leaf sping/caltracs

Rumblefish:
Right on! I've always known that if the back end comes up and the rear goes down on a mopar, that's what you want. It's called "planting the rear tires" The "bible" that you are referring to is the mainstay of all suspension mods on mopars. You forgot to mention the pinion snubber that helps with this a lot too. Superstock springs and a snubber is all you need for most applications with these cars.
Our cars were devoped with short front halves of the springs and long on the back to give them stiffness on the launch. Can't afford s/s springs? clamp the front half and unclamp the rears (rear of the axle) and you will have good results, especially if you use the pinion snubber.
Go with the book that direct connection/mopar performance developed for these cars, they spent a lot of hours and money developing this. It still applies today.
Tom.:cheers: