| A lotta guys out there are 'Go Fast' kinda guys. The dump all their cash into their huge motors so that they can run 10's down to the shopping mall. Well, I can respect that, but thats not my main priority (not that I don't want to lay down rubber from my house all the way to the store to buy some milk). My main priority is stopping, but my second one is TURNING! I just remember driving these old boats 6-10 years ago and whenever I turned a corner I had to grab onto the door or the bottom of the seat to keep from tumbling into the passenger seat due to body roll. Well, I decided to fix that. After reading the catalogs for years dreaming of all the stuff I would put into the belly of this beast I have finally done something about it. I spent a *LOT* of money on this garbage and it seems to work. Here is my current setup. KYB's all around, front and back 1-3/8" sway bars from HO racing. Stock Moog 5440's (The HO 1" drop springs where too low, I may put them back in when I get real tires). Hotckiss rear control arms and Hotchkis 1" lowered springs. Now, I have been told that this setup will tear a convertible apart after time (especially with the Del-Alum bushings) well, so far it seems pretty mild until I turn a corner, there is absolutely no body roll. I have a big shit eating grin on my face when I take a corner too fast now! |
| Here is a group photo of all my rear end components |
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| Compare the sides of the rear lower control arms |
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| Compare the tops of the rear lower control arms |
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| New hotckiss 1" drop springs vs the old ones |
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| Compare the tops of the rear upper control arms |
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| Compare the tops of the rear upper control arms |
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| And here is a beauty shot of the underneath complete with lovely rust |
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| I *REALLY* need a new exhaust system, anybody out there got any free D-Port RA manifolds? |