Suspension plan- opinions needed

[RdHuggr68]

Originally Posted by conester2013

Well I pulled the trigger guys!!! All the good things said here about Ridetech and the fact that I saw Matt's Classic Bowties was having a cyber Monday and forum sale so I jumped on that! I bought the Level 2 Ridetech coil over suspension system with the front muscle bar!! Talking with Kim at MCB, based on my engine and how low I wanted it to sit, she said I'd be looking at 550# springs.

I'm pumped!!! Funny how it works…initially I was going to go with the QA1's and keep leaf springs in the back, and now I am getting rid of the leafs and upgrading the coil overs and putting them in all four corners!!

Thanks again for all your help guys!! It's all your fault that I went with this system!!!

Brian

Brian, it is an awesome sickness

[chichirone]

Brian, congrats on your new suspension.

Jay

[conester2013]

Suspension was delivered last Friday! It was like an early Christmas!! I know you guys already know this, but MAN is that stuff well built!! I can't wait to drive this car in the spring! I was AMAZED at how big the monster bar was compared to the original sway bar that was on the car! NO WAY is this thing gonna roll at all with that bar on there! haha!!

UNREAL!!

[Rod P]

I know you want it low but a softer spring will just require more preload to hold up the same weight and the ride will suffer I would have recommended 650lbs front and 175lbs rear for a daily street driver with a good ride.....personal opinion from builds I have worked on, the 550 for a 350 SBC with iron heads is to soft

Originally Posted by conester2013

I bought the Level 2 Ridetech coil over suspension system with the front muscle bar!! Talking with Kim at MCB, based on my engine and how low I wanted it to sit, she said I'd be looking at 550# springs.

My car runs 750 fronts and 225 on the rear for the track and still rides low



the Muscle bar is a very good bar,I switched to the same one after testing it against 1-5/8 bar I had before

Originally Posted by conester2013

I was AMAZED at how big the monster bar was compared to the original sway bar that was on the car! NO WAY is this thing gonna roll at all with that bar on there! haha!!

UNREAL!!

[conester2013]

Hey Rod! I checked the spring part numbers that they sent me and I have 650# fronts and 225# back spring rates. So looks like my fronts are right on what you recommend but my backs are a little higher.

Brian

[Rod P]

Originally Posted by conester2013

Hey Rod! I checked the spring part numbers that they sent me and I have 650# fronts and 225# back spring rates. So looks like my fronts are right on what you recommend but my backs are a little higher.

Brian

the 225 should be fine(same as mine), if your nervous about the ride height you could swap the spring to a 200, but either way the preload will be so close between the 200 and 225 you will be able to get a very nice ride height and the 225 will give a little better traction bite(yes just that 25lbs makes a difference in traction) if the rear is set up per the instruction sheet for upper rod length and lower arm location

glad someone packing up the kit switch the fronts to a better poundage

its a great setup you will be SUPER happy!

[conester2013]

Rod....just wanted to post a follow up to this discussion. It's been about a year now and after driving my car all summer......and whenever I can still if the roads are dry....I absolutely LOVE the Ridetech system!! I have driven the car MUCH harder this year due to the fact that everything is SO tight and predictable! I do a power slide out of my neighborhood every time I leave and I KNOW exactly what the car is going to do because it is so flat and controllable! I search out curvy roads now so I can have fun blasting around the corners WAY above the "suggested" speed on the signs! haha!! Bottom line is it drives WAY better than I could have imagined it would and it was well worth the money!
After I installed my suspension and a buddy drove it, who was working on doing a high end restore on a 69 camaro for a guy, he went back and told the guy he needed to switch to my set up! That's pretty cool!
Anyway, I just wanted to say thanks to Rod and everyone else that helped me a year ago decide what route I wanted to go with this! Thanks!
Now I think I actually have my wife convinced to let me try at least one autocross next year!

Thanks again guys!!!

Brian

[Roberts68]

^^^^ Coming to a vendor testimonial page near you...

Searching for the "Like" button over here! Great post, congrats on getting your moneys worth and enjoying the car you deserve! Nicely done Rod & Ridetech.

[Ron Sutton]

Sweet! You'll enjoy it.

[David Pozzi]

Did you do anything to the steering system?
The Ride Tech Tru-Turn and a stiff feel fast ratio steering box would be icing on the cake for your car.