Reply to "Lets talk shocks..."

Mooso,

Hall's Alden kit used 4" diameter springs, where modern replacement shocks would be 2.5" diameter. Hall supplied them with a 680lb rear and something like a 450lb front, which IMO is too much spring for a street car, as it soudn you are finding out. The other downside is that the Aldens are quite notorious for leaking.

Koni's are good shocks but expensive, IMO Dennis Quella is the best one to talk to for Koni's.

I am using QA1's on both Pantera's (400lb front and 500lb rear on wide body Pantera's) and a GT40, personally I don't think they can be beat for the money. Available from some Panetra vendors (Larry Stock Pantera Parts Connection sells them) or via Summit Racing in both single & double adjustable versions. The benefit of getting them from a vendor is the spacers that are required for mounting, although I have a dimensioned drawing if you want to get your own machined. Various springs are readily available for around $30 each from Summit so switching is not a big deal.

If you want to retain the Aldens you could search out 4" springs in lower rates, or possibly even move the front spring to the rear and source just two new springs up front. Alternatively Alden should be able to supply spring perches to convert to a more readily available 2.5" diameter spring.

Julian