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how much did control arms help you

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slow93

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i am thinking about getting some control arms and torque box reinforcments this winter while the car is resting.how much does it help 60' times,i hit a 1.71 with stock stuff,will it drop from that?
 

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My maximum motorsports lca's didn't help jack sh it.
 
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Grn92LX said:
My maximum motorsports lca's didn't help jack sh it.
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amnit: thats not very convincing
 

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You are not gonna notice anything one piece at a time. However, with upper and lowers, drag springs and good tires you will.
 
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uppers and lowers drastically helped my car out with both handling and launch
 

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Grn92LX said:
My maximum motorsports lca's didn't help jack sh it.
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... that should be a customer quote in Maximum's ads.
 

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I know alot of people are against them, but Im sold on Southside machine bars. Ive used different control arms and I noticed the most from these. My set up has uppers, lower lift bars minus the quad shocks, Eibach drag springs, 70/30 fronts and50/50 rears. The one thing you MUST do is reinforce the torque boxes or they will be destroyed.
 

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i have a brand new set of behind bars race cars double adjustable upper control arms for sale if anyone is interested IM me
 

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I rescently installed a set of Wild Rides Race Cars cro-moly double adjustable uppers and single adjustable lowers, their race style anti-swaybar, and solid control arm bushings. I already had eibach drag-launch springs and lakewood 50-50 shocks in the back and 90-10 in the front. This was an incredible differance in the cars launch. With BFG Drag radials the car feels like your getting launched off the deck of an aircraft carrier. Made more "Grab your Nuts and scream like a Girl" torque than even adding the supercharger. Course the procharger just made it that much more fun. Even in a naturally aspirated car this set up will feel like a whole new car. The control arms and sway bar and bushings can be had in a kit powdercoated to your color choice for about $750. The springs go for about $350 or so and the shocks for like 150.
 
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