[rusty4doorwithadream72]

Hi guys, I'm new here but have read the forumns for many years. I have a 1969 dodge dart 4 door that I want to convert from a slant 6 to a 383 from a 1968 dodge monaco. this is a junkyard low budget build, and I can't find any places selling the bigger torsion bars for cheap. I'm from canada and with covid is getting more difficult to bring parts up, and no Canadian manufacturers make torsion bar for the A bodys. I was curios if anyone knew of any coil over k members I could grab from another car to swap in, hopefully a car that I could commonly find in a scrap yard. Or even better if anyone knows a cheap place to find the torsion bars. Keeping in mind I mean cheap in price not quality

 

[Capt_Jack]

well there is the option of doing away with the torsion bars altogether. if you do a search in these forums regarding 'coil over conversion'.

so far I found this.

Coil over convertion for A bodys?

I am thinking of getting rid of the .990 bars because the Over drive tranny will need some room in the cross member to fit. I would like a coil over convertion for the front end of my car and would like to keep my stock K member. The top of the shock tower is strengthend with fender bars that...

www.bigblockdart.com

if you chase that search for a bit, many folks would do it to change to different suspensions and free up room for header clearance. you do lose the cool option of being able to set your own suspension height.

might be less work than trying to track down specific replacements.


PS: there's also this.

Convert Any Mopar Suspension to Coilovers and Make Room for Mods

Here’s why your Mopar Dodge or Plymouth might need to change from torsion bars to a coilover front suspension, and how to do it with parts from Reilly Motorsports.

www.motortrend.com

 

[Jim_Lusk]

Lots of coil-over options out there. Some good and some not so good, but ALL are more expensive than a new set of torsion bars AND a front end rebuild plus a front sway bar. It is also completely unnecessary. Two of the top road course A-bodies are Valiants with torsion bars.

 

[warrendodge]

i did a conversion in my bb 68 dart rack and pinion coilovers and arms best thing i ever did you can adjust height with the coil over shocks look up HDK Suspensions also takes 120lbs off the front

 

[Bakaruda]

This page was started by the original Mopar coilover guy. "ALTERKATION"

 

[Capt_Jack]

This page was started by the original Mopar coilover guy. "ALTERKATION"

wow! Bakaruda! thats a name I havent seen come through here in a while. welcome back.

 

[Bakaruda]

Yah, don't get on much anymore.

 

[Badapl]

Hi guys, I'm new here but have read the forumns for many years. I have a 1969 dodge dart 4 door that I want to convert from a slant 6 to a 383 from a 1968 dodge monaco. this is a junkyard low budget build, and I can't find any places selling the bigger torsion bars for cheap. I'm from canada and with covid is getting more difficult to bring parts up, and no Canadian manufacturers make torsion bar for the A bodys. I was curios if anyone knew of any coil over k members I could grab from another car to swap in, hopefully a car that I could commonly find in a scrap yard. Or even better if anyone knows a cheap place to find the torsion bars. Keeping in mind I mean cheap in price not quality

Why do you need to change to bb bars so badly many have been quoted to saying the smaller version was more than desired for 1/4 mile strip cars for weight distribution to the rear tires

 

[Capt_Jack]

strip performance isn't the only consideration for many. for a street cruiser or if you're looking to cut corners a little tighter and more consistently, the standard or slant-6 bars don't really control the weight of a big block through a turn real well.