[geeks] RE: [rescue] miss me?

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Mon, Aug 26, 2002 at 07:41:46AM -0700, Fogg, James wrote:

> Baracuda, baby. I had one (340 sixpack), wish I still did. I had a few
> dusters (factory 360 and 318's) too. I just love wedge motors.
> 
> The charger was too much the big frumpy car. sloshy in the corners and
> wanted to wallow. It actually suffered from what I called suspension
> ripples. A suspension event (washboard, hard corrections, etc) would
> continue to cause movements even after the event was over and the car was
> flying straight and level (imagine having 300 gallons of water sloshing in
> the trunk area). I never owned one, but friends had a few.

Those used leaf springs for suspension, didn't they.  Would it be
possible to upgrade to coil springs, and would that provide much
improvement?  Also, what about lightening it.  Say by using lighter
aftermarket bucket seats, replacing the hood and trunk with fiberglass
ones, etc.

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Joshua D. Boyd