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12-19-2005 #1Registered User
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The big picture: getting rid of that 35-year-old handling
By way of introduction, I just purchaed my first Camaro, a 1969 RS/SS 396 that's by and large original... and it drives and handles like it.
While I have another 1969 car (a full-size Canadian Pontiac), its a much "tighter" car, probably because its full-frame and I've redone the suspension (largely original, but with Polygraphite).
I'm used to newer cars, though: I drive a CL600 and a new M3. While getting the car to those standard is probably unrealistic, I would like to transform the handling of the car to more modern characteristics.
While bigger brakes and better rims seem to be the standard first steps, I'd like to get feedback on how, without completely swapping in a more modern suspension, I can significantly improve the road manners and handling of a '69 Camaro.
I do plan to mini-tub the car, so that does limit the options somewhat. But if you guys, the experts, tell me to go to rack-and-pinion, stiffen the unibody with subframe connectors, and so on, that's the type of information I'm looking for (though I made up those examples).
So, put more simply, how I can most dramatically improve the handling, and in what order?
Many thanks in advance for your learned wisdom :-)