Next Step: Torsion Bars

Spoke to Steve at Dieter's this morning and he highly recommended that the next thing I tackled was torsion bars. I knew i needed to firm up my suspension, since i had a fun little 2 wheel experience at an autocross last year. I figured, i'd go with swaybars, not really understanding Torsion bars.

So i looked into Torsion bars and how you stiffen up the ride, much like getting stiffer springs. A good article on both the selection and installation is over at Pelican.

I'm gonna hit up the boards and get some opinions but i'm leaning towards 21/27. The stock rates are 18.8/23 for my 69. Since i got a 86 engine in there now with it's ~80 extra pounds on the rear suspension, I figured i'd go with a ratio that's proportional to the 86 car, which had 18.8/25. The writer put 22/28 on his coupe, but that's also a heavier chassis, so i figure, i don't want something as stiff as that with my ~500lb advantage.

Then we'll see how it goes before deciding on sway bars.