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This car was brought to us looking for improved handling and braking.
The suspension consisted of soft leaf springs with air bags.
We designed a total package combining one off fabicated components and a few purchased items.
Suspension now consists of Bilstein coilovers, custom front and rear sway bars,
triangulated 4 bar rear suspension, tru-trac limited slip differential.
This transformed the car into a corner carving machine, while maintaining it's good ride quality.

Brakes were a vacuum power assist with a 6" booster recessed into the firewall,
along with 6 and 4 piston wilwoods and 13" front, 12" rear rotors.
Pedal effort was extremely high in a panic stop situation.
The root cause was too small of a booster.
Due to it being recessed into the firewall we were unable to install a larger one.
We've had great success with the Hydroboost systems from Hydratech, so we got one of their systems.
We machined a custom round mounting plate to look proper when installed in the round recess in the firewall
and ran the plumbing neatly out if the way. The car now stops immediatly with minimum effort.

After


Before


Hydratech Hydroboost, stops on a dime with 2 nickels change




Previous rear suspension

New triangulated 4 bar rear suspension with anti-sway bar

New rear in process of construction

Previous Front Suspension



New front suspension with Bilsteins and anti-sway bar


Front and rear view after


Newly fabricated stainless exhaust, now above bottom of frame rail with no visible welds.
Entire system runs parallel to frame.


Old exhaust


New inner fender panels eliminated tire rub.


Old inner fender panel

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