Six cylinder torsion bars with big block

Doosterfy said

OK everyone, nevermind what I'm telling you and listen to the other guys. Even though I did it and am not experiencing super dangerous handling and ride, because these "experts" said so you must put bigger bars in your big block A bodies, you must do what they say. Follow the sheep my friends.

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I'm not saying your car doesn't ride fine. As long as you like it, that's all that matters. However, I would not be trying to pass said advise on to others. You've done alot and spent a lot to lighten the front of your car, not everyone will or can. There's also a lot, i mean a lot of data to support going to bigger T-bars, including computer support data loggers.

Now, I will say from my experience, the slant 6 bars are fine for straight line. I've got a buddy with a 451 with indy heads stuffed into a 68 cuda, he's still running slant 6 bars, with the adjusters fully in just to get the ride heighth to be high enough to clear his factory size front tires when turning. Its a drag car only so it only sees the strip but I can say this, I've driven it around the block a few times, thing plowed the front end badly. Not enough to wreck or be unsafe but it drove like my 89 cummins 2wd with that heavy 1200lb cummins over the front wheels. Not a feeling I'd want for a car.