Input on suspension?!

[CrawlinSlo5.0]

So winter is approaching quick and my goal for this winter is to knock out my back suspension and maybe the front amongst other things.

I currently have Moroso trick springs, solid boxed upper and lower control arms and lakewood 50/50's in the back. The springs are BUJU becuse the person i got them from chopped them to lower the car.

The fronts are trick springs and the car came with KYB GR2's

Im looking for the following.
A set of adjustable control arms for the rear. Preferablly double adjustable lowers.
A set of drag springs
Maybe shocks

Theres a ton of manufacturers out there and I wanted all your input. What parts and and brands would you guys go with if you were to do your back and front suspension? Also what are some good part sites besides Summit or Jegs?

Also at what point would you want to go with coil overs? What are the benifits and drawbacks of going with a coil over setup?

 

[86turbo]

I don't know anyone off the top of my head that sells double adjustable lowers.....anyone?

I personally would be fine with single adjust lowers so you can square the rear up and it's not like you'll be doing that often....right? Uppers are great if they're double adjustable because if gives you more adjustment of your ic.

I'm running upr rear setup, single adjust uppers and double lowers, 50/50's with some stock springs in the rear. I put on an arb and and down in the 1.4x 60' launching at only 2500 and 5 psi on the tbrake. Don't waste your time on airbags or uneven springs in an attempt to level out the car. I tried all of those and some did help but not like a properly set arb. That's just my opinion though!!

I am running coilovers in the front with your typical 90/10's. I like coilovers but I feel it limits you on your tire width unless you want to do serious modification. I have some little 15x5 skinnies and no probs. Don't buy some thrown together front spring kit, you need to cal what you're car needs based on it's weight and strut travel as well as aesthetic things (stance) if you so desire.

Poor wallet, haha....

Drew

 

[86turbo]

btw I know i'm being held back by my out of the box lakewood drag shocks, i was just too broke to buy adjustable ones...

 

[faststang90]

what r u doing with the car is it a full time street car or just something too play with. i would get away from the cut springs and just get the right spring pressure on the coil overs on the front. i would get adj front struts. on the rear i would not do the rear kits. if u are going to do a rear kit i would mini tub and get some qa1 coil overs kit. i have this bar from this place but i cant find it
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[Mustang5L5]

Advice depends on what your goals for car are. Is this a drag car only? Or does it see a hard turn as well now and then?

 

[90lxcoupe]

I had edelbrock uppers, those cracked a weld, now ive got a set of UPR uppers that i borrowed and i have a set of team Z on order.

Personally, ive always liked team Z's stuff, i wish i had bought thier K-member insteal of UPR, they are one of the few suspension companies that actually builds race cars, and thier prices are very competitive. They also sell a double adjustable lower that your looking for

 

[poulrais]

I have Hotchkis adjustable uppers and UPR adj. lowers with Strange adjustable shocks all around. Lowered UPR springs also with adj. caster/camber from BBK. Love the Strange shocks and got them at a very good price. My car his set up for lapping though but the range of adjustablility of the Strange shocks must be good for drag also...

 

[CrawlinSlo5.0]

wow it seems like a lot of people like UPR's stuff. The car is a weekend warrior. The car sees street action as well as the track.

So far im thinking ditch the springs i got now and this weekend pick up a set of eibach drag launch springs or moroso trick springs. Shock wise im liking strange. Plus there close. Control arm wise i havent looked into it much yet.

 

[bentley429isBAC]

I have all UPR in my car expect for the A arms, heard some terrible things about them. Most people that have run their parts like them for the money. Wolfe and Team Z make a little better product but they are alittle more expensive. If I didnt get the UPR stuff for a good deal I would have bought all Team Z.

 

[Mustang5L5]

I personally wouldn't put UPR suspension parts on my car.

I prefer Max motorsports myself. I have their adjustable LCA's along with other parts and it's all well-made and durable.

 

[Shaolin Crane]

I personally wouldn't put UPR suspension parts on my car.

I prefer Max motorsports myself. I have their adjustable LCA's along with other parts and it's all well-made and durable.

here here, i agree with that statement fully, sure im a bit biased but only cause i have seen the quality first hand

 

[90lxcoupe]

here here, i agree with that statement fully, sure im a bit biased but only cause i have seen the quality first hand

do tell...

also, if you read the OP, maximum motorsports dosent make what he's looking for, which is a double adjustable upper and lower control arm. theres nothing wrong with MM stuff, but its obvious he's build a car that is for the dragstrip

 

[86turbo]

I've heard the horror stories about upr but is any of it recent???

Drew

 

[faststang90]

i have had upr k members on my cars with out any problems

 

[90lxcoupe]

Eveybody "knows" sombody that heard a guy say his buddys friends nephews car had a UPR a-arm tha broke and kille him...

I'm not made of money so I did alot of research before i bought my front suspension, and i came across ONE thread that actually had pictures of sub par UPR stuff, and after a ton of BS, UPR took the stuff back. I've had good luck with thier stuff, but if i had the money I'd go with team Z.

 

[Mustang5L5]

I beleive most of the complaints are surrounding the K-member and front control arms. I've *heard* some stuff and a few threads on corral.net have been rotating around with complaints about UPR.

Even disregarding all those unconfirmed reports, i still would not run UPR. I just don't feel the design is rugged enough. Most k-members aren't really designed for daily driver use, there are differences in design and structure that would let me choose one over the other. *based purely* on visual inspection of the overall design and choice of reinforment, tube thickness, welding, etc...i make my opinions.

I know a TON of guys here do run their k-member. Cost may be a factor in that as it's the cheapest "big name" kit on the market.

But i think the subject here is rear arms. I think UPR rear arms are fine. Not my first choice however. I also think the OP is building a drag type suspension as well