Getting ready to watch Daytona, doing some planning for the suspension on the '57... I'll be running the composite leaf springs on the rear, with housing floaters, sliders on the rear leafs, Watt's linkage, and AFCO shocks.

Considering the ladder bar length. Seems all the manufacturer's make their one size fits all stuff to be either 30" or 32" long and I'm probably going to build some longer bars for the '57, because of the long wheelbase... Thinking I'll go out to about 35" or 36" long with an adjustable lower link. I'll have the engine set back 7" in the chassis and am looking to get good weight transfer and can use the AFCO shocks to tune in the hit on the bars based on whether I'm setting things up for the street or the track..

I know everybody uses coilovers, I'm going with leafs so that I can have more tuneability in the shocks and use them for just dampening rather then having to support the rear weight of the car, too....

What do you think about the bar length and the rest of the components? Just looking for some input and wondering if there's anything I've overlooked...????