air ride 4 link with coil overs

[goob8869]

I'm looking for some feedback on the air bar and coil overs for a 57 Chevy Bel Air. I have this on my 67 Camaro and I'm happy with it but is totally different on a 57. Please any feedback would be very helpful. I'm wanting the car to handle not run down a drag strip.

[Rod]

I'm looking for some feedback on the air bar and coil overs for a 57 Chevy Bel Air. I have this on my 67 Camaro and I'm happy with it but is totally different on a 57. Please any feedback would be very helpful. I'm wanting the car to handle not run down a drag strip.

not that differant, its going to smooth out the ride and allow the car to handle chassis inputs quicker and give it a more solid ride

[MonzaRacer]

Installing a 4 link in that car would definitely make a 57 handle and ride good. coil over or air ride both would make it ride AND handle great. You can use regular air springs, ShockWaves or Coilovers. any choice properly and safely installed will make the car much more enjoyable. Just depends on you skills at fabricating. As for me IF on a budget, why not build it was a swing arm suspension. How you do this is use spring clams about an inch from each individual leaf and clamp it to the main leaf. What this does is develop a solid arm THEN you cut the leaf spring off BEHIND the axle. Install a simple yet sturdy cross member above to attach upper shock, shockwave or Coil over too. Then if needed you can add in a watts link or panhard par, but its doubtful you would need either. Simple and less fabrication and it will ride great and handling might suffer in autocross but as a rgular street suspension my Monza only had 12.5 in swing arms to the rearend centering pin,,,,maybe 13 ,13.5 in long total and it hooked like the tires were glued to the ground!
Just some thoughts.