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Originally Posted by Low Elco
Cool! Good to know it really is that easy! Didja get to go out and make 'er squeal yet?
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It really is an easy install. The donor car comes complete and the only thing you will need and have to do is trim the saddle brackets, cut the 1x2 square stock for the saddle pad spacers and cut the 1x2 for the frame spacers. It handles REALLY well but I think 80% is the front bar and now after installing it I don't see it working well with air ride and the ability to drop the truck on the ground then raise it to ride height. I'm sure I can build different links and work with the rear suspension cycle to come up with something close. I think it will end up on the back of my 50 Burb if the drastic height change on this truck interferes with the bar.
No squealing last night or on the way to work, its raining and wet here. The truck does enter into the corners much faster and hold a flat line like a go cart though. I keep thinking how much load the pinner white 235s can handle and have found that the lower parts of my torso like to bite into vinyl!
The addition of sway bars is a very cheap and easy upgrade to make these trucks perform very well, but BETTER BRAKES are a MUST HAVE if you do this. The single pot 4 drum system just isn't up to the additional speeds that get you close to trouble. I have a 4 disc, dual corvette master system waiting install and hope I can keep the size 12 off the skinny pedal long enough to get that system on the truck without incedent until then. They invite a very spirited driving style , you want to just keep going faster through the corners doubling the speeds you have normally driven through them on the way to and from work on your 75 mile commute through the farmland twisties. I'm glad it was dark and the headlights limited my speed.