Thread: 1950 chevy truck hot rod, old issues looking for ideas

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A full frame swap sounds expensive and a lot of work on something that seems to have a decent set up already. Do you have coil springs in the front, or coil overs? Do you know what your spring rates are? You could also switch over to air ride too. Those new ridetech shock waves are sweet!

Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe

A full frame swap sounds expensive and a lot of work on something that seems to have a decent set up already. Do you have coil springs in the front, or coil overs? Do you know what your spring rates are? You could also switch over to air ride too. Those new ridetech shock waves are sweet!

Yeah my thinking is kind of in line with this^
I went to a lot of trouble to remove all the leaf spring junk and fab up independent front and 4 link rear, plus I don't really have the garage situation for doing a frame swap. I'm already tight in there and frame swap would pretty much mean 2 full bays devoted to this for months.
My rear sway bar did help quite a bit, maybe I should upgrade that one heavier too, it is fairly light, I don't remember exactly what I used now but probably 5/8 or so.
Up front is coil overs, I do not know the spring rates, I just know they were sized for an iron big block and I practically ruined a spring compressor with the force it took to get them in place. I've never been so nervous in my life as when I had those things squeezed down, I was worried my head was going to be taken off.