I have the stock torsion bar front suspension on my truck, I want to upgrade this to something better. Does anyone know what would be good to put up there or should I just leave the torsion bar front suspension?
THe best thing to do is to find a 67-72 chevy pickup and take the complete front suspension and swap it out with yours. It is very easy to adapt them. Then you would have everything for disc brakes and power steering attachments. You would still need the pump and steering box off of the donor vehicle. YOu will need to get the adapter kit for the power steering box. I put a '77 c-10 front end under mine and i had to drill 4 holes and relocat the idler are. It fits just perfect. This way you would have 5 lug wheels instead of six, but there is a kit from performance engineering that you can get to make it six lug rotors. Hope this helps you. Tim GM61
There are a number of kits to do a disk brake conversion that will allow you to switch to 5 lug or retain 6 lug wheels. Pick up a copy of Custom Classic Trucks or Classic Trucks and look through the vendors. READ carefully and do the homework ! If a kit uses 10 inch car rotors STAY AWAY ! You will not see any improvement in braking using less than 12 inch rotors. Don't be afraid to call them and ask pre-sales questions,, Lots of them. Swaping out crossmembers is also another option. It all depends on your abilities, and your willingness to hunt down the parts needed. Just remember that you should do a rebuild on the components of the doner crossmember. Otherwise you have just installed questionable parts that will give you trouble sooner than you would like. Look at the costs of a kit as compared to the cost of rebuilding the front of a doner crossmember as well as your abilities before making a decision on which way is the best for you. Dennis
www.mcgaughysclassic.com has 2.5" drop spindles that will bolt to your truck.it uses chevy parts and twelve inch rotors.stock wheels probably won't work.
