Went on a longer drive this weekend, with about 6 hours of driving. Some of the roads in IA are really bad, but even on some of the good roads the car would teeter-totter if the cement seams were just a bit raised, on another good road the car would get this bad shimmy on some parts. I just feel everything in the road.
My setup is rubber body mounts, graphite bushing in the arms, hotchkis BB springs and the big Addco sway bar (1.25" I think) in the front with KBS shocks all around.
The rear springs are unkown. I was told by the original owner 20 years ago that they were WS6 springs. No rear sway bar.
My take on this whole things is my front sway bar is way to big and the KBS shocks should go. The stiffer hotchkis springs need a softer shock. I just don't seem to have much of any suspension travel. The rear is also very stiff and could use a different leaf spring set up. I was thinking of converting the whole thing to a hotchkis TVS system.
My questions is.
I don't have my cocktail shakers in the front. I wanted to save the weight. I still have them in the back. For those of you that have removed them what did you notice different about the ride?
