My "new" '74 Duster- or why I need a project like a hole in the head

alan627b said
Really a good build. Well thought out and executed and some good ideas there.
Since you aren't a stranger to AFCO products, and if you want to adjust your rear height, consider adding some rear spring sliders and get rid of friction and 30 year old shackles to boot. Also negates the change in spring rate as the rear shackle moves through their arc. Depending on how you mount them you can alter your rear height too.
Read more than you probably want to know about them here. Happy reading!

Especially the Yellowbullet posts. Tons of good information to be found.

https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8#q=spring+sliders+yellowbullet+forum

Alan

Thanks!

I actually considered going to sliders, but with as much as I was changing already I kept the shackle set up. I didn't really know what the ride height of the AFCO's was going to look like, since I hadn't seen them mounted on a Duster before. So that was part of it too. And I already had an offset hanger shackle set.

Might be something I look into in the future. Hopefully this thing will get some autocross or track events this year and I can get a better feel for how its set up.

alan627b said
You know the "It's just going to be a driver" thing is a lie we all tell ourselves don't you?

Well, yeah. :D But believe it or not, its still going to be my driver. I'm making progress on my list, when I get to the end the Duster will become my daily and the Challenger will get some overhaul work done on it. I'm already driving the Duster more than the Challenger.