the best handling road suspensions?

[fe66comet]

Any thoughts? I am going with aftermarket suspension in my 66 Comet and was going to start fabricating my frame rails. I front I was thinking a modern coil over  with double a frame. The rear I am thinking a double a frame corvette style rear. I am looking for something that will handle 800 HP and give me road race top notch handling. Thanks guys....Jon

 found these guys, pretty cool designs. Way less complicated than the corvette deal and optional track widths. Also several different shock mounting options.http://www.team321.com/321HotRodIRS/321HotRodIRShome.html


Currie has a heavy duty 9" F9 housing with short shafts that would workhttp://www.currieenterprises.com/cestore/productsRE.aspx?id=3497

[fetorino]

Well that is a loaded question. 

I would not go to the time or expense of an independent rear unless your budget is unlimited.  A live axle can be made to handle very well.  The real advantage of the IRS will be on rough pavement or irregular roads.  A bad IRS will handle worse than a good live axle set up.

Are you doing all the fabricating?  There are a lot of variables in suspension design that promote good handling.

For plug and play front clips both The Roadster shop in Mudeline IL and DSE make some very well engineered front suspension systems that use C6 spindles and modified Corvette geometry.  Out back a torque arm live axle set up would be a pretty sweet set up but a 3 link (if you don't mind loosing your rear seat) or a well designed 4 link would work well.

What part of the country are you in?

[drdano]

Another loaded question: What are you guys thoughts on RideTech coilover (regular and electronic) retrofit systems?  Seems for someone who's not committed money wise to a full on chassis build it may be an affordable option, but I've not heard direct feedback from anyone who has one of their coilover setups.  I've got to admit, their electronic coilover system seems pretty appealing to someone like me who wants better suspension, but can't float the bill for a custom build or high end road racing setup but still wants the car to handle decently out on the country roads.

[fe66comet]

I am doing the chassis myself , I just require the pre-engineered suspension to attach to the frame. The Team 321 set up is not a Corvette or Jaguar set up, it is completely different with four a frames and different available shock positions. Also optional track widths are available which are not possible with a C6 or other rear ends. Another factor is the differential, a GM 10 bolt, or Ford 8.8 will not hold up so I was thinking the Currie F9 center section with series 30 Cvs would be the ticket there. Dave over at Team 321 said he could make me something up using that housing rather than the Thunderbird 8.8 he normally uses. So let's see that is 1800 for the Currie part minus the 35 spline carrier and ring gear.  3500 for the suspension with Qa1 adjustable coil over shocks and brakes. Not bad considering a strait axle with four link is over 6 grand from Currie for a F9 axle and other comparable parts.