Anyone Run These Rlca?

mikestang63

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Looking to replace the stock rear control arms and came across these on sale at American Muscle for $229 before discount. I've used some J&M parts before and was happy with the results, but curious if anyone has these and would you recommend them. I like they have a poly end and at the other side a spherical bearing to avoid binding.

http://www.americanmuscle.com/jm-jacker-lca-7998-race.html

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gearheadboy

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mikestang63 said:

Looking to replace the stock rear control arms and came across these on sale at American Muscle for $229 before discount. I've used some J&M parts before and was happy with the results, but curious if anyone has these and would you recommend them. I like they have a poly end and at the other side a spherical bearing to avoid binding.

http://www.americanmuscle.com/jm-jacker-lca-7998-race.html

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I'm not sure what brand I have but they look identical to those. They adjust real easy however they require me to back them off almost the whole way with my drag springs to loose the raked look. They give me no wheel hop but I do wonder if they were the dimise of my torque boxes.

 

Rick 91GT

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We bent two different sets from two different suppliers on a hard launching drag car 1.5 60ft. The only arms that have adjustable perches that I liked are Metco

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mikestang63

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Rick 91GT said:

We bent two different sets from two different suppliers on a hard launching drag car 1.5 60ft. The only arms that have adjustable perches that I liked are Metco

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Rick,

I've only used in the past Global West, Steeda, and MM arms but have used some J&M parts before like CC plates and such and was happy with them- never their control arms. Don't want to spend the $400 but ya get what ya pay for right? Either way, I need to weld up the seams in the torque boxes when I replace the stock arms with any aftermarket ones, as they are harder on the torque boxes.

 

Rick 91GT

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We bent 1 that I will say was a quality arm the other was a Granatelli. I usually find we are lower the body not raising it on a race setup to get the instant center right so a standard conventional arm works best IMO.

UPR, Team Z, etc...get my vote. I have not run a J&M arm but I have had their C/C plates on my own car since 1998

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^^^ Solid Advice!!!

 

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^^What these guys said. (especially the UPR part)

I destroyed a weight jacker control arm on my Fox about five years ago. (I bought the car with them on)