Recent content by jjack

Nice car. I love dart convertibles. I like rally wheels on A-Bodies. Your car does look a little low in the back. Have you compared your ride height to specs? Perhaps raising the ride height would stop the rubbing. If it's not low, then perhaps stiffer springs and shocks will help if you...

I'm done with drum brakes. I know there is no huge advantage to disc brakes on the back, but I think discs perform more predictably. My plan is for a stock A body rear end, disc brakes, and 5 x 4.5 axle swap. 72Blu thought that set up might also need a small spacer if I want the same wheel as...

72Blu and Dion have done a lot of research into what works. I do know that I must still take my own measurements mostly because of build tolerances. Offset shackles are the minimum needed, but if it needs a mini tub then I will do it. I did see a post that someone has successfully tubbed a...

I think those are Mustang wheels. Thanks for the link, I look forward to reading about his build. I have struggled to find wheel choices. I have not found many with the right backspace and lug pattern. Since the Ford lug pattern is the same, I was taking the lazy way out by looking for Mustang...

Thanks for the fender link. That saved me from a lot of research. I have been searching for pics of both fenders to determine the difference. I was thinking I would need to get one of each to find the difference. I need to acquire the whole front clip, so it does not matter which parts I...

I do want my car to handle well and be sure footed. It is interesting to see how suspension changes affect the steering geometry. I learn a lot from your response. Thanks.

Are these streetcar issues or racetrack issues? I looked under my Dart this morning. Both control arms angle down toward the spindle. Is the goal to get the upper control arm level so that as the suspension compresses, the arc of the upper control arm will pull the upper part of the spindle...

I'm seeing that as I search for tires. So far, the tires I'm considering are all about the same. They are 10.9" overall width, 9.6" tread width, on a 9.5" wide wheel. These tires can go on 9"-11" wide wheels. Thanks

I messed up the whole quote thing. I'll figure it out. I'm not opposed to anything to make it work right. I think the 275 tire meets my needs for handling and traction. I don't see any benefits going larger. I wouldn't do a mini tube to add larger tires mostly because I want all the wheels...

72 bluNblu, Thanks for such a thorough response. I thought the hard part would be figuring out what fits. I spent time this weekend searching wheels and tires. Not easy finding wheels. When I found something interesting, the wheel was not made in my size. I found a few I liked, but they...

Here are a couple pics of my sad looking little dart. The last pic is after I started to disassemble. That's as far as I got 30 years ago.

Is there a suspension combination that fits the same 8" or 9" wide wheel front and back? The dart is rather slab sided, so I was thinking the track width needs to be equal front to back in order to use one wheel profile? I think that would be a 73+ front suspension and B-body axle, or possibly...

I'm planning to install a 6.4 Hemi. The SRT cars with that engine usually come with 20 X 9 wheels, with about an 8" tread width depending on tire selection. My 300 had Goodyear 245 45 R20 8" tread width. I replaced them with Pirelli 275 40 R20 9" tread width. Which suspension combination...

That makes sense. I didn't think to check the early A specs. Chrysler does like to utilize existing parts.

New member, not sure if I'm bringing my questions to the correct forum. I have posted in the tire/wheel forum. I did not get the answers I need. I'm wondering if my questions are more suspension than tire/wheel. I'm planning a 1967 Dart convertible to 1970 340 swinger looking convertible...