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Mark, is that the Mopar you told me about that was built in SA?
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Yep, that's her. Pretty cool car, some really nice body mods, it's mean looking for sure. Really neat FI unit for the 6.1 HEMI engine too.
Mazspeed, take a look at our site for more info on the setup, if you haven't already (which it appears that you have), we tried to include a good amount of content to help explain our design approach. You already nailed it, this isn't a bolt in affair, in our educated and professional opinion, it's not a viable possibility due to the packaging constraints these cars have. We could have made a bolt in deal, but the performance compromises associated with that option are not ones that are not acceptable to us.
One clear point that sets our setup apart from every other unit out is the length of the control arms, as you noted. This was done with our eyes wide open, based upon the results of countless mathematical results, testing with our own car, and exhaustive research with folks that have been there, and done that (with a big emphasis on amateur and professional road race teams/engineers). At some point, you reach a point of diminishing returns, but longer is better, the physics say so. Stick axles need to be able to move up and down quite a bit to provide the most grip under a variety of circumstances, and as they move, the critical suspension geometry parameters change. The rate at which they change is directly proportional to the length of the links.
I have not personally installed the DSE system, but as you can imagine, I have seen several pictures of it. In relative terms, there might be a bit more work to install our setup, but it's not significant, it's actually a LOT easier if you construct your own rear housing, our setup comes with a completed fully welded housing. The main difference is that we insist loads be reacted through a rigid crossmember, our forward crossmember is probably the most tedious part to install, not hard, just tedious. If you have the ability to install a set of through floor subframe connectors, or if you are going to take on a mini-tub job, you can handle the installation of this kit.
Whatever you decide, have a great time with your car and enjoy the journey!
Best of luck,
Mark