Your A Body chassis is not a whole lot different than my G Body chassis, they share mostly the same architecture. It is my opinion that with a smart package of bolt on parts and some fine tuning, you can make your OEM chassis do 90% of what a high end after market chassis can do...for a WHOLE lot less money. I have beat many aftermarket chassis cars on track with my car and it doesn't have one piece of frame stiffening done to it.
I'm not saying those chassis kits aren't nice, they are...and most of them work very well. You just pay a premium price for them that most of us don't really need.
My build is fully documented both here and on PT and I'm happy to answer any questions you may have about what works, what doesn't, what gave the most bang for the buck and stuff I'd never do again. Personally, my favorite handling mod that I've done so far was going to a 1500# front sway bar. I wish I had tried that route 5 years ago, it would have saved me a ton of hard work, preservation, and money spent on band aid parts that I am now undoing because I fixed the root problem.
And yes, I've chase the torque arm, 3 link route several times but I just can't bring myself to go through all of the work and expense it'll take to install for the little bit of improvement I think it'll net. There are a lot of fast cars out there on 4 links, you just have to tune and drive around their weaknesses is all.
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Lance
1985 Monte Carlo SS Street Car
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