69 f body Frame selection help

[rushca01]

I was really hoping to go with the speedtech extreme frame but it won't work with my current small block set up and an ls engine isnt in the budget right now. Speedtech suggested I look at their pro touring frame. My question for a weekend road warrior like myself, is will it perform good enough? My thought was to upgrade the spindles to afx and coil overs to ride tech single adjustable. I was looking hard at the Art Morrison frame but with the speedtech discounting their legacy frame I'm really leaning that way since I can't get the extreme frame. Speedtech seemed to think they could offer some steeper discounts when I went to order but with the upgraded spindle and coil over its back in the same range as the art Morison, I'll be it with silver powder coat...


I know there are tons of these this or that threads so please bear with the new guy.

[Musclerodz]

What is the reasoning for running a frame? If your on that tight of a budget I would suggest running a full Ridetech setup. You can do front and rear for the cost of going aftermarket subframe and still have great autocross capabilities and excellent street manners.

[Blake Foster]

I can tell you that my Nova with the Protouring frame in it was very competitive with the other cars of the day, as for street driving it was awesome, rode well. turned nice.
The AFX spindle upgrade makes a difference as well. But if your not wanting to auto x or road race it the stock spindle works well also,(even if you do decide to go beat it up a bit) we have an adjustable upper control arm mount built into the PT frame, so you can still get the adjustable roll center ability even with the stock spindle. the most logical upgrade would be either the Viking Crusader double adjustable or Ridetech Single shocks.