Thread: best budget suspension set up?

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Get yourself a Speedway catalog, you can order one on line. They will have just about every piece you need. Yes, you will want rear shocks, as well as tube shocks in the front, again, they will have kits to do this.

I learned a long time ago that kits are sometimes the best way to go with these sorts of projects. Someone has done the engineering for you, and they are usually spot on fitwise. I am not opposed to saving a few bucks when I can, but usually the cost works out close and you can get up and running so much faster.

If this were mine, I would put a 4 inch dropped I beam under the front with split wishbones, and a disc brake kit that is made to bolt on your spindles. On the rear, if it sits a little too high, lowering blocks would set things right.

It's just me, but I love to look under the front of these cars and see an I beam instead of independant. To me it just spells tradition. Course, I'm of that age group and kind of set in my ways.

Don


PS: Nice thing about parallel rear spring is there is no fooling around with panhard rods or any of that. The springs do all the locating.