Seeing the extremely reasonable prices of the BAC torsion bars, I've decided to order a set of the 1.15s and some Bilstien shocks.
I'm about to put some 1.14 bars in one of my A body cars and have started looking into shocks, do you think the Bilstien shocks have enough rebound damping for bars that large? I have considered the Viking double adjustable shocks but have not heard any feed back on these.
I have had good luck with Bilsteins in general, but on mine I run a specially valved one that feels great with a 300lb bar. I had to make special bushings to adapt it for this application but it was worthwhile.
I have Bilstien's on my Chevy truck and they do work great, but I'm not sure that the off the shelf ones would work with 1.14 bars in a A body. Sounds like you modified yours to work, I want to get something that I can adjust externally for the car and just bolt on.
I have the 1.14 bars in an a body and ran the Bilsteins and they were ok, then I installed the Hotchkis/Fox adjustable and they were a lot better, they take the harshness out of the heavily spring in a light car, much smoother. Having said that I would say if you go with the Bilsteins you will not be disappointed they are a decent shock for sure.
