Well I cant help it
I have to put in my
I think some people failed to understand the question.
I've heard all the arguments about stock vs modified, coil vs bags. I like torsion bars. I have a stock Challenger 383 4 speed. It's a blast to drive. I would describe it as rude and crude. It's exactly what muscle cars are all about. (Not what he asked!)
I also have a heavily upgraded factory system in my Challenger Convertible. Bigger torsion bars, reinforced lowers, urethane bushings, adjustable strut rods, tubular uppers. bigger sway bars and lowered. It rides very firm and handles well. Right now It's my favorite to drive its a lot of fun. BUT... You sacrifice comfort for handling and there are limitations with "stock" that you can't over come. A new car rides smoother and handles better. I hate to say it but there have been advances in medicine since 1970. With " Twisted Fish " I wanted it to ride and drive like a new car. Smooth riding and great handling. Crisp steering and no bump steer. Theres a number of things a new car uses to achieve this. A stiffer body, softer springs and better geometry. Add to that rack and pinion steering and multi-link rear suspension. You can't duplicate that ride with out a lot of modifications. ( Some permanent
) You need to weld up the body and add body stiffeners. The steering gear box has to go. You can't duplicate the precise steering feel of a rack no mater what you do to it. The leaf springs also need to go they can't hold the tires as accurately as a multi-link no matter how much money you throw at them. Unfortunately the alignment angles on the front of an e-body aren't very good and can't be fully corrected unless you do some extensive mods.
I would never cut on a car with any promise. But if you start with a car that has no particular value other then maybe as a downer car. Anything you do to put it back on the street is a plus in my book. The other criteria For this project is it has to be LOW much lower then I can achive with stock parts so back to the original question.
The question was about the "Lowered aggressive look" very popular today in hot-roding.
Air bags are about the only way to achieve this look and still drive the car.
Theres been a lot of questions about the ride. I rode in a mustang with the new shockwaves and thought the ride was nicer then expected. It's smooth more like a new car but not by any means soft. It seemed to handle great. It was a short ride so I cant say about every road surface or any handling numbers, but I was impressed enough to go with it. Not at all bouncy like an older "bagged" hot rod with external shocks. Read this it helped me
http://ridetech.com/streetchallenge/streetchallenge2006.asp The world of hot roding is as diverse as the people in it. There are no wrong answer just lots of opinions.
It's been said before but in the end it's your car do what makes you smile.
Topic: Looking to completely replace stock suspension for lowered agressive look (Read 3928 times)
