Getting rid of body roll

[Jyov345]

im working on building my 70 f100 with the intent on doing everything from bumper to bumper. I've completed the motor and tranny and wanting to work on the handling next, I'm looking for tips on how drop it a little, ride a little stiffer, and get rid of the god awful body roll. Does anyone have any tips or links where I could achieve this.

[Mancar1]

Sway bars, new shocks. Check your leaf springs and coil springs out.

[Jyov345]

Thanks, I know the truck sat since 96 so I was planning on replacing all of that but are factory parts enough with the sway bars or should I look for some aftermarket parts.

[ultraranger]

It will depend on how you plan to lower the truck as to what parts you will need.

If you're going to lower the truck by using a 2003-2011 Crown Vic front suspension, it will come with a front sway bar, as well as a power rack and pinion unit and disc brakes (with a 5-on-4.5" lug pattern).

You will have to make changes to the rear end to have the same 5-on-4.5" lug pattern as the CV front, instead of the 5-on-5.5" lug pattern the rear end currently has.

If you're going to lower the front with drop beams, you would need all the hardware that would normally be used to rebuild the factory I-beams; Kingpins/bushings, I-beam and radius arm bushings, tie rods & draglink.

If you're going to install front discs on drop beams, you would need the disc brake components from a '73-'79 F100 or, from a '75-'79 F150, a disc/drum brake valve and a MC designed for discs/drums.

My '69 F100 also had a lot of lean when going around curves. I didn't lower it but, I did install the entire disc brake front suspension from a '77 F100. New shocks, Moog kingpins/bronze bushings, tie rods, draglink, Energy Suspension (black) polyurethane I-beam & radius arm bushings and new Moog CC808 progressive rate coil springs.

In the front, I installed a 1-1/8" sway bar from a '78 F250 CS. In the rear, I installed a 1-1/8" sway bar from a '79 Bronco.

My truck handles very flat around curves now.