Is there any way at all to make it handle?

[SofaKingWeToddDid]

theres always the other option.

learn how to weld.

[pocket-rocket]

A quick look at part numbers for other FWD cars struts/bags around the same year of your car would tell you if the strut stuff is the same. Go to www.rockauto.com and look up stuff for different cars as well as your car. If you click one spot in the item descrption (forgot where ATM) it will tell you what other vehicles the parts you are looking at will bolt up to. Quick and easy cross reference.

[torq455]

ahhh completely different from making it handle. their has to be someone out there that will even custom make that for you. good luck in your quest!

[ISpoolOldSchool]

i think i should have made a new thread, im not trying to make it handle anymore, im wanting full on air ride, just to be a cruiser

[torq455]

not that familiar with your A-body, but i wouldn't waste time with air bags. unless you plan on using them for launch control for drag-racing. they will make the springs rather stiff and make the car bouncy (rice like). as for parts matching up, you may be able to use another vehicles spindle assembly. you'll have to consider, bearing mounting, cv shaft size, ball joint size, spindle shape, and how far up or down it may make the car sit, if not the same. have you properly lowered your car, or used bigger sway bars with polyurethane bushings?

[SofaKingWeToddDid]

there was a Century GS or GNX or something like that back in the day... but strut tower braces are pretty easy to make and help out too with the left to right turns and i noticed it kept my buick regal more level on rough roads... like BAD dirt roads or roads where the ice and snow are melting in pits.

[ISpoolOldSchool]

sorry to bring back a zombie thread, but now im trying to bag the car, im having trouble finding air struts for it
if found some that fit 88-96 regals
and ones that fit 97+ centurys, mine is a 95 actually, an A body, not a W body like the 97 plus
if found them for other cars too, i understand the bodys are different in wheelbase, but are there any that share similar struts?
my theory was that if some had the same engine, transmission, bolt pattern ect, theres a possibility they may share strut design

if not and im wasting time, does anyone know of somewhere that makes air ride parts for an old A body like mine?
thanks, Mark

[torq455]

ahhh, thought so. cool, thanks for the verification!

[LeftVentricle]

i didn't think a Century was an W body then, or did W body get bigger later on?

Century switched to W platform in 1997. From 82-96 it was a FWD A-body.

[torq455]

yeah! should have said that when i thought of it. do some research about front sway bars and what other cars you may be able to swap in. i had a 91 Sunbird LE with level 1 suspension. i polyed both sway bars after swapping a 30mm front sway bar from a 94 Z24. i had to redirect the exhaust down pipe in order for that to work, but it was WELL worth it. i have the same set up today in my 94 Z24, and i swear the Sunbird handled better. maybe since it was lighter.

[WrathOfSocrus]

Wow, second page and no one mentioned it yet . . . .

POLYURETHANE!

Replacing worn out rubber with some fresh poly bushings will take a lot of slack out of the sway bar. I did just the end links on an '82 Century (full size RWD) and it made a night and day difference to the amount of body roll in the turns.

According to Wikipedia the A platform also shares many parts with the U platform minivans. After a quick look on Rock Auto, there appears to be 3 different size sway bar bushings: 22mm, 24mm, and 26mm. Perhaps you can figure out what size you have and check out the junk yards for a larger one if you don't already have the largest one. A larger bar coupled with polyurethane bushings would probably be the cheapest and easiest way to increase your handling performance.

A strut tower brace could be another option, but I don't know if there would be any available for the A body. It most likely would be aftermarket or custom.

[torq455]

http://www.sharpsvilleauto.com/image...HITE%204-1.jpg

basically a cousin to the Olds Cierra.

[IsaacHayes]

Hmm, no idea what a century is now that I think about it.. what body is it?

[torq455]

i didn't think a Century was an W body then, or did W body get bigger later on?

[LeftVentricle]

These guys have sway bars for A-bodies.