Shock upgrade recommendations

Took a long drive Thursday and realized I was not happy with the ride control from OE type shocks.
These are now 10 year old NAPAs that seemed OK then.

This on a 70 RT slightly hopped up with 465 HP, tied frame, torque boxes

But I know there are better shocks out there. I just don't want to spend $600 on a set.
My bars are one size up and rear springs seem to have sufficient arc.

Sooo, If you have any suggestions for a street only application, I'm all ears.

Thanks, Joe

What exactly is the size of your Torsion bars?

One size up torsion bars from a stock 383 .90” would be .92” 440/Hemi size.

But to some that might mean the 1.00” common found upgrade bars that PST and other general suspension places sell.

Talked about this in another forum and I think Bilstein RCD shocks are now $550+.

Less than $400/set I think nowadays leaves you with:
KYB
Monroe Matic
Gabriel Classic

All those about $25 +/-

You should be looking for NOS HD shocks if you don't want to pay for the good shocks. Adjustable shocks are amazing............

There are more than several flavors of oem mopar nos hd shocks that will work for you but i am not doing the homework [research] for you. Rear is easy, front=depends on application

We used to use chevy shevelle [sic] shocks for the 73 up B body front shocks platform - the shocks fit the tight confines and all that needed to be done was change the lower mount interface over to mopar from the chevy = press out the chevy part and press n the mopar part.

Tailgating onto this thread as it's basically the same question but what are shock recommendations fir a primarily street driven four speed car? RT Charger, 69, stock springs and torsion bars.

Bilstein Shocks from FirmFeel.

I typed up a long winded message, but if sticking with nonadujstable, Bilstein is hard to beat. But I also thought parts store stock replacements were fine. I guess I’m not a skilled enough driver to appreciate the difference

For a street cruiser Bilsteins are overkill. For the OP's budget considerations Bilsteins are a bad recommendation and exactly what the OP asked not to get.

With shocks... you pay for what you get.

With Moparts you get the answer no one asked for.

Go back and read what the OP was asking for.

If you hate stiff shocks, go with Monroe. If you like stiff shocks, KYB. If you want a quality shock at a better price than Bilsteins, look at Koni.

For a stock suspended, street cruiser that has no race plans, Monroe or Gabriel gas shock are a decent step up over stock oil shocks to provide a noticeably improved ride without being harsh or costing a chunk of money. These are still good for one step up from stock rates, but they must be gas charged. Once you get up to 1.0" t-bars, they won't have enough control to provide the best results and you need to prepare to fork over some money.

With that said, I will point out that the shocks are the heart of a suspension system and they define its control range and performance. Like a camshaft controls the performance range of an engine, so do shocks make a suspension great or lousy if they are not all set up to compliment each other.

My recommendation is to buy a set of Koni shocks for the front. I know they are more expensive than you want to pay but once you drive the car with the Koni front shocks you'll be convinced. And they'll basically last forever on a street driver, especially if you keep the car in a garage.

How about the Hotchkis street performance shocks? Not much more than the Konis.

Which model Konis are the ones being mentioned?

If you can still find them I have had the best luck over the years with Gabriel shocks.

I don't think he'll find more than one model Koni for '70

What do you want the car to do with the shock change, soft ride, better cornering, acceleration or ?

I've always had the beat ride out of the top of the line Gabriel's.
monroe shocks universally suck.