Am I better off with a kit or.....

[mille_3]

I am pretty close to buying my suspension components and I am wondering if the g-machine stage IV suspension kit from performance suspension is the way to go, or if I would be better off buying individual components and "piece" a kit together? Has anyone had any experience with this kit? By the way, I'll be installing it on a '69 chevelle. I am building the car to see the strip maybe 10% of the time, mostly I just want a good handling car. I will be running a 540 under the hood. Just want to make sure this kit won't sag in the front. Any help or input is appreciated.

[Derek69SS]

SC&C offers the BEST A-body suspension packages on the market.

www.scandc.com

[Roadrage David]

Originally Posted by mille_3

I am pretty close to buying my suspension components and I am wondering if the g-machine stage IV suspension kit from performance suspension is the way to go, or if I would be better off buying individual components and "piece" a kit together? Has anyone had any experience with this kit? By the way, I'll be installing it on a '69 chevelle. I am building the car to see the strip maybe 10% of the time, mostly I just want a good handling car. I will be running a 540 under the hood. Just want to make sure this kit won't sag in the front. Any help or input is appreciated.

I got both kits for the f and a body i got the metco billet aluminium arms with the abody kit , the f body kit i got with the speed tech arms and the 13 inch ssbc force10 4 piston break kit.. i belive the kit is great valiuew for the money you pay for it. sirves is ecselend ......i upgraded my f body firebird with all sorts of DSE stuff to make it iven better including there(custom) mini tub kit..

[mille_3]

Originally Posted by Derek69SS

SC&C offers the BEST A-body suspension packages on the market.

www.scandc.com

What makes them better over the performance suspension package? Quality? Price? Performance? or all three?

Do you have any experience with their products personally?

[Derek69SS]

Yes, I currently have their Stage II package on my wife's '66 Chevelle wagon, and I just ordered the Sreet-Comp AFX package for my '69.

They offer the best, most cost-effective parts on the market for correcting the front geometry woes of a Chevelle chassis. Their tall balljoint packages correct the camber curve, and eliminate most of the factory bumpsteer problems while keeping the stock steering ratio and radius. Others such as Hotchkis and Global West (big name brands) sell B-spindle kits, which correct the camber curve, but double the factory bumpsteer, slow the turning ratio, and widen the turning radius.

Any kit that doesn't do something about the camber curve, will never handle well.

[mille_3]

Thanks. I appreciate your input. I'll give them a look.

[ProdigyCustoms]

I'll tell ya. We just did a 67 Chevelle using a full Hotchkis TVS kit, tubular upper and lower arms, ATS steering box, with 17" 245s and 315s. What a sweet ride. Rides nice, handles nice. We were real pleased in the dollars / performance ratio.

I have not tried the SC&C stuff, but they do have their fan base with good reports.