point we are rtying to make is to do minor mods ie, new urethayne bushings,adjustable shocks,and if you really want to spend more money at least get the tubular uca,s ,and lcas,and a new stage 3 firm feel steering box
steering box stage 3 firm feel 329.00
http://www.firmfeel.com/e.htm
UCA,S performance suspension technology 329.00 pair
http://www.p-s-t.com/c-606-tubular-control-arms.aspx
LCA,S Cap auto, 400.00 pair,dynamic aluminum struts 180.00 pair
http://www.capautoproducts.com/strut_ar ... a053965d3a
QA1 adjustable shocks summit 139.99 a piece
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/HAL-RC1538P/
Factory sway bar front 1 1/8 inch 279.00
http://www.firmfeel.com/swaybars_e.htm
eurethayne bushing kit 100.00
http://www.firmfeel.com/urethane_E.htm
This does exceed 1 k but for under 2 k this is what i now have for our gc barracuda,
However on my chally i have tubular uca,s stock lca,s stock front sway bar, and qa1,s and a firn feel stage 3 steering box
my car is a 383 R/T so it did come with a little better than a standard 383 suspension so my torsion bars are not as big as a 440 set up ,(currently running a 440 aliminum heads,waterpump,alloy brackets and pullys, , wilwood brakes ,this combo makes the front end lighter than a stock 440),
If you go with the set up i have here on my chally its a little cheaper,and will work just fine, i just want to try a slightly different set up this barracuda to see what it will do im am sure it will improve thing alot
by Adrian Worman » 23 Aug 2010 16:48 
Bear in mind I still got 318 front and rear spring rates, no roll bars and weedy brakes, even tho I got discs, if I could replicate maybe 75% of that kits performance for a lot less I'd be well happy 
but because I got myself geared up for some mods I'm going to do a few steps at a time.
Like I said, Drew has a nice 'recipe' to follow and doesnt deviate to far from stock, his Challenger handles like a slot car in the fast and treacherous Denver Mountains at speed and looks cool doing it. 
