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Old 12-23-2005, 09:21 AM
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So I purchased some new suspension parts for my car for Christmas. I already have a SLP strut tower brace, BMR boxed subframe connectors, Spohn LCA's with polyurethane bushings, 1LE durometer front swaybar bushings, and Energy Suspension polyurethane endlinks front and back. I also have a new set of Bilstein HD's sitting in my room and just purchased a set of used WS6 springs from a 97 Trans Am. Now I'll be going to pick up a Hotchkis panhard bar later today.
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why not put good suspension under it so it handles good?
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I'm a poor college student, and the roads in my area suck [so no lowering springs or koni sa's for me]. Anyway, I'm more into street comfort and the occasional trip to the dragstrip then an auto-x/road racer.
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a prokit is only like $175 man, and you can find them cheaper used all day long....bmr's sway bars are the **** on the street.
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I'm planning on running longtube headers next year, so I want to keep all the ground clearance I can to avoid bottoming out on them.
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you can run longtubes with the prokit...hell you can run longtubes with the sportlines. unless you're running some kind of longtubes that are different than any other set out there you'll be fine. i have kooks 1 7/8" longtube race version headers with a prokit and mine doesn't drag or bottom out at all.
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LT1 headers hang down lower then LS1 headers [for some reason]. We have a higher chance of scraping them.




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