fun on a budget

[big10ratrod77]

Well yall have heard a little (very little) bout my rat rod. Well there’s some money in the budget now and I got bout $650 bucks and I want to better truck.


Here is a little of the trucks back ground dad bought it new in 77 and its never been tore down further than the valve covers, so no major engine work was ever needed. and dad wont let me do cam swaps and headers and all that until it dies and I have hit the horse power barrier. It’s got a K&N air filter and duel exhaust, yet it is still blisteringly fast so now the suspension needs to be addressed. So since I can’t do anything else to the motor,
So I got some plans but I need some help

I have found a 3/4 ton sway bar at the junk yard so that will be going on when i can get in touch with the owner of the junk yard (where can I get good sway bar bushings cheap with out having to pay for S+H)
And the rest of the upgrades are simple bolt ons.
I am thinking about high performance brake pads, maybe slotted or drilled rotors, new shocks, I have been looking at the Eldebrock performer IAS shocks but they are like 300 and sum for a whole set are there any other high performance shocks that wont kill my budget? BTW the truck sits at a stock ride height.

So what kind of upgrades have yall found that are quick bolt ons that are fairly cheap and last real good and make it handle better? Also this is my daily so like I got to be able to install the parts in like a weekend