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sam 74
03-13-2011, 08:30 PM
i'm just ordered a set of Hotchkis springs for my 74 Olds and now i'm looking into the shocks, i'm new to pro touring cars and was looking for a little advice. the car is mostly going to be a street car that'll run at the track once in a while, so i'm not looking for anything spectacular, just some good driveing good handleing shocks. i was looking at KYB gas adjust but know nothing about them and i was also looking at the Edelbrock shocks but again know nothing about them so any input would be appreciated.
Tony_SS
03-14-2011, 04:06 AM
After I bought my first set of Bilsteins, I've never used anything else..
Randy67
03-14-2011, 06:52 AM
Get the Hotchkis Bilsteins, they are valved to match the springs.
Bryce
03-14-2011, 09:52 AM
Get the Hotchkis Bilsteins, they are valved to match the springs.

agreed!
FMG CAMARO
03-14-2011, 02:19 PM
I have the hotchkis springs with the bilsteins on my 1968 camaro. No complaints. Car doesnt ride to hard. Handles well and has almost no body roll when cornering fast. My car is steet driven.
sam 74
03-14-2011, 03:29 PM
looks like the Hotchkis bilsteins are the favorite, i'll look at those, especailly if they are tuned for their springs, i didn't even think about that fact.
Ron.in.SoCal
03-14-2011, 03:39 PM
Lesson number one right there, Sam. Vendor matched systems are usually a good bet, unless your name is Bryce, Matt, David or JP...:woot:
sam 74
03-14-2011, 09:15 PM
heres what i'm looking at, i have the Hotchkis springs so i'll be getting the matched shocks as well. i was also looking at the Hellwig anti sway bars, hollow front 1 5/16 and a solid rear 1 1/8. i think this will give combo will give me what i'm looking for in the form of performance and streetability, hows this sound to you guys?
Bryce
03-15-2011, 05:30 AM
Lesson number one right there, Sam. Vendor matched systems are usually a good bet, unless your name is Bryce, Matt, David or JP...:woot:

HAHA, thanks Ron!
Ron.in.SoCal
03-15-2011, 09:45 AM
HAHA, thanks Ron!

You earned that, Bro. In good company too...!

(Apologies to anyone left off the list. You know who you are!)
Hotchkis
03-18-2011, 09:16 PM
Hey guys, thanks for the support!

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sam 74
03-19-2011, 08:32 PM
i'm looking at this picture and it got me thinking, do all the rear anti sway bars have U bolts on the rear axle, the reason i ask is i have a 74 A body with a Chassis Works Fab 9 with back brace and i'm going to be looking for some sway bars here in the near future.