finishing up my set up
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finishing up my set up
ok so here is how my car sits slp lid maf and bellow, ls6 manifold, p&p TB, hooker lts, off road y with flowmaster merge, magnaflow cb, slp underdrive pulley, abs delete, 3.42 gears, subframe connectors, 3200 stall and cooler, koni strano front suspension, bmr lcas, umi relocation brackets, Hotchkis rear springs, founders adj phb, tuned on hp tuners and I have a set of et streets on separate rims for race days.
thinking of getting hd bilstein rear shocks, and an electric cut out to finish things up at this point, and just be done with the car. any suggestions as to what else to do? easy stuff that can install in a day and doesn't cost an arm and a leg or any improvements on what I have? its a dd car I drive it long distances more than I go to the track just want something fun and decent to drive. which it is now just looking to maximize the set up.
thinking of getting hd bilstein rear shocks, and an electric cut out to finish things up at this point, and just be done with the car. any suggestions as to what else to do? easy stuff that can install in a day and doesn't cost an arm and a leg or any improvements on what I have? its a dd car I drive it long distances more than I go to the track just want something fun and decent to drive. which it is now just looking to maximize the set up.
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Finish the rear off with matching Koni SA's, and don't use poly bushings in anything that needs to articulate (like control arms).
What else are you exactly looking to improve?
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haha thanks you don't know how many ppl have told me that "go with racing shocks" i felt like i was going crazy. just want to basically finish it up to be a good all around car dd, quick on the street, and ok at the track if i ever go. just better handling and some more speed of course. but I all ready have poly bushing in the lcas I heard the rod ends were noisy and would wear out fast with daily driving i put around 10k on my car per year on bad roads.
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just want to basically finish it up to be a good all around car dd, quick on the street, and ok at the track if i ever go. just better handling and some more speed of course. but I all ready have poly bushing in the lcas I heard the rod ends were noisy and would wear out fast with daily driving i put around 10k on my car per year on bad roads.
For further improved handling you can go with 35mm front/22mm rear swaybars from either UMI (solid) or Stranoparts(hollow). These are very balanced bars unlike what some sell.
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i wouldn't be too afraid of rod ends on LCA's. i've had midwest chassis poly/rod LCA'a for over a year and they have been dead silent on my DD. i do have dumped exhaust but they have made no difference in noise since i've had them. on the other hand, i don't think you notice much performance difference on a street car with rod ends over poly bushings.
i'd probably get a good set of sway bars from strano next.
i'd probably get a good set of sway bars from strano next.
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installed the phb today and ordered my cut out lets see how this goes.
update getting cut out welded in tomorrow, got a set of rear Bilsteins coming as well
update getting cut out welded in tomorrow, got a set of rear Bilsteins coming as well
Last edited by 2fresh; 06-13-2012 at 11:30 PM. Reason: update