suspension help??????

[wallacemiles]

i have a 83 hurst/olds g-body has stock everything suspencion.have alot of money in motor about 500 hp.whats the cheapest way to get the car to hook up suspension wise.i already have two slicks for car not installed yet.can i just get away with shocks or what do need to do...??? thanks wallace

 

[dogsht]

No guru but some things to help. Does it have a good posi? fwiw If its still a 7.5 rear it will break quick. Single biggest thing would be imo an air bag in your passenger rear coil. Set to about 12 to 15 psi to pre-load the suspension. This way you get the same amount of down force on both tires. Next lower control arms so that both tires stay flat and square with no bind or hop to waist traction & power. Next would be to get the pinion angle right so that it tries to lift the front of the car while squating the rear and planting the tires instead of lifting the rear of the car and unloading the tires. There are different ways to do this I prefer double adjustable upper control arms. All this can be done in stages. Then you can add adjustable drag shocks to the front usually set on 70/30 for a street car. This allows the front to lift the front of the car easier ie transfer weight for traction and to set the front of the car down slower to keep traction. You can also do things like remove the front sway bar but this affects cornering greatly. You can also upgrade the rear sway bar.