Suspension woes

[Oldrust]

"Are you keeping the 15" wheels? If so there's no need to go all out on the suspension, you'll run out of tire before you need any kind of serious suspension tricks."

I'm definitely changing the wheels out, 18" or possibly 20", undecided on that. Looking at maybe some Detroit Smoothies.


"Your rear suspension looks pretty good already, but I think you'd benefit from relocating the shocks outward. Link to the shock relocation how to-

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...postid=4730005"

Awesome, thanks for the link. Yes, the rear looks pretty good. Someone got overzealous up front trying to drop it as much as possible without really knowing how... It needs to be corrected.


"My truck rode as good as dad's all-stock '66 without the truck pitching excessively over larger bumps due to the lower center of gravity and the shocks and sway bars controling the body movement better. It cruised dead steady on the interstate even over 90 mph and had less body roll than my autocross car. The tires were the limiting factor of how hard I could push the truck around corners, it would have done much better on 18's with shorter sidewalls."

Thanks for the info and pics. I'm on the fence now with the idea of fixing whats there or going whole hog and doing either Porterbuilt front and rear with airbags or coils or doing a Roadster Shop Spec chassis. Roadster Shop claims it will drive like a modern car with a new chassis. Its a slippery slope... Its also hard to get info and one can't test drive the new chassis...