Suspension Ideas Needed for Mopar B-Body

[geoffreyj318]

Hello, my name is Geoffrey, from Bossier City, Louisiana. I am building a 1968 Plymouth Satellite (The Blackbird Project). My plan is for a nice but low budget G-machine. I am thinking of an Art Morrison triangulated 4-link for the rear suspension. For the rear, I am undecided. I would like to replace the torsion bar front suspension. Magnumforce and Reilly Motorsports are not in my budget. I am looking at two options:

RCC Specialties. Has anyone heard of them? On their website, they have a coilover conversion kit, for Mopars. Has anyone used them before?

Mustang II conversion. Has anyone ever performed a Mustang II conversion on a torsion bar front suspended Mopar? I have seen this conversion done on classic Mustangs, with a similar unibody construction.

This is my first project of this magnitude, so any advice would be greatly appreciated.

[Hooligan]

Never heard of RCC specalitites but every other company, that I can think of, that has a mopar coilover front suspension has also replaced the K-frame that holds the engine.

For around the same price as the Art Morrision 4-link you could get into a Lateral Dynamics (http://www.lateral-dynamics.com/) or XVMotorsports (http://www.xvmotorsports.com/products/detail/index.cfm?nPID=67&cid=38&cdesc=B%2DBody%20Products) 3- Link suspensions which are inherently superior designs.

If your truly on a budget you may want to consider the XV motorsports level 1 system (http://www.xvmotorsports.com/products/detail/index.cfm?nPID=4&cid=38&cdesc=B%2DBody%20Products). It's still torsion bars and leaf springs but it's been optimized.

[Project Mayhem]

Geoffrey, your project sounds killer yet sensible. Personally, I would maintain the rear leafs in order to focus financial resources on the front. For the money, Reilly Motorsports' AlterKtion is the single best improvement you could make to your car's handling. Throw a pair of adjustable shocks (and perhaps a sway bar) in the rear and call it good. Best of luck, and let us know what you decide!