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Old 10-13-2012, 12:59 PM
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i had poly lca's and i can see how they would be useful for straight line acceleration...but for accelerating out of corners, particularly uneven surfaces, they certainly don't help so i went back to the stock lca's
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So the concensus here is, for a 98% street car, like mine, if you WANT articulation, either go

1) Poly/Rod

2)Poly/Roto

Am I correct?
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Originally Posted by dr_whigham
So the concensus here is, for a 98% street car, like mine, if you WANT articulation, either go

1) Poly/Rod

2)Poly/Roto

Am I correct?
Good morning.

Absolute max articulation comes from rod end/rod end and roto/roto.

Slightly behind would be poly/rod and poly/roto. The nice thing about having a poly on the chassis side is the vibration isolation while still offering great articulation.

Third is poly/poly.

We sell a ton of poly/roto's both P/N 2033 and 2039 with good success.

Thanks for looking.

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Originally Posted by 94Z28-MSTGKLR
My car is 97% street driven, 2% drag racing (at a track), and 1% road course (I hope to do a lot more of).
Just my .02. Given those percentages, you should just stick with stock LCAs. I don't see the benefit given you are keeping it 97% street friendly. There's other stuff you should be more worried about than the LCAs.
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So which one is more durable and ruggid? Rod or Roto?
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Originally Posted by 94Z28-MSTGKLR
So which one is more durable and ruggid? Rod or Roto?
I would say a Roto-Joint would give a longer service life and a quieter operation on a mostly street driven vehicle.

For a pure drag car with giant tires and violent launches I'd choose the rod end with the realization that rod ends are a disposable item when they get noisy.
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Thanks for the input. My car just went from being a street car to a track car thanks to my deployment overseas buying me a new truck. So I guess its time to go all out on it.



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