by crytical point » Fri Aug 18, 2006 11:58 pm
I own a 1978 monza S and it has the tourque arm and pan hard rod and I have already replaced shocks(kyb gr2) springs (trw HD) bushings (energy suspension poly) and the whole F41 racing swaybars. I run the car autoX and push it to its limit and wanted to know if I were to install air support bags in the rear coil springs or add an additional set of shocks or coilovers in the rear will my rear end stay planted on the corners? also I see these braces made to prevent body roll at the rear axle and I wonder if that would help to. I have already snapped welds, broke a windshield, and gone through several rims (blowing the bead in corners) But i want to make the rear end more solid for drifting the rear end for faster times. I want to make this car into a handleing beast and I see more potential in this than my 3rd gen camaro, pontiac fiero, and rx7 and have chosen this car over all of them and have sold them or stripped them for parts to make the monza better. The car is equiped with a 2.5 duke and th200 and I am looking to replace it with a cosworth and a s10 T5 and a s10 rear with a set of 3rd gen camaro rally rims for a wide tire. So far I have port/polish, portmatched , and angle valve job the head on the duke with a free flowing exhaust and weber carb with a msd ignition and a v6 radiator, also I racewieghted the car and welded the unibody seams. I just want to know what else I can do to it to make it handle better and work, money, or discomfort will stop me. If I can take a vette on the corner or spank a miata on a autoX course I don't care about the suspension being hard or sensitive ( I like it that way).