[BossHogg69]

Originally Posted by Aggie1998

I guess neither of these kits are used much on these trucks. I see that the ECE 4/6 drop kit is highly recommend. Does it noticibly improve handling? Would the ECE kit with front and rear sway bars improve the cornering? Again, I’m not looking to race this truck but I would like it to handle well.

I have the better part of the full Hotchkis TVS kit on my '69. Their springs, front & rear sway bars, upper & lower A-arms & swivel max trailing arm bushings. I did not use their panhard bar setup or shocks.

Their sway bars are great and I liked their springs too, but their rear springs were a little too stiff for my combination @ 380#/in. I believe thats the rate of the factory springs, but I have not personally tested a factory spring to determine that - if anyone knows for sure, please post it up. I'm running a big block with over 700#/ft of torque, and the stiff springs just blew the tires off at any speed. But, you could sling it into a turn (and I don't cut my truck ANY slack) and the front tires planted with no problem. It was just that I couldn't power out of turn with much throttle. I had a set of rear springs custom wound with a lower rate and the same 6" drop, but have yet to drive the truck since I installed them. They may not be any better, but I had to try something else to try and get the rear tires to hook.

The quality of the Hotchkis stuff is very nice, and I'm sure the RideTech stuff is very nice as well. Please keep us posted on whatever you decide and let us know how it drives.