I put a TCI IFS and Chassis Eng rear spring, sway bars front and rear. I was talking to one of the guys at Hortons about my ride quality and he said that the most common complaint guys have is this. I paid for kits I thought were engineered to make my car ride and handle like a new car. My car rides worse than the original suspension which had no shocks.
I had PS, the rack blew in the winter when the car was hibernating, I put a manual rack in which OK until I park,, going back to PS. I have the Heidts valve in my pumpline, it needs something else. I was thinking of seeing about putting a Ford pump on a SBC.
Re: suspension, on the rear springs, I took a leaf out of each spring( car sank), I took off sway bar, I disconnected the shocks ,, the rear suspension just pounds over highway cracks and it really jars you in the car.I think my tires have too stiff of a sidewall. I had a van awhile back with cheap radials on, the sidewalls were soft, but that van was probably the nicest vehicle I've had for ride,, so guess what I'm going to put cheap radials on her.
The tires all clear, I think my axle was 56 or 57"" wide and tires sit just perfect. They are not too close to the fenders yet close enough that the fender opening looks full. The front tires fit fine, no rubbing. If I didn't have PS, I'd go a skinnier front tire.
I had 2'' drop spindles on the front before and the front wasn't too low, but there was no way to drop the rear enough and I'm older so big /little tires look good to me (even tho I think I can't safety with them) So I put regular spindles on and it looks much better. I think my project picks show the car with drop spindles.
My biggest complaint with my car is brakes. Normal driving slow stopping they seem fine, If i had to panic stop, no way, doubt I could lock the brakes up. I have a 7'' dual diaphram booster with a chrome MC firewall mounted using a lengthened S10 pedal. The brakes just aren't good enough. If I ever get back to it , I'm going to try an S10 booster and hope that fixes the brakes.
One little thing I did which I thought worked out well was the steering column to floor fitting I made. I had a nice billet piece which wouldn't go on over the shift linkage. I got an exhaust reducer with the IS diameter the size of the column and the OS a bit bigger than the hole on the floor. I trimmed the reducer top and bottom , then sliced it in half. I bolted the coulnm in and expoxyed reducer to the column and to the floor. It looks like a factory fit. I had bend a piece of the reducer over and was going to bolt it to the floor, but not needed. Those billet pieces don't hold the column up , just keep column centered, This does that for about $3.