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Old 03-09-2008, 11:13 AM
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anyone ever try ladder bar suspension on our cars?
I have a few friends(mainly mustang guys) trying to talk me into ladder bars, becouse its much cheaper. But I'm leaning twards stock style suspension.
need some opinion here, thanks.
Old 03-09-2008, 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted by scott94z
anyone ever try ladder bar suspension on our cars?
I have a few friends(mainly mustang guys) trying to talk me into ladder bars, becouse its much cheaper. But I'm leaning twards stock style suspension.
need some opinion here, thanks.
how,s it cheaper than stock susp, plus you got to cut the car up to fit the frt crossmember, and tie it to a rollbar/cage
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good point, i'v been torn in so many directions on this i'm confused.
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Originally Posted by scott94z
good point, i'v been torn in so many directions on this i'm confused.
to many fast stock susp.cars to do ladder bars,
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I totally agree with NRC. Why cut your car apart and make it illegal for stock suspension classes when there are so many guys running well in the 7s with bolt in parts?
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Stay stock. A well designed TA setup will take you quite far. If you want to go 25.2 then I would think it over. But a TA car just went 7.4x with our rear and a Madman preped chassis.
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If I ever went away from the stock suspension it would be to run a 4 link, why downgrade your adjustability by doing to a ladder bar when torque arms kick *** to begin with?




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