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Old 03-29-2010, 02:53 PM
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http://www.summitracing.com/parts/BM...ry=Year%7c2002

It was a last minute purchase which I needed to be here in two days.

Did I do ok?

Does anyone have experiance with these?
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I would of at least went with rod-ends on one end of the control arms, to minimize suspension bind.

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Do you know what kind of issues these might cause?

They've already shipped and I need them by wednesday for the track.

Are they really that bad?

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they aren't that bad but the polyurethane won't let the suspension articulate the way it should since that material isn't very forgiving... polyurethane is ok for mounts and sway bar endlinks but for parts that need to move in all directions such as your lcas and phb then i would get rod ends or rotojoints... for just a little more you could have bought some umi double adjustables with rotojoints on both ends, that's the way to go imo... i love umi's stuff and their rotojoints are awesome, they make no noticeable noise over the old worn out stock stuff that was on my car
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So what kind of issues might these cause?
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it causes bind in the suspension... basically it wants to move but the bushing resists the movement... i have never personally seen this but i have heard of people bending the mounting brackets for their phb/lcas when using poly ended parts under aggressive driving
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Oh poop.
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If by track you mean drag strip, they will be fine. I daily drove with poly/poly lca's and they worked fine for straight line stuff, but when I started autoxing I ditched them.
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I'm gonna be road racing.
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Now by road racing you mean corner carving or street drag racing?

Poly's fine for straight line racing, but not corner carving! You'll need good articulation on at least one end of the control arms, preferably both ends!
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I'll be running at Thunder Hill Raceway in Willows CA. So should I just stick with mybroke down stockers rather than put these on?
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If the stockers are in fairly good shape I use them instead.




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