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Offline geneo4116

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 :1zhelp: any susp mods, my challenger basically stock as far as susp goes, would like sterring a little tighter, and spins alot of line, runnin street tires 15x10 on rear, motor is 383 apprx 450hp at crank




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Re: whats the best way to make the e bodies handle and hook up better
« Reply #1 on: April 25, 2008 - 04:20:29 PM »
Have you read this thread?.... http://www.cuda-challenger.com/cc/index.php?topic=32717.0

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Re: whats the best way to make the e bodies handle and hook up better
« Reply #2 on: April 25, 2008 - 04:50:50 PM »
How much money do you have to spend on this, and how serious are you into it?

Meaning, are you looking to road course the car, or just have better road manners. Are you looking to just try and get a little more bite on the street, or would you consider moving the springs, cal-tracs, etc?

And, what tires are you running. best suspension in the world wont do much with cheap/hard tires under it.
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Offline geneo4116

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Re: whats the best way to make the e bodies handle and hook up better
« Reply #3 on: April 25, 2008 - 07:26:34 PM »
dont want to road course, just get a better steering feel, feels a little sloppy kinda like a f150 truck with a heavy load, also will caltracs stop the spinning off line

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Re: whats the best way to make the e bodies handle and hook up better
« Reply #4 on: April 25, 2008 - 07:31:04 PM »
what tires are you running
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Re: whats the best way to make the e bodies handle and hook up better
« Reply #5 on: April 26, 2008 - 03:31:02 AM »
Firm Feel strg box will get better road feel , I have had Zero results [gains] with caltracs

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Re: whats the best way to make the e bodies handle and hook up better
« Reply #6 on: April 26, 2008 - 03:38:09 AM »
adding 1/2 leafs or at least clamping the front section of the leaf spring with a short sqaure top U bolt will greatly siffen the front section of the leafs , undoing & removing the rear clamps also helps , moving weight to the rear or just removing it from the front helps as does 70/30 or 90/10 shocks in the front to help weight transfer

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Re: whats the best way to make the e bodies handle and hook up better
« Reply #7 on: April 26, 2008 - 05:28:52 AM »
  With my '70 Challenger I am doing it in stages, I have installed a rear sway bar, I will be adding an extra main or booster leaf to the rear springs.  The front already has a sway bar, I will be swapping in heavier front torsion bars. The lower control arms I will also be bracing and adding heavier gas shockers front and rear. I want to either get rid of the power steering box or have it modified to restore some sense of feel to the steering. Further mods will be sub frame connectors and torque boxes.   :working:
  I won't be going radical as I will only be using for cruising and highway use. I will also make sure that there is reasonable suspension travel in the front.   :burnout:   :bigsmile:
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Re: whats the best way to make the e bodies handle and hook up better
« Reply #8 on: April 26, 2008 - 09:47:07 AM »
my tires are cooper cobra 295/50/15 on rear, 215/60/15 on front, only got about 180 miles on motor so havent got crazy yet,but just kickin at stop light starts spinning, which is kinda kool, but i realize spinning at winning, and ive owned several mustang fastbacks had one that actually handled and hooked good, so i realize this is not a new car, nor can you make it a new car, i have a new car to that i drive daily, i just wanted some imput from real mopar guys, im new to this brand, but i guess in some ways ther all the same only different. :violin: :violin: