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eminentbass · 08-07-2002, 07:28 PM

I have a 71 chev I want to make it handle the best it can. What type of suspension do you think I should run? I want to run airbags as part of it unless that won;t work to well. The truck is gonna be mainly for the street and the occasional trip down the strip.
help please

**MikeB** · 08-07-2002, 10:10 PM

Start with good suspension and steering parts. Nothing else will help if you have worn-out tie rod ends and control arm shafts. Next add high quality shocks and sway bars. Any rubber bushings your truck uses (sway bars, track bar, trailing arms, etc.) should be replaced with new ones made of polyurethane. Lowering the truck a few inches front and rear will, of course, lower your center of gravity, but do it using good quality components from a company like Early Classic Enterprises.

08-07-2002, 07:28 PM	#1
eminentbass Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: saskatoon saskatchewan Canada Posts: 38	suspension question??? I have a 71 chev I want to make it handle the best it can. What type of suspension do you think I should run? I want to run airbags as part of it unless that won;t work to well. The truck is gonna be mainly for the street and the occasional trip down the strip. help please __________________ 68 gmc 70 chev

08-07-2002, 10:10 PM	#2
MikeB Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: North Texas Posts: 3,470	Start with good suspension and steering parts. Nothing else will help if you have worn-out tie rod ends and control arm shafts. Next add high quality shocks and sway bars. Any rubber bushings your truck uses (sway bars, track bar, trailing arms, etc.) should be replaced with new ones made of polyurethane. Lowering the truck a few inches front and rear will, of course, lower your center of gravity, but do it using good quality components from a company like Early Classic Enterprises. __________________ Mike 1969 C10 LWB -- owned for 35 years. 350/TH350, 3.08 posi, 1st Gen Vintage Air, AAW wiring harness, 5-lug conversion, 1985 spindles and brakes. 1982 C10 SWB -- sold 1981 C10 Silverado LWB -- sold, but wish I still had it! 1969 C10 (not the current one) that I bought in the early 1980s. Paid $1200; sold for $1500 a few years later. Just a hint at the appreciation that was coming. Retired as a factory automation products salesman. Worked part-time over the years for an engine builder and a classic car repair shop. Member here for 24 years! This is the very first car/truck Internet forum I joined. I still used a dial-up modem back then!



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