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This is how the car currently is. I got screwed by a chassis shop and now I’m just trying to sort out my priorities. The project might be dead in the water.

I love my Borgeson. Big time quick ratio WITH assist.

Sorry, skipped right over the year. Belay my last.

SPC Gen I and Gen II and Hotchkis. @BergmanAutoCraft can set you up with the SPC options. You can also add taller ball joints at the same time with his Howe options.

QA1 do homework? No, thy just buy the other kid's (who stole it from another kid) class project and market it. Especially when it comes to Mopar I don't think they really know what their doing. The only thing they have that is organic to them, concerning Mopar, is that leaf spring thing and I...

I run a 255 on my 8.25” equipped Duster. I still have to run a small spacer. I would advise you to get 255’s now but save your 275’s. It sounds like you will be driving on these a lot so your new 275’s should keep. Get on the waitlist in the meantime. Click here: Fill out your info and...

RMS coilover towers WILL bend if you go in the ditch. That’s what it took for me to bend mine on my E-body. Bill Reilly told me to send it back and he’ll take care of it. Sway bar mounts on the lca’s is solid on the RMS, HD looks to have the exact same mounting idea. There is no problem with...

Inbox full. I would love to purchase a pair. My springs are currently in stock location but the front relocation pockets are already welded in the frame rail. This adjustability would alleviate my concerns because when I do relocate the springs I’m going to be using new springs and they...

@68wssDartmmb I'll take a pair! LOL

Another reason a high quality chassis paint would be better is that powder requires baking to cure. If you don’t get that k-frame free of nearly all grease you could have poor results. Not everyone preps things correctly. Also, I’ve had some parts done in powder that ended up with a pretty...

@DC Dart I had my machinist spray a really strong chassis black that he uses. Maybe some body guy types know but I know it wasn’t POR-15 or Rustoleum. The paint is extremely durable. I’ll message him and get the product name.

I started my process with a trip to the car wash. I was dreaming when I thought “That’ll be good enough.” Nope! So, I get home and pry the seems between the spot welds and used a torch to burn them out so the welds wouldn’t be compromised. I wasn’t happy because I only had the little blue...

Thanks https://www.classicindustries.com/product/3467186.html Is this and the actual steering wheel the only parts needed to go from OE to Tuff Wheel on a 73?

Dodge Plymouth Tuff Steering Wheel Adapter 3467186 If you get one let us know how it turns out for you. I would love to convert my car to a tuff wheel but have heard nothing but horror stories about quality issues on reproductions.

After guesstimating my weight savings over the Purple Valiant I plugged the weights into a calculator. Weight savings would be aluminum heads, race weight fiberglass hood, fiberglass front bumper, manual steering gear. Added nominal weight for j-bars and an Accusump on the passenger side J-bar...

This is just a representation of how I would set up a four link. Red is the anti-squat line, black is ballpark for CG, and yellow is instant center. Of course all this is theoretical and needs real weights and measurements and equipment installed.

A few days images to note. I’m just putting these here for my own pondering. Valiant dimensions. Purple Valiant corner weights. The Purple Valiant and mine will be very similar but I do have aluminum cylinder heads and a fiberglass hood. Tom did not have j-bars, mine will. Looks like my T56 is 8...

I like the adjustability of those as well. I looked at buying Johnny Joints or the “Lifetime” heim joints (greasable-rebuildable) . Wow! Expensive! $116 ea.

Thanks for spending time with me on the phone the other day. I have some more questions about the X-Gen. My car is fully minitubbed. My wheels are 3-piece Forgelines and right now they are 8" so I will be getting the proper barrels to widen them. The first goal would be to see if I could run...

I talked to Peter the other day. He mentioned the staggered set up. This is the non-staggered. You can see that the staggered version has a crossmember that would probably be welded to the rear bulkhead. The non-staggered version could have those pockets welded up in the wheel well, I...

Great responses guys. So it seems that, from consensus, that spring toe in should a) be minimal to keep forward bite and b) may not be needed if using a panhard rod. However, if toe is incorporated I would want to seriously consider keeping it consistent with E-body toe angle or less. Also, keep...

All, good points to consider. Hyperco is the company that I have already contacted. No reply yet but I did the quote sheet they have online. Preliminary thought is that the spring perches will be at 41-42” spacing (right under the frame rail). The slider will be placed on center of the frame...

Currently, as of starting this thread, I am hot on the information gathering trail of the composite monoleafs. I am running that idea down hard as we speak. I have two companies identified, one contacted, that may possibly be able to build a couple of composite A-body spec spring sets in...

A little info on composite leaf springs. Huge weight savings, much more in the article. Composite leaf springs: Saving weight in production

@72bluNblu I agree. When I did the Cuda up with Reilly Motorsports stuff the choices for UCA were slim and they really weren’t a huge improvement over stock geometry. Overall, there just wasn’t a lot of marketing and performance oriented front suspension parts out there. Of course, there were...

Not worried about intrusion at all really. I share your concerns with the XV stuff. There are some other things I don't like about it. The lower bars for one would need to be put in the frame rail like the MP inboard relocation. The Reilly Motorsports has an option for OEM mounting location at...

This was Tom Kaman's Valiant that this shop worked on. Check out the pic of the car with the rear wheel openings cut out. That wasn't due to rust in the wheel lip. Dan Weishauer at Hotchkis Suspension thought it would be a cool idea to make the wheel opening round? That was when Tom pulled his...

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