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Re: Demon front end work
[Re: Bad340fish]
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05/01/12 12:00 PM
05/01/12 12:00 PM
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St. Clair Shores, Michigan
bigsbigelow
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St. Clair Shores, Michigan
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Do yourself a favor and get the rms uppers and adjustable strut rods. Then the only bushing you will have left is the lower control arm. You won't believe the difference.
Just a side note, Magnum Force makes a double adjustable UCA with rod ends that can be adjusted without removing the UCA. 
linky
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Re: Demon front end work
[Re: MR_P_BODY]
#1224926
05/01/12 12:08 PM
05/01/12 12:08 PM
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quick77rt
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Mr P. It can be done to a point, with the alterktion and a diff set of rear springs, good shocks one can go fron one to the other in a day. You can pull the #550 fronts, put the #300 pound springs, pull the zero arch rear springs and pop in the monoleafs, ditch the 17s and put the slicks/skinnies, reset the Qa1 double adjust to the right trim and hit the track. Yes my vert is a lil high but for serious street driving but its not an issue. If done right and a few extra parts you can have a decent car in both worlds. Would be a good bit harder to change t bars and such without. But a coil over front and good shocks makes the world alot easier. Quote:
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OK, first off, I love how the car sits, so Im not dealing with that, and FEEL its pretty sloppy feeling, like theres a bunch of loose front end parts on the car. I would like to have a front end that works and feels like something thats not wore out.
I thought about going with adjustable upper control arms, and getting a steering box that has been rebuilt.
Wont a stiffer torsion bar make it transfer worse?
I was just asking if there was a kit, or a gathering of parts that will make it steer better, and be able to fully adjust my front end.
If I have to save up for an altercation, ore a magnum force front end, Ill do that, but if its not necessary ill just buy the parts to make it a better driving car.
It sure sounds like you want a road racer and a drag
car... not gonna happen... stiffer bars will knock
out some of the roll rate... I would also bet you
have a bad toe curve... if you put a sway bar on it
for the street and unhooked it for drag racing that
would help but you want a 94% street car
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Re: Demon front end work
[Re: quick77rt ]
#1224927
05/01/12 12:23 PM
05/01/12 12:23 PM
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wine country
8urvette
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wine country
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FWIW, I hated the way my 68 barracuda felt while driving. super loose, slow on the steering input response, it just didnt feel all that safe. I had gone through and rebuilt the whole suspension with better bushings, balljoints, etc etc. I also have SS leafs and /6 torsion bars with a front sway bar. My steering box was rebuilt by me, i thought that may have been the issue and sent it to firm feel for a rebuild. The box was NOT my problem. My car sits high in the rear too, i was told the way it sits it changes the "dynamics" of the front suspension. I also had 185 45 14's up front with a 26 x 11 in the rear. I went to much taller 15 inch wheel upfront, and got some more "stability" out of it. Much better feeling. I had paid numerous times to get the front end aligned... never did any good. Its better now, but far from great, i just chalked it up to ma mopar have sloppy front ends 
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Re: Demon front end work
[Re: Moparnut426]
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05/01/12 02:10 PM
05/01/12 02:10 PM
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Posts: 1,495
Shelby mi.
JAKE68
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Shelby mi.
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Ok what kind of readings are you getting on the alignment rack with the car at that stance? I would like to see what your readings are.I would guess you are probobly not getting enough caster with the rear up.
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Re: Demon front end work
[Re: quick77rt ]
#1224933
05/01/12 04:34 PM
05/01/12 04:34 PM
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Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 52,972
Romeo MI
MR_P_BODY
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Romeo MI
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Mr P.
It can be done to a point, with the alterktion and a diff set of rear springs, good shocks one can go fron one to the other in a day.
You can pull the #550 fronts, put the #300 pound springs, pull the zero arch rear springs and pop in the monoleafs, ditch the 17s and put the slicks/skinnies, reset the Qa1 double adjust to the right trim and hit the track.
Yes my vert is a lil high but for serious street driving but its not an issue.
If done right and a few extra parts you can have a decent car in both worlds.
Would be a good bit harder to change t bars and such without. But a coil over front and good shocks makes the world alot easier.
sure it can be done... just like you said... changing
over a bunch of parts... MOST people wont do that
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Those things look great on your car. Sorry for no real help, but I love those wheels. Beep
