Originally Posted by Frankenduster
Originally Posted by autoxcuda
Originally Posted by Hemi ragtop
I’ve put almost 10,000 miles on my 66’ Dodge Coronet convertable, (4,175lb.). I have aftermarket .960” torsion bars, Firm Feel 1.25” front sway bar, rear sway bar and “Firm Feel” Bilstien gas shocks, (which helped).
The car corners very flat, but has a “dump truck” ride. I am considering changing the torsion bars from .960, to .900 (440 B body).
The car is a cruiser, not a slalom racer. What do you think?


I think that would be a very good idea.

I have 1.12” t-bars (350 lbs/in wheel rate) in my 3209 lbs digital scaled 68 Barracuda Coupe. A-body t-bars are shorter. That stiffness is equal to a 1.22” B/E body t-bar.



I'd like to see the actual calculations on that. The A body LCA is slightly longer than the B and E so that skews the numbers a bit.

I have 1.15" bars in my Charger, 1 1/4" front bar, 6 stage leafs with a 3/4" bar, Bilstein shocks and my car rides firm but in no way harsh...This is with 40 series tires up front and 45 series out back. Mine weighs just under 4000 lbs.



From the MP chassis catalog


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Last edited by autoxcuda; 04/30/21 11:26 PM.