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Originally Posted by 68LSS1
SCOTI, nice post and I know it's a truck but anything is possible if you throw enough money at it.
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My statement was to let Haystack71 know that even w/a vette based suspension installed, it prob wouldn't handle like a vette.
That being said, I guess we just have different opinions on this one.
I just don't agree w/your statements that air-bag based suspensions
"cannot ever be used in conjunction with sports car handling" or
"They will not out perform a coil over set up...". Never say never . . ....
Super Chevy 'Road Rage' vehicle testing:
Stock 2002 Z-28
Stock LS1 w/stock suspension/tires
.80g's on a 200ft. skid pad
40.90mph on a 420ft. slalom
132ft. 60-0 braking
13.80 @ 106mph w/2.36 60ft
Modified 68 Camaro
475hp 383
2" drop spindle, lowering springs, 1.125" sway bar, kyb's, 17"BFG G-force
.83g's on a 200ft. skid pad
43.79mph on a 420ft. slalom
158ft. 60-0 braking
12.07 @ 117mph w/1.84 60ft.
Modified 63Chevy II
350 w/700R4
TCI kit w/2" drop spindles, 12" discs, w/air bags + sway bars
9" Ford rear w/relocated mono-leafs
2" lowering blocks, air bags, panhard bar & 12" discs
17 & 18" Falkens
.82g's on a 200ft. skidpad
43.32mph on a 420ft. slalom
132.5ft. 60-0 braking
13.47 @ 102.80mph w/2.07 60ft.
Better G's, faster slalom, & equal braking w/o ABS. . . ..... not too shabby for a ChevyII on
air bags, w/lowering blocks, & drop spindles. I myself consider late model f-bodies to be very adequate handlers. So if a ChevyII using air bags can out-perform a late model f-body (w/30yrs suspension/geometry improvements), there's no reason to say it isn't possible for an early truck to handle better (like a late model sport truck) using bags.