I've been into drag racing since I bought my car in high school. Lately I've interested in being able to take a curve without slowing down so much. My suspension is stock in the front except for the adjustable drag shocks, Poly bushings. I also have the stock front sway bar in. In the rear I still have the stock control arms and sway bar. The lowers are boxed and they all have Poly bushing. (You dont need to comment on my Poly bushing Dennis.) I have Jegster Lift Bars (SSM equivalent) that will be going in next week and I plan on adding Edelbrock adjustable uppers and some rear drag shocks.

Can I just put a good set of rims and tires adjust my shocks as close to 50/50 as I can and get some canyon carving handling? My tires right now are skinnies up front and MT ET Drag Radials in the rear.

What affect will drop spindles have on my car? In the end, my drag strip performance is top priority.

Building the front for a drag car vs. a corner burner is different than the rear. In the rear the same principles apply to both. In the front of a drag car you want good lift, light shocks, light springs, no sta-bar etc... In a cornering car you want heavy springs, tuned sta-bars, stiff shocks, limit rise and fall and lots of negative camber (not so good for trying to go straight quickly, it scrubs off speed). If you want to turn the first thing to go has to be the drag shocks. I don't care how much you do to the front, the drag shocks will nullify all your efforts. Drop spindles in themselves will have little affect on handling unless they are tall/dropped spindles. Then you get the added benefit of negative camber gain. Make sure everything is fresh, that is the biggest improvement you can make. Clean/tight steering components make all the difference in the world.

Notice...no negative poly comments :D

Thanks Dennis http://www.chevelles.com/forums/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

I guess the most I'm willing to do to the front is put the sway bar back in and change out the shocks. I still plan on getting some other rims and tires for the street.

The QA1's that I have here to go in mine are probably a good compromise. Set on 1 or 2, they would allow for a quick front end, but set to 6 or 7 and they become real tight. Will be ineresting to see how this works out.

I was thinking about getting a good shock like a QA1. I have no experiance with them. I've only heard (good things) about them.

I also have a friend that works at a Chevy dealership. He's going to look around to see if he can find me some rims. Any suggestions for backspacing?

Thank again

From a handling aspect you want as much backspacing as possible to reduce scrub radius. I don't know what wheel diameter you are willing to run or rim width. Those combined with suspension component interference will determine how much you can get away with.