Suspension plan- opinions needed
Ok, so I'm usually over on Team Camaro since they are more "hot rod" set ups vs. here where you guys are more hard core autocross setups, but I wanted to get your opinion on my 1969 camaro suspension plans because you guys seem to be more of experts on the different suspension options out there. This car will see mostly spirited cruising and not any autocross. Anyway, I was planning on going with QA1 upper and lower tubular arms and QA1 single adjustable coil overs, and hotchkis sway bar up front. In the back I was planning on hotchkis 1.5" drop leaf springs, hotchkis sport suspension leaf spring bushings, QA1 single adjustable shocks and Hotchkis sub frame connectors.
The more I was researching (did A LOT of research!), the more I think I'm going to go with Speed Tech's chicane coil over conversion so I can use true coil overs…still will most likely go with QA1's single adjustables with that due to budget.
So what do you guys think? I know it's not the best setup compared to a lot of what you guys are using and I did look at Ridetechs complete coil over system, but I just don't think I need something that good. My goal for this car is to make it sit at a nice lowered ride height 2" down and tighten her up nicely so I can push it a little while driving around the block. Oh yeah, right now I'm running a 350 SBC with iron heads, no air, aluminum intake, and power steering. It's also got a Muncie M21 tranny.
Thanks for any input!!!
Brian
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