With the Mono-leaf rear, wheel hop was horrible. I could feel it in the steering column it was so bad...bars were a must. I later added multi leafs and 4.10's ect...
That was a fun day, test & tune at Nporwalk. Weight was something I was aware of. I stripped every useless part off that car. From the bumper guards & trim to the carpet and sound deadner, A/C stuff, no spare, clock, 8-track . I think the Caddy-Hack article in HR came out around then??? A pound lost is good. This was to be the baseline, but I changed my thinking and drifted more towards the resto side. Good choice! I took the weight reduction to the extreme after that on another car. I put a 440 Mopar into a gutted/hacked Chevy Monza.....Now that was fun!
Steve