Best shocks for stock suspension

[Ash_Whole]

1980 F body, just rolls on the high seas. i almost feel like welding the shocks solid. first time driving it a 3 years and it is so bad. i have new Monroes on it, but they are useless. going over speed bumps and my headers hit in the jounce.

what are my options, and adjustables, or just road racing tight ones?

 

[OCG]

Let me get this straight, you have new shocks in it and it is bouncing up and down over bumps?
Either you don't have new shocks in there or you have defective parts. Did you install them or did someone else do it for you? If someone else did, did you get the old parts back? Welding the shocks will shake the bones out of you..

Either way, driver-quality anything will work fine for a stock suspension.

 

[Duke5A]

1980 F body, just rolls on the high seas. i almost feel like welding the shocks solid. first time driving it a 3 years and it is so bad. i have new Monroes on it, but they are useless. going over speed bumps and my headers hit in the jounce.

what are my options, and adjustables, or just road racing tight ones?

It's not the shocks. Standard headers hang considerably lower than the drag link. Driver quality or even stiff KYB shocks aren't going to prevent this. Your problem is the torsion bars in these cars are barely 140# spring rate. This was only solved for me when I installed Firm Feel 300# bars. If you can get them still they aren't cheap.