AJE Tubular Coil Over Front Suspension
i've always read exactly that.
Same here, but it seems like people keep wanting to use them on the street.
The weight savings is the interesting part for me, and I think shows that the AJE is too lightweight for long term street use. The biggest difference is the weight of the K frame, even compared to other coil over conversions.
For a factory 73-76 K frame I have the weight at 34 lbs even. And the rest of the stock parts with a manual box, 1" torsion bars and aftermarket shocks I had at 119.6 lbs for all factory suspension.
For an HDK I calculated the weight of the K by itself working back from the total and components, and was at ~31.6 lbs, so like 10 lbs heavier than the AJE. For a whole HDK with a manual rack the weight was at 88.5 lbs.
Denny said his manual rack weighed in at 16 lbs though, so that would mean most of the difference between the HDK and the AJE would be the K frame and the rack. I have no idea why the rack would be that much lighter unless Denny included some of the steering stuff that was separated out above, which is totally possible.