You don't want to go wrong here. I would get he MANUAL for the car you are working on. Available at the library, for free.
I am just saying it would be helpful to have the RIGHT spec for the car you are working. I also think the manual is/would be a good tool for teaching.Good car know how websites?
Just found this looking for trick suspensions:
http://www.carbibles.com/
I haven't expored it to far yet.