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Originally Posted by spctomlin
Eibach 1' drop springs (500lb), Vette Brakes 5-leaf mono-spring replacement springs (175lb), KYB Gas-a-just shocks, 1" lowering blocks, South Side Machine lift bars, four wheel disc brake conversion that uses factory front discs and calipers and 11" Lincoln rotors at the rear with 80's GM A-body calipers, a booster/master cylinder from a 2nd gen T/A and Wilwood proportioning valve, Chassis Engineering weld-in subframe connectors, poly bushings everywhere (including body mount) and the car already had a Saginaw quick ratio box and big solid front sway bar (1 1/8" I'm pretty sure) when I got it. It rides on 16" Amer. Racing Torque Thrust D's with 7" up front and 8.5" in the rear shod with Dunlop Z-rated 225/55 and 255/50, but I'll want to update those eventually, too. My suspension budget does not include tires.
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great stuff you have to start......first I will augment the setup you have....
wth the spring and leaf combo you have you need an adjustable shock....QA1, ridetech, Hotchkis,....just someones, a shock is a timing device and in order to control the roll, pitch and yaw on the car you must be able to adjust the hold and release times of the vehicles movement
shocks about 500 bucks
and heres one everyone's going to argue with.. but trust me...do the guldstrand mod, just drill the 4 little holes...really and add a .500 tall upper ball joint to that stock arm
guldstrand mod free
Tall upperball joint 100 bucks
brakes are great you can live with them as long as you have the small rim(16")
steering box is good
sway bar is good
now you are in it for 600 bucks and some of your labor...
but.....if it was my car......
adjustable shocks $500 bucks
proforged tall ball joint
101-10016 $100
guldstrand free
global west upper control arm 6 degree caster arm
#CTA-79AP $475
DSE lower control arms (lower ball joint is relocated forward making more castor)
#DSR-031201 $685
Helwig rear sway bar
#55824 $245
Falken Tires to fit the 16 inch rims
Falken Azenis RT-615K $640
total for mine comes to $2645....and then go race and save for bigger wheels, in the mean time you get seat and tuning time
I won a few Goodguys events with almost this exact setup
