A-arm bushings, Pros - cons?? |
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A-arm bushings, Pros - cons?? |
East coaster |
Mar 19 2006, 09:48 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,680 Joined: 28-March 03 From: Brigantine, NJ Member No.: 487 Region Association: None |
What's the best setup for a street car?
Tarret bronze/urethane? (Sounds like a good idea, but never heard from anyone running them) Needle Bearings? ( I worry about rust and maintenance issues) Stock with 40K on them? (Has a low "trick" factor, but probably works good) Delrin/urethane (squeeky........don't want them) Ditto for rear trailing arm bushings???? |
Mueller |
Mar 20 2006, 09:30 AM
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914 Freak! Group: Members Posts: 17,146 Joined: 4-January 03 From: Antioch, CA Member No.: 87 Region Association: None |
Not one single person has complained about a rough ride with the needle bearings.....in fact it's been the complete opposite...Hank Watts (yes, THE Hank Watts, author of Secrets of Solo Racing, auto-x and track guru)...instructed Britain at Laguna in a street/track 3.0 /6...upon coming back to the pitts, Hank jumps out of the car and immediately lays on the ground to inspect the suspension...he totally thought it had a full on tricked out hiem-joint suspension due to the car just "floating" over the course...you hit a berm, the suspension moves up, not the car.....
Installed correctly, the plastic bushings do work, I've used them in the past..the key is installed correctly..... what many people do not realize is that the plastic bushings, the bronze bushing and the needle bearings change the original design of the suspension, with the rubber bushings, the rubber not only isolates the car from the road, but they also act as a torsion spring (gives resistance to the a-arm going up and going down) as for any of the replacement bushing, I think the ride can be just as good, but I do believe noise will be increased, however with the 914 being as loud as it is (same for many 911's), I don't think many people will notice the differance.... my car will be a good test bed for people to see how bumpy or noisy or not, the suspension can be.....needle bearing on all 4 corners and running 205/40/17's stretched out on 7" rims....the tires alone ought to make for one rough ride (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/blink.gif) |
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