Has anyone done a front coilover conversion on their drag car?

I'm pretty sure I'm going to buy the parts to do this: springs, adjusters & Torrington bearings. I have been using the shocks many years with Moroso drag springs. The springs are sagging & I no longer need the stored energy of that type spring.

Below is the complete kit.

https://proshop.summitracing.com/parts/afc-5dagm300

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Not about the coil spring conversion but about AFCO coil springs. I just purchased AFCO coil over rear shocks in December and bought their springs also. The springs are made in China. Had I known this I would have purchased Hyperco.

I put tubular control arms and coilovers on the front of my '70 Nova 10+ years ago. The car works great, but if I could go back again I probably would have spent the money on top of the line bushings and full-length shocks/springs. I definitely lost some travel.

I have Autofab tubular control arms and Afco double adjustable coil over conversion on the front of my Nova.

I originally had QA1 coil over conv. doubles on the front but they limit the overall travel and the front end didn't work well. I switched to the Afco's and picked up .04-.06 in 60ft with no other changes.

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Originally posted by TomR:
I have Autofab tubular control arms and Afco double adjustable coil over conversion on the front of my Nova.

I originally had QA1 coil over conv. doubles on the front but they limit the overall travel and the front end didn't work well. I switched to the Afco's and picked up .04-.06 in 60ft with no other changes.

That's interesting. I have Autofab control arms and QA1 stuff in mine. I did go with a shock that is a full 1" longer than what the QA1 catalog called for, though.

Many years ago, I had QA1 shocks double adjustable shocks on all 4 corners. I replaced one end or the other with a pair with AFCO double adjustable shocks & was so impressed I ordered them for the opposite end.

There was a night & day difference between the 2 brands. The AFCOs are the clear winner in my book.

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