The KYBs have a bad rep from the guys that really push their cars. I've had mine in the Charger since 2003 and never thought that there was anything wrong with them. I wrote earlier that I had a similar experience with my old bed. I didn't realize what a worn out piece of crap I had until I bought that new $1900 bed!
I still have the KYBs in the car. I may try another brand when cash allows. Edelbrocks were suggested by some, but I read that they are not making them anymore and the current supply is dwindling down....

I bought the Monroes fellas...Thanks for the advice

Original motor is by by, i had the dana that i paid $150.00 for so why not? I got the alumn hemi for what i could have bought a mopar crate motor for, and was specked to my wants.I bought this car in 74 when i was 19, and i haven't driven it sence 1978. Execpt for wheels tires and headers it was stock the last time i drove it.So execpt for the drive train and two front seats it will be almost like it was.I don't know, i guess i want my cake and eat it to.I think it may be a one of one,but can't prove it and i'm keeping almost all my original stuff to put back on if need be.

We're a bit off the topic of shocks, but...

No radials weren't around then, which is why the poly glass design was such a decent performer. Widespread use of automotive radials didn't happen until the mid to late 70s. Old timers will remember why Pontiac was heavily advertising their RTS line and that wasn't Rapid Transit System but their Radial Tuned Suspension. All it amounted to was more agressive alignment specs and better shocks, but it sure threw a lot of consumers, and tire dealers for that matter, for a loop.

Bias ply tires will perform decently. A comparable radial will be faster once the systems is set up for it an the driver gets used to it. But a bias ply is also more forgiving of a tire for driver inexperience when run at the edge of grip. In my experience, bias plys tend to "broadcast" their loss of grip in a more linear and predicatable manner. Similarly, when traction is lost they will regain it in a similar linear way. Radials, on the other hand, tend to break loose more suddenly and not regain traction as quickly.

Thinking back to my oval track days, it took us several weeks of experimenting when we swapped from bias plys to radials before we were able to get the laps speeds back up. But once we did, we also started running faster too.

BTW, the f.a.s.t. cars are running plenty fast on bias plys. Stock reproduction bias play no less. Because of what I said above, a number of drag tires are still available in bias ply as well.