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Old Nov 28, 2008 | 01:53 PM
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Question ???BMR or SPOHN???

i narrowed down my suspesion choice by 2. i liked wat i seen frm both BMR and Spohn. which one should i go with? they both look very similar to me
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Old Nov 28, 2008 | 02:01 PM
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what are your goals for the car? mainly strip street road coarse handeling etc? also are you concered with road noise because depending on what you do you might be best off going with rod ends(depends on application). let us know what you want to do and your horsepower goals and im sure a bunch of people while chime in here.
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Old Nov 28, 2008 | 02:05 PM
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its mainly a strip car with the occasional fair weather cruise. keeping the car under 450hp
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Old Nov 28, 2008 | 02:09 PM
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BMR seems to be fully involved on ls1tech nowadays. So for the effort alone I would go with BMR.
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Old Nov 28, 2008 | 02:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Urban Legend
BMR seems to be fully involved on ls1tech nowadays. So for the effort alone I would go with BMR.
ya bmr is who i was leaning towards. wat are the differences between BMR and Spohn? they seem very similar
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Old Nov 28, 2008 | 09:31 PM
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Hello,

Just another option is us... UMI Performance. We offer a full line of F-Body items at very competitive prices. Our items can be viewed at www.umiperformance.com. If you have any questions regarding our product line please ask and I will be glad to help.

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Old Nov 29, 2008 | 08:17 AM
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umi makes great stuff and its also a little more cost friendly. if its mainly strip i would go with all double adjustable stuff(panhard bar, lcas, a arms etc) and then a tunnel brace mounted torque arm if it were me but on the street its going to be a bit noisy. if it were me i would do the suspension to handle more then what im going to throw at it only because this way you have the option to always add power and really not have to worry.
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Old Nov 29, 2008 | 11:09 AM
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I would go with BMR. I use their products on my car and I'm very happy. They even gave me free shipping when I called them to buy their th350 crossmember /w torque arm brace
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I have UMI and Spohn parts, both are great.
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I would go UMI personally. They have some of the best customer service that I have dealt with. Parts seem to be as good if not better than the others you've mentioned. If they had parts for my FRC i'd buy them.

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i have the trak pack and it takes the abuse of my big block.
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i narrowed down my suspesion choice by 2. i liked wat i seen frm both BMR and Spohn. which one should i go with? they both look very similar to me
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