74 vert

Last weekend I gave my suspension its first real test, running the Dragon in NC. I'm running dual mount spring, second to the softest setting, in the rear with 460's up front. I have a 1.125 front stab bar and no bar in the rear. The car seems to lean more in the rear than the front. I'm kind of lost concerning the best method to correct lean and improve handling. I'm thinking maybe changing to 550's in the front to lower it and adding a rear stab bar to correct lean. All questions and opinions are welcome. :flag


[Modified by 74 vert, 3:58 PM 3/13/2004]

Jack71

I always thought that the spring had minimal impact on sway & it is the sway bars job to keep the vehicle level. I've been thinking about that dual mount spring too, so I'm anxious to see the replies here...

74 vert

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Z-man

I've got the same rear spring but the single, transverse VBP spring up front and no rear sway bar. I've heard adding the rear torsion bar is the way to reduce roll, but may make the rear tend to skid easier (oversteer). I've also got mine in the same settings as yours, but don't want to tighten up the spring rate on the street. (Our roads are much worse than your luxouriously smooth roads down south).
What does VBP say? They probably get quite a bit of feedback. I guess I'm as curious as you are...

mrvette

When I bought my car in '95, it was totally stock, and needing everything mechanical, so the mods/rebuilding began....

among other changes was ~460 lbs front springs and a single plastic VBP rear spring, with 4 KYB shocks, recomended at the time....
I also had 1.25 front and 3/4 rear bars.....

thing rode like a tank, the simplest change was to take off the rear bar, and revert back to the stock 7/8?? front bar....car rode MUCH smoother, if I had the stock softer front springs, I would use them too, the roads down here in Jax Fl. are not the best quite frankly and I get tired of all the vibrations...

GENE