Need front suspension opinion For a 68 camaro..

[Bmf5150]

My car is a 1968 camaro with a LS motor. I'm looking for more modern sports car handling yet with better ride quality than a 68 camaro leaf spring.. I mainly street drive the car and occasionally take to the track for 1/4 mile drag race.. I'm looking at the DSE front speed kit 2 and there four link, or my other option is the ridetech coil over system level two ..do any of you guys have experience with either of theses setups or opinion on which would be a better setup??thanks for your advice..
stan

[Schwartz Performance]

We also have a full length chassis available for your Camaro, which converts to our proprietary suspension geometry and components up front, along with a new rear end, big brakes, rack & pinion, etc.

If the budget doesn't allow, then I recommend ridetech. We've installed a few of their kits and sold quite a few to other ProTouring members.

We use their coilovers on our chassis.

-Dale

[BMR Sales]

I suggest you look at our A-Arms, Front CoilOver Conversion Kit and our Torque Arm Kit with CoilOvers.

T.C.

[Rod]

My car is a 1968 camaro with a LS motor. I'm looking for more modern sports car handling yet with better ride quality than a 68 camaro leaf spring.. I mainly street drive the car and occasionally take to the track for 1/4 mile drag race.. I'm looking at the DSE front speed kit 2 and there four link, or my other option is the ridetech coil over system level two ..do any of you guys have experience with either of theses setups or opinion on which would be a better setup??thanks for your advice..
stan

I can help you here.....I run the full ridetech system, on my Camaro and have won many events with it and just this weekend in Daytona, Britt our engineer at the optima Ultimate Street Car search, in the Ridetech 48 hour Camaro beat all takers in the autocross, again ALL, and added a 3rd place finish to that in the speed stop challange, that was a stock framed 67 camaro on the Ridetech system 3

[Rod]

[Bmf5150]

Thanks rod

[sbcbuilder]

If you have the budget check out Chris Alston's Chassisworks

http://www.cachassisworks.com/cac_pr...-69Camaro.html

nothing against the sponsors just another choice

[WFO]

I can help you here.....I run the full ridetech system, on my Camaro and have won many events with it and just this weekend in Daytona, Britt our engineer at the optima Ultimate Street Car search, in the ridetech 48 hour Camaro beat all takers in the autocross, again ALL, and added a 3rd place finish to that in the speed stop challange, that was a stock framed 67 camaro on the Ridetech system 3

how does the bolt in 4 link not twist the stock frame hard for me to believe the bolt in kit would not put a ton of stress on the frame rails and sprinp? help me understand as i am interested

[TheJDMan]

DSE, ridetech, ChassisWorks, BMR, Speedtech, and many others sell quality suspension kits. I recommend that you spend some time just reading threads here on PT concerning suspensions. The problem with asking the question you did is that you get a ton of opinions many based on what a company sells. I personally spent nearly six months just reading suspension threads before deciding on a package.

[Rod]

how does the bolt in 4 link not twist the stock frame hard for me to believe the bolt in kit would not put a ton of stress on the frame rails and sprinp? help me understand as i am interested

I'm not an engineer but I will say that basic mechanics of the system distributes stress on two(2) planes A vertical plane that has an outward normal direction...and a horizontal plane that has an upward direction, and the rotational force of the third (3) member and vehicle weight is controlled by the carriage (cage) now....And the old forward leaf spring cup is now (for the most part) a locating link, supporting no weight, and the rear of the frame rail no longer has to to support the cars weight also lessening the frame rail stress

[WFO]

DSE, ridetech, ChassisWorks, BMR, Speedtech, and many others sell quality suspension kits. I recommend that you spend some time just reading threads here on PT concerning suspensions. The problem with asking the question you did is that you get a ton of opinions many based on what a company sells. I personally spent nearly six months just reading suspension threads before deciding on a package.

what package did you use and how low is your ride looks nice by the way

[TheJDMan]

what package did you use and how low is your ride looks nice by the way

Thanks! It handles like it's on rails. After a lot of research, I went with a DSE front subframe because I liked the position of the steering rack making it a front steer and Chassisworks G-link 4 link rear similar to the one Rod posted above. How low is a relative question. I would have to guess it is about 3" lower than a stock suspension but I never took measurements before I started. However, If I was keeping my stock subframe I would have used a complete ridetech setup like Rod's and the 48 Hour Camaro pictured above.