Thoughts on making my 76 Lesabre handle curves better? I know these are luxo cruisers ... But I would like to make mine enjoy curves a bit better , it does lean on back road curves. My thoughts are of course a the Bigger Sway Bar up front at 1 1/8" . The rear I'm reading is a sway bar from our area of rides or a 90s B Body wagon. It was also mentioned , or I read, use those same lower trailing arms withe sway bar brackets. With that said , at 114 k on my suspension , I like to upgrade those parts eventually. PROFORGED Parts I've used on my Skylark , and 85 Lesabre. PF has upper and Lower Balljoints, Inner Tierods, once piece tierod sleeves , and Idler Arm.. And since they are heavy duty use built, I wanted the same for the rest,. Found out that the outer tierods are the same as 2000s 1500 truck, and Mevotech makes those overbuilt for truck use, and they make Mevotech centerlink. As for tcenterline. Up front. , I'm kinda thinking either PST or 70-80 2nd Gen F body Delrin Bushings from Ridetech ( yes they are same bushings according to Moog) As for the rear Bushings I'm thinking PST. As for the rear sway bar, either the orginal style mounted to the lower control arms. Or since the rear is wide like the 90s B Body Wagon... and those guys on the Impala SS board use CrownVic rear swaybars on their wagons.... 17mm , 19mm, 21mm , all mount to the axle in their case a 3" muffler clamp , then tie rod end links to the frame . I also read somewhere there was Triangulation bars used on 75 -76 Rivieras like the ones used on A body Big Block 4 speed cars.. Where can one get those? Stock springs , maybe update to Bilstein shocks... Not looking for a Auto Cross Road Challenge car.. But a Big car that can handle some back road curves .... Thanks
I wonder what it would take to make a 2000 ish chevy 2500 sway bar fit... Those things are big about 1.5 inches.
You're on the right track. New bushings, ball joints, steering gear is a must. Good shocks and larger sway bars, too. I also boxed in the lower control arms on my '64 Wildcat.
