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Offline HP2

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Re: Alterktion Swap
« Reply #15 on: January 02, 2014 - 04:28:28 PM »
Rough swag at pricing

Alterkation $4k
Hotchkis $2k
rebuild kit $350-400
Just Suspension Pro Touring kit $4k
disc brake kits $800




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Re: Alterktion Swap
« Reply #16 on: January 05, 2014 - 09:17:36 PM »
Killerbee,

I did exactly what you are planning, with the exception of adding power steering since mine already had it.  I went with ALL Mopar Performance parts and converted over to disc brakes as well as an upgraded sway bar.  The bottom line, nothing (new or not) will increase the handling or performance using 60's technology.  The Cuda is actually my wife's pick of muscle car and when we first got it, she was pulled over for swerving by the police and she wasn't drinking!!  On a newly paved road, the car did fine, but any little deviation in the surface resulted in the car becoming loose and out of control.  With this upgrade, it put the car straight with no tracking issues.  Highly responsive and easy to control.  You will know the difference immediately with this upgrade.  The Alterktion is double what the stock will cost but in the end, it will be worth it.

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Re: Alterktion Swap
« Reply #17 on: January 06, 2014 - 05:00:09 PM »
  The bottom line, nothing (new or not) will increase the handling or performance using 60's technology. 

Here I somewhat disagree.  A spring is a spring is a spring. The coil springs under your Alterkation are similar to a coil spring put under a car in the 1930s. Since when cars were first built to now, there are only four methods of supporting them; leaf, coil, torsion, or air.

What has changed is our understanding of that spring and its interactions with a variety of different forces and how best to utilize it within its range of motion to optimize that force. 

This is not a slam of the Alterk, it is a quality piece that is very effective and creates a lot of room with improved suspension motion. If you understand what was changed in it from stock and why, then you can understand how to create the same improvement in the stock based components. Ultimately, however, it may cost as much to achieve the same results using stock layouts as what you get in aftermarket layouts and you won't get as much space nor ease of spring changes that comes with the nifty coil over arrangement.

In your case for your buck and your time, the Alterk was the best solution. For many others this same logic applies. For some of us, it does not. Additionally,  some of us can build a stock based system that will perform on par to an Alterk. It all depends on how you want to spend the time, effort, and money and what you are trying to accomplish with those variables and within what rule set.

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Re: Alterktion Swap
« Reply #18 on: October 21, 2014 - 07:24:26 PM »
Since I dont have any.numbers to back up my claim, I will only say this, I will put my car up against any others with 60s technology for a little friendly comparison just to prove the performance is better. Straight line driving is boring....

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Re: Alterktion Swap
« Reply #19 on: October 23, 2014 - 07:41:00 AM »
My husband is looking at doing the swap and getting rid of the torrison bars and such he looked at the kit and was like 5k for the swap.He would be selling my original stuff and I have the ffb power steering and such  but he is thinking of doing it when he does my car over again in a few years.

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Re: Alterktion Swap
« Reply #20 on: October 24, 2014 - 09:56:03 PM »
Its definitely worth it, especially if in the future you decide to go with the new Hemi!