1.03" torsion bars and TT1 sb step headers

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cpearce said:
How is the road vibration or dampening with the delrin? Does it feel harsh through wheel or column? I completely understand building performance has trade offs with comfort, I just don't want something that transmits a great deal of road irregularities into driver or passengers.
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Well I did lots of suspension upgrades all at once so it would be hard for me to tell what each individual piece is doing. I'm running FF 1.06 bars, Hotchkis adjustable shocks, QA1 adjustable strut rods and a boxed LCA with the delrin bushing. From my understanding delrin provides a little more give than poly but less than rubber but is very smooth in it's rotation so it's very precise. I think since you already planned on stiffening the LCA and K frame as well as running Bilstein or Viking shocks, you won't really notice any comfort problems. Plus the delrin bushing gets rid of the outer shell that a rubber or poly bushing has so there's a little more material in there, don't know if it makes that big of difference.

My dart is "stiff" but not unbearable it's actually very nice and balanced to me because it's now a lot more predictable and it stays flat in corners which I really like. The better shock dampening and higher rate torsion bars, I think is the main key to everything.
 
tanis4457 said:
Well I did lots of suspension upgrades all at once so it would be hard for me to tell what each individual piece is doing. I'm running FF 1.06 bars, Hotchkis adjustable shocks, QA1 adjustable strut rods and a boxed LCA with the delrin bushing. From my understanding delrin provides a little more give than poly but less than rubber but is very smooth in it's rotation so it's very precise. I think since you already planned on stiffening the LCA and K frame as well as running Bilstein or Viking shocks, you won't really notice any comfort problems. Plus the delrin bushing gets rid of the outer shell that a rubber or poly bushing has so there's a little more material in there, don't know if it makes that big of difference.

My dart is "stiff" but not unbearable it's actually very nice and balanced to me because it's now a lot more predictable and it stays flat in corners which I really like. The better shock dampening and higher rate torsion bars, I think is the main key to everything.
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Thanks this helps
 
Well I have now ordered the last of my front end parts and await their arrival. Thanks tanis4457 for the info, I contacted Peter Bergman and ordered his delrin bushings, adjustable strut rods, and set of four bilstein shocks. On recommendation from Peter I ordered new pivot pins in the proper diameter that will allow me to use the delrin bushings without the inner sleeve from my old ones. From firm feel I ordered k frame plates and LCA plates. Also ordered the Hellwig tubular sway bar. Should make for an improvement over my untouched original 69 suspension.

Thanks to everyone for your input.
 
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