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Old 02-22-2009, 07:32 PM
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I love them way better then stock! I have around $100 in the set




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Old 02-22-2009, 07:55 PM
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nice Dan.thats what I was goin to say next.get rid of that heavy *** kmember,lower/upper aarms and also the front swaybar.vfn hood installed .freakin nice.I love it.
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Nice and a hell of a deal.
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Well just did some driving to test suspension travel! I was just out and i had it in 1st rolling about 15-20mph and went on and off throttle a few times to get the front end to lift/bounce to see and oh yeah it has tons of travel and do not do what i did! The front when up high and then it came down and the K-member and smacked the ground!!! LOL Some stickies and im sure i will be pulling tires
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Originally Posted by Randy WS6
Nice and a hell of a deal.
well i got DMS front/rear springs and bilstein HD's for $250. I traded a guy even front for front So with me keeping the rears i say i have about $100 in them or less
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Originally Posted by SIC LSX
Well just did some driving to test suspension travel! I was just out and i had it in 1st rolling about 15-20mph and went on and off throttle a few times to get the front end to lift/bounce to see and oh yeah it has tons of travel and do not do what i did! The front when up high and then it came down and the K-member and smacked the ground!!! LOL Some stickies and im sure i will be pulling tires
I just got QA1's on my car too. Coilover shocks with the 275 spring rate for the front and shocks the for the rear. F-gen series single adjustable. So far I like them and in a few days I will tweak them some more. Just allowing them to break-in.
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lol i have scrapes on my k-member! lol I wont be doing that! I can say i pulled the tires on the street LOL LOL
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QA1'S make a world of difference. You will really notice a difference at the track.
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Originally Posted by SIC LSX
lol i have scrapes on my k-member! lol I wont be doing that! I can say i pulled the tires on the street LOL LOL
Scrapes on ur k-member? Did u adjust them to lower ur car some more or u hit a speed bump or something?
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Scrapes on ur k-member? Did u adjust them to lower ur car some more or u hit a speed bump or something?

Originally Posted by SIC LSX
Well just did some driving to test suspension travel! I was just out and i had it in 1st rolling about 15-20mph and went on and off throttle a few times to get the front end to lift/bounce to see and oh yeah it has tons of travel and do not do what i did! The front when up high and then it came down and the K-member and smacked the ground!!! LOL Some stickies and im sure i will be pulling tires
i was making the front end bounce to see the travel. I hit the gas 3 times and on the 3rd one it pulled the tires and then came down and smacked the k-member.
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QA1'S make a world of difference. You will really notice a difference at the track.
Yeah my best 60ft was a 1.6 with stock shocks and springs. I dont see it getting much beter then that. With my next motor thats when they will come into play.
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Originally Posted by SIC LSX
i was making the front end bounce to see the travel. I hit the gas 3 times and on the 3rd one it pulled the tires and then came down and smacked the k-member.
When you get ready for a k member give me a call.
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that will be this summer when i build a new motor
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Originally Posted by SIC LSX
i was making the front end bounce to see the travel. I hit the gas 3 times and on the 3rd one it pulled the tires and then came down and smacked the k-member.
I see. Well so far, I like my setup. I don't see what's all the fuss about QA1's. From what I read, alot of people dog on them. However, I see alot of hardcore LSX hot rodders have these setups on their rides. Especially the ones I see in the GM High-Tech Performance articles. But, in the end, people will get what they want regardless of whether the product is popular or not.
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Dont no where that came from. I wasn't complaining i love my Qa1's. It was my fault it happened. besides Qa1's are more for the track and will improve you 60ft!
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Originally Posted by CETAWS6
I see. Well so far, I like my setup. I don't see what's all the fuss about QA1's. From what I read, alot of people dog on them. However, I see alot of hardcore LSX hot rodders have these setups on their rides. Especially the ones I see in the GM High-Tech Performance articles. But, in the end, people will get what they want regardless of whether the product is popular or not.
QA1'S have a reputation as being a drag only shock. Truth is although there are shocks on the market that provide better handling than the QA'1S. There are worse shocks also. You can adjust them to a good setting for handling when your driving around then readjust them when your at the track.
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yup
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Originally Posted by SIC LSX
Dont no where that came from. I wasn't complaining i love my Qa1's. It was my fault it happened. besides Qa1's are more for the track and will improve you 60ft!
Nah man. I wasn't suggesting u complained about your QA1's. I'm just saying before I bought the QA1's, I did some research on these products. I read what people had said about them. Then, I went out and bought these shocks. Now, I like them like you do. Sorry if I gave out the wrong impression. I agree that QA1's are more for drag.



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