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Originally Posted by ccracin
They talk about improving the handling of their cars but have no idea what it takes to do that. They don't even know what questions to ask. They only know what they see in ads and from marketing wizards. The "average Joe" has never heard the terms Matt, You, and myself are throwing around here. If someone is going to spend thousands of dollars to upgrade their car or truck (we can't forget the trucks  ) they should actually get an upgrade rather than some pretty tubular control arms that don't do anything but be tubular. Don't anybody get upset that sells tubular control arms! They have a place, but I just thought an open discussion about these principals would help alot of people. |
Chad, this is the exact road I have travel over the last 5 years. My original thoughts where for a S-10 pickup suspension but I didn't want a salvage yard car. I went to the school of "Hard knox$" with a Jim Meyer set up because I had no clue what questions to ask let alone what the correct answers might be. I read and learned some after this purchase and found that what I had welded in my car had bad bump steer, only a couple of degrees of caster, a bad camber curve, no anti dive to speak of, and poor ackerman, etc. Basicly a street rod suspension for 40 Ford. I am now finishing up another learning process on a c5/c6 set up that has great specs and should do the job very well. Now I know enough to get in trouble when on my own but I can at least ask good tough questions and sort through the posers and the real doers. It just cost me $$ and time to learn this.
I would hope this thread could help others avoid this long painful process.