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Level Q Sub Zero AAR ‘Cuda as currently configured, the numbers are the $$$$

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Oh man, I gotta come up with some name for my setup. Hmmm, let me see…

Level Y Ultra Zero Formula S 340 Barracuda

Stock UCA offset rubber bushing Moog 7103 RMS $40
Stock strut rods w/rod poly bushings cut 3/16” $30
Boxed LCA homemade with 1” strap steel poly bushing $20
Front Shocks QA1 adjustable… Used swap meet $80
Springs 130 lbs/in OE 340 Formula S 40 years old $0
Urethane Spring bushings Energy $40
Torsion Bars 0.99 Mopar (1994 pricing) $109
Sway Bars 1-1/8 front ¾ rear Firm Feel –Used swap meet $35 ft, $25 rr
11/16 Tie Rod sleeves junk yard $8
Mopar Part Remanufactured Power Steering box $160 (1994 and a good deal even then)
La Carra steering wheel Cedar Rapids swap meet never used $20
Brake upgrade: Junk Yard rotors, spindle, UCA’s. $90
HD Police Semi Metallic Pad Pin type Des Moines Mopar swap meet from Jeff Dory $15/set
MP/Willwood adjustable proportioning valve $40
MP Aluminum 1 1/32” bore master $50
Master adapter 2 aluminum bars from Industrial Metals’ extra’s bin $6
10 drum parts store shoes
73-76 K-member $50
K-member welding/reinforcing by a buddy and I bought the metal $20
3.23 sure grip OE $0
Re-ringed 340, VJ w/hardened seats, $600
15x8 4.5” backspacing rallye rims made from used centers $320
245-50ZR15 $450 for first set. $200 for 200 mile used second set
Sun Pro cruddy tach $10 swap meet used
Toyota Celica GTS seats –used out of the paper for $60


The larger front spring rate made the biggest impact. Rebuilt steering box, offset UCA bushings for caster, steering wheel, semi bolstered seats were big driver impact. But none of those really give a big mechanical performance gain.