To lower or not to lower???

72Valiant4Door said

I dig the look swies.

I was not really wanting to get new wheels or tires, as the stock rims had brand new tires put on them before I purchased the car.

72blu... do you have the specs i should have the car set to with the offset bushings?

I should say, this is the first torsion bar vehicle I have worked with, so advice is appreciated. I was under the impression my stocker's 318 tbars were adequate.

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-.25 to -.5* camber, +3* caster for manual steering, as much +caster as you can get for power steering, and 1/16" to 1/8" toe in. That's what you should be running with radial tires, regardless of the rest of your suspension set up.

As far as the stock torsion bars go, IMHO they're not adequate for anything. I would recommend upgrading to at least 1" torsion bars, and I totally agree with AJ that 1.03" bars are better. I had 1" Just Suspension brand bars on my Duster for a bit, they were still too soft for me. But my cars are set up more for handling, with a focus on autoX. That said, my Duster and my Challenger are my only running cars, so, they are my daily drivers. Both have 1.12" torsion bars. The key to running larger torsion bars is buying a good set of shocks. Bilsteins are good especially for 1.03" bars or smaller, the Hotchkis Fox shocks are better and work great even with my 1.12" bars.

Swies- I'd bet money you bottom your suspension more than you know if you're lowered that much with stock torsion bars and bump stops. If you don't believe me, put a small dab of grease on the top of your bumpstop and go for a drive around town. My money is on there being a dab of grease on your frame by the time you get back. The stock bump stops act in a progressive fashion, it's not super easy to tell when they start touching the frame. Now, swap them out for little polyurethane bump stops and it gets pretty obvious.