by 2lucke4u » Tue Dec 16, 2008 2:18 am
Shred
I have only had two with ladders,,the shorter bars will be more stable if it will see more street use than strip,,you WILL be using a locator/panhard rod???
look at the amount of companies selling truck arm type suspension setups for drag cars,,I can only think of one, Hot Rods To Hell,the durability of the short side of your question is proved by the 1000's of factory applications,,if the truck arm style ,[long version ]was efficient,it would be on production cars,,stick with the short ones is my opinion,get the suspension as close as you can to YOUR definition of perfect and don,t sweat the 1/16,s,you will have the full adjustment of the bars to work with,both front and rear,up and down,as far as the street and ladders,my 66 chevelle was a rattle trap after 100 miles on the street,at the time poly bushings were not readily available,they are now so no worries,on my 75 monza with short ladders and a locator,and a spyder front sway bar I beat the devil out of it for a year,cornering like a madman that stole it and never had a problem,the car wore the old micky I-blocks about 20 wide,if I remember correctly those bars were 22 inches,we fabbed a front mount from a trashed rollbar that was laying around,,good luck,,,now the fun begins,,
Charles
80 monza coupe,black,355,.488 lift cam,performer intake.B&M th350,tci 2200 stall,3.42 posi,street car,
74 GTO 350 4bbl,3sp,3.08 posi,buccaneer red
68 Firebird 400, 4sp,3.08 posi,black