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Old 02-20-2007, 09:00 PM
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basic suspension question

how much will changing my suspension over to all solid help horsepower to the ground. does it help alot in camaro's. what kind of a difference did you guys see. how many others broke their rear-end's when you did it
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Old 02-20-2007, 09:43 PM
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You can do all of the suspension upgrades in the world, but if you don't have a good set of sticky tires in the back, you will still have trouble hooking up. As for the rearend, it is not likely to break from suspension upgrades.
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Old 02-20-2007, 10:03 PM
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^ W3rd... I have crappy roads here and an almost complete suspension setup. Any other town I grip like crazy, but here, all I do is get sideways..

Better power transfer w/ the BMR ADJ Chrome-moly ADJ TQ arm, I'll tell you that much..

And SFC's are worth their weight in gold!
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Old 02-20-2007, 10:07 PM
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If by solid do you mean rod end/heim joint stuff?
if so then do not use it on the street....not good
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Why its not good for street???
Thanks!
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DIRT, good rod ends are very expensive.....average $50 a pc.
Plus they ride like $hit, poly stuff is great for the street

I rod with all rod ended stuff on the street...all my rod ends were shot in one summer
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if you lube your rod ends with a little bit of oil, you'll atract alot more dirt to them wearing them out faster, if you use a graphite lube you might get a longer life out of them on the street

but for daily driving street use, poly bushings will give you the performance u want with considerably longer life
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