Camber Bolt Adjustment

1969DartCustom said
I will grab the part numbers but I swapped from a slant 6 to a magnum 318.

I bought some used 318 torsion v8 bars. I’ll look up the part number. Here’s an old pic of the ad

If I recall correctly, they are .850 bars

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If those are the bars you're going to use, you'll definitely need to raise the car at least an inch.

The bump stops on those QA1's are poly, and they are not progressive like the factory bump stops. It will be noticeable when they contact the frame.

michiganpat said
for what it's worth, my plain jane slant six no power nothin' '76 slant six came stock with .850's. I just got it back together with .920's (still need to bleed the brakes before I get it out), but pushing it down, it still feels pretty soft, though it doesn't have a sway bar yet.

.85" bars have a wheel rate of ~100lb/in
.92 bars are ~150 lb/in
1" bars are ~200 lb/in

Most modern cars are north of 200 lb/in wheel rates, and we're not talking performance or sports cars there either.

I ran 1" bars on my Duster for a bit and found them to be pretty soft still. I did not have sway bars on it at the time but the body roll was still significant too, even with just 225/60/15's on it- so not some crazy performance tire allowing for higher corner loads like the 275/35/18's and 295/40/18's that are on it now.

I've been running it pretty much as a daily driver with 1.12" bars and with the Hotchkis Fox shocks on it the ride isn't harsh at all. Fairly comparable to modern performance cars really.

I wouldn't bother with anything smaller than PST 1.03's, even for a cruiser.