I am going to soon re-build the front suspension in my 70 Monte and I wanted it to handle a ton better. So I was thinking about tubular upper control arms with del-a-lum bushings, a hotchkis sway bar and I wanted to lower it a little bit to bring down the center of gravity so it will handle better and take the slop and body roll out of my front suspension.
First of all, I don't know what I'm going to do about a spring/shock setup and I was wondering about coilovers. (looking at QA1) I see they have adjustable ride height but what other advantage would they give me over lowered or cut springs? Do they handle better? Or strictly for racing? What setup would someone reccommend for me if I wanted a nice daily driver streetable setup? And what do you guys think about coil-overs for the rear?
And lastly, with the tubular A-arms I was going to go with Global West's del-a-lum bushings. I was wondering if anybody has them on their car and what advantages they are. I know they're greeseable and they're suppose to take the bind out of the suspension for full suspension travel. But wouldn't this make the ride a little stiffer? Does it make the car handle any better?
If anybody has ideas or good suggestions about suspension setups, please let me know, appreciate the help. Thanks so much
Ryan Washington
www.RyansCustoms.com