Finalizing Suspension (with questions)

[Ralph LoGrasso]

Max,

That sounds like a pretty good plan. To answer some of your questions:

Front:
Tire size - a good size to run on a '69 (w/ stock sub) would be a 245 on a 8" wide wheel with somewhere around 5" of b/s.
Front springs from hotchkis- I think they only come in small block or big block rates.
Hotchkis sway bar - 1 1/8" hollow

Rear:
Run that 335 on a 12" wide rim. 12" wide is really the minimum recommended width from the manufacturers to run a 335, although you can get it to fit on an 11" wheel.

Don't run a rear sway bar. With stiffer leafs they tend to induce oversteer. Do a search in the suspension forum on this, there's a few really good threads. Plus, with the 245s and 335s the car is already going to want to push. You may want to run a 315 in the rear with the 245s or work on getting something a little bit bigger up front with some mods.



As for the rear, I'm running a ford 9", but I guess it could be tossed up to personal preference?