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Old Feb 3, 2011 | 05:15 PM
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I just got all my parts installed and tuned (in sig) and took it out for some shakedown runs and at the 1-2 shift i was spinning for a second and sliding a couple feet wide right, so it was sketchy going full throttle, then i posted my stock exhaust setup and smog equip on cragislist and a local f body guy and reconsidered selling my stock exhaust and smog but he asked if i needed any parts i said LCA's and torque arm the had some Lakewood LCA's on his ss that he was swapping the motor and so all in all i gave him my EGR valve and $20 for his LCA's and i got them on yesterday and it handles better spins/wheel hops less and no more sidways shifting. LOVE THE NEW SETUP.
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Old Feb 3, 2011 | 05:39 PM
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You noticed a pretty big difference then?
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Old Feb 3, 2011 | 06:42 PM
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yea i was planning to get a torque arm first because i heard it was more effective than LCA's alone but im pretty tight on cash right now so it worked out perfectly trading for the arms and the car is all stock besides a shift kit LCA's and the engine bolt ons.
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Old Feb 3, 2011 | 07:31 PM
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Nice to hear. That is my next mod. You got the relocationg brackets to? or just the lca's?
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Won't relocations without being lowered be good for traction end up hurting cornering and other non straight-line applications?
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Old Feb 3, 2011 | 08:11 PM
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Originally Posted by The Mighty Texan
Won't relocations without being lowered be good for traction end up hurting cornering and other non straight-line applications?
Who cares these are muscle cars. And you live in texas there are no corners ther....
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Old Feb 3, 2011 | 08:21 PM
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It all depends what your wanting your car for i guess. If all it sees is the strip yeah cornering doesnt mean a thing.
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Old Feb 3, 2011 | 10:09 PM
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Originally Posted by The Mighty Texan
Won't relocations without being lowered be good for traction end up hurting cornering and other non straight-line applications?
Sort of. If you put the rear lower than the front you can increase oversteer, not ideal for a street/cornering car.

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Who cares these are muscle cars. And you live in texas there are no corners ther....
lol....it's amazing what a few pieces do to these cars to make them more like "sports cars"
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Haha i didnt see that part about texas and yeah your right there arent really.. I go to school in WA though and so got my car up here
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yea just LCA's on my setup im not lowered and it handles much better and wont chirp the tires going through a turn at 3000rpm anymore.
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Nice to hear. That is my next mod. You got the relocationg brackets to? or just the lca's?
how much are you making to the wheels?Im trying to compare my setup to another bolt on 99 z28.
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