A body rear street suspension suggestions

[Nicks67GTO]

I was going to put off doing the suspension on my GTO but its kind of come to the forefront now. The front end is ok for now. I need to do the back. The springs are shot and the bushings are rotten.

Im looking for good quality components that are budget friendly. I want street components that will take a beating from a stickshift 450-550 hp car. Im guessing i need adjustable upper, boxed lower control arms with the adjustable piece to triangulate the whole deal along with springs and shocks. Later i will be updaing to sway bars and stuff but for now im just trying to get the car ready to put on the road next year. Any suggestions on a brand or kit? Keep in mind i will be updating the front end sometime in the next year or two with a arms, sway bar etc.

[ProdigyCustoms]

We sell and install a lot of Hotchkis. Top quality stuff at a reasonable price

[Mingus]

I've read a lot of good stuff about the Currie arms with the "Johhny Joint". So far these are the ones I'm leaning towards on my car. My front suspension was falling apart, so I sank all my $ in it and only did springs / shocks on the rear so far.

[dhutton]

Here's what I went with:

Currie upper and lower arms
SPC springs (could have used Hotchkis)
Hotchkis Bilstein shocks
Hotchkis adjustable brace
Hellwig pro-touring chassis mounted sway bar

Car isn't finished yet so I can't comment on the ride quality etc.

[CHILI442]

Here's what mine has evolved to:

Hotchkis spring (about 13 years old)
Hotchkis control arm braces.
Currietrac adjustable upper arms (had UMI - they use QA1 spherical bearings that get loose and 'pop')
Global West lowers with spherical bearing and del-alum
Hotchkis 1" sway bar
Varishock single adjustable shocks.
Rearend is a 12 bolt chevy with poly bushing in the top.

It all works well. I'm not a fan of anything Hotchkis, but whats in there works OK so I don't see a need to replace it. I do like their control arm braces though. Very beefy.

[Yelcamino]

Both of my cars have Global West rear (http://www.globalwest.net/1964-72_Chevelle,GTO,Olds_442,A-body_Rear_tubular_control_arms_and_braces..htm)low er arms (#TBC-4) and adjustable uppers (#TBC-47) with QA1 single adjustable shocks and coils from Coil Spring Specialties and SPC rear frame supports.

[wmhjr]

Here's what I went with:

Currie upper and lower arms
SPC springs (could have used Hotchkis)
Hotchkis Bilstein shocks
Hotchkis adjustable brace
Hellwig pro-touring chassis mounted sway bar

Car isn't finished yet so I can't comment on the ride quality etc.

That's mostly what I've got (Currie rears, SPC front upper and lower, Howe tall ball joints), Bilstein shocks, SPC springs, Hellwig front bar and Spohn rear bar. It's a firm ride and great handling. I'm very happy with it. It is LOW.

[ProdigyCustoms]

http://www.hotchkis.net/index.html?Vid=9

[shep]

On my chevelle I went cheap. edelbrock double adjustable uppers. hiem ended doubled adjustable lowers. Black magic 175# 5x11 single pigtail springs afco street stock, stock mount heavy valved shocks. the most expensive part was the edelbrock uppers and I found them for around $230. They are not as beefy as the Currie pieces but should handel everything I will throw at them. If you are making big power definatly get the curries. I would guess that I have less than $450 in the setup.

[The WidowMaker]

curries. the johnny joints are heavy, but they are awesome.

[T-CHRGD]

Give Mark at SC&C a call.
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