chevystyle

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Does anyone use Delrin bushings? It's a thermoplastic by DuPont with better strength and low friction.

UMI Performance

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It depends where and how it is being used. To replace a bushing with delrin can lead to binding... delrin will allow minimal deflection.

SS DNA

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UMI,

I thought you guys had a "new" bushing style on the works ?
Is it still coming out ?

UMI Performance

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Being finished up now, all the testing has been completed and now its in production. Should be out soon!

LS1TORQ

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can you give us a little more information about these new bushings? Like what suspension parts they will be used on? and their benefits?

Mike454SS

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Delrin works great in an application where binding isn't an issue (4th gen F-Body upper control arms, all of the upper and lower front control arm bushings on an old A/G/B-body...) but in any location where the bushing needs to be able to deflect a bit, it won't work out well at all.

That said, I run global west front control arm bushings in my b-body, they call them "Del-alum"...delrin inserts in aluminum shells with steel sleeves over the bolts...keeps the delrin from being cut by the frame and control arm and bolt...it definitely made that cars steering feel a LOT more alive, much nicer to autocross and roadrace with.

4th Gen F-Bodies don't have a lot of locations where a solid bushing like that is very advantageous though.

I've also made delrin bushings for a friends BMW...but I don't think it was worth it in that car.

00 Trans Ram

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Delrin is great for the body mount of the swaybars. Of course, so are plastic cutting boards.