I know many people upgrade their suspension bushings with things like control arm bushings, motor mounts, transmission mount inserts, and things like that. What are some of the more uncommon things we could upgrade as far as bushings for our Jbody car. I see things like tie rod end boots and stuff like that for other vehicles. If anyone knows of any other bushings it would be great to know. Thanks
There isnt anything really that hasnt been made as of yet. The only thing is the rear axle beam bushings...which is getting worked on as we speak by TTR.
Philly D wrote:There isnt anything really that hasnt been made as of yet. The only thing is the rear axle beam bushings...which is getting worked on as we speak by TTR.
Does anyone have any part numbers of different bushings that I could upgrade? Or possibly where I could find them? Prothane, Energy Suspension??? etc
FAST2.4 P wrote:Will the n-body control arms work. Will they bolt right in?
They are longer than a J-body's, so you will need some form of camber adjustment.
I haven't taken my subframe off yet, so I'm not sure if it's even bushed, but I know a lot of other cars have solid subframe mounts avalilble...
fortune cookie say: better a delay than a disaster
no subframe bushings on j's. Metal to metal solid mounted
Darkstars wrote:no subframe bushings on j's. Metal to metal solid mounted
Sweet, one of the few areas where the econobox gets increased performance because of GM's beancounters
fortune cookie say: better a delay than a disaster
Get rid of the strut bushings (upper mounts). At least up front. That will eliminate some steering slop and front end play.
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Get rid of the strut bushings (upper mounts). At least up front. That will eliminate some steering slop and front end play.
James, is this really something that will not harm the strut or strut tower if the bushing is removed??
This is a thought but am hesitant with doing something like this.
Also, if you've done all of your chassis stiffening, will it really make that much of a differerance?
Just curious about this as I'm trying to extract every ounce of control out of my suspension setup as I can.
I may have to look into the above for a possible solution.
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