Suspension Review

Oh boy, miss matched torsion bars, a drag racer’s trick that makes the car unsafe on the road. My Dart found its way to me in the same condition, and would carve a nice curve when the heavy bar was loaded, but turn in the other direction loading the /6 bar, and it became a flopping wallowing mess.

I upgraded the Dart with a pair of Firm Feel’s 0.940” bars, and added front anti sway bar, subframe connectors, new stock ride height six leaf springs, and all new bushings. The car corners flat, rides smoothly with no wallowing, and steering is very predictable. It is a pleasure to drive on secondary curvy hilly roads.

The question always asked are V8, cop car, and race bars too stiff; NO! My Dart is still sprung softer than my 300C AWD. /6 and small block engines are close in weight, big blocks will add 300 lbs or so the front end, so if you are dropping in a big block, look at a one inch plus bar diameters, you won’t be disappointed.