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Driveline/ Subframe connectors/ Suspension upgrades
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<blockquote data-quote="Bad Company" data-source="post: 16980501" data-attributes="member: 141815"><p>I had the Kenny Brown Racing parts on my car. The front lower control arm bushings never stopped squeaking no matter how much grease was used. The major problems with his parts are the the K-Member will bend due to hard braking at the front control arm mounting location. The square tubing he is using isn't strong enough. I had the parts on my car for a short amount of time and Kenny Brown took them back after I saw a car competing in the NASA American Iron class bend the K member. I actual reinstalled the factory K-Member and front suspension until Maximum Motorsports started selling their K-Member. In the rear I went with CorTeX Racing's Watts Link, rear LCA kit and Torque Arm in the racing versions with spherical bearings. Once Maximum Motorsports released their K-Member I went with it with Ford Performance M-5638-C polyurethane and Delrin bushings for the front lower control arms. CorTeX final released a K-Member and front LCA kit that works with struts versus their other K-Member that was designed and sold first with a SLA and coilovers shocks for the front. The car is riding on the 13 stock Bilstein struts and shocks with the Ford M-5300-L lowering springs with slightly higher spring rates than stock. I also have an Eibach adjustable front sway bar with spherical bearing adjustable links while retaining the stock rear bar and bushings</p><p></p><p>My car handles with a neutral feel versus the original factory feel of heavy understeer until you apply enough power to the rear tires to turn it into snap oversteer. The grip is extremely high with my combination and very predictable while spinning the rear tires without any crazy rear axle steering inputs caused by bushing deflection of the stock rubber bushings. The neutral grip never feels like the car is at it's limit of grip on the street no matter how hard it seems when you drive into a big curve. I've only had the rear end get loose on me once in an off camber turn with a raised hump in the middle of it that unloaded the rear suspension, as soon as I lifted off of the throttle the car stopped sliding and was easily accepting my steering inputs to go where I wanted it to go. Now my set up does transmit a high amount of NVH into the car cabin. Fortunately I'm willing to listen to it and consider it normal for the modifications done. All of it I believe is from the rear axle suspension modifications with spherical bushings. If you want something without the NVH I recommend the CorTeX Racing Street versions of what I used in my car.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bad Company, post: 16980501, member: 141815"] I had the Kenny Brown Racing parts on my car. The front lower control arm bushings never stopped squeaking no matter how much grease was used. The major problems with his parts are the the K-Member will bend due to hard braking at the front control arm mounting location. The square tubing he is using isn't strong enough. I had the parts on my car for a short amount of time and Kenny Brown took them back after I saw a car competing in the NASA American Iron class bend the K member. I actual reinstalled the factory K-Member and front suspension until Maximum Motorsports started selling their K-Member. In the rear I went with CorTeX Racing's Watts Link, rear LCA kit and Torque Arm in the racing versions with spherical bearings. Once Maximum Motorsports released their K-Member I went with it with Ford Performance M-5638-C polyurethane and Delrin bushings for the front lower control arms. CorTeX final released a K-Member and front LCA kit that works with struts versus their other K-Member that was designed and sold first with a SLA and coilovers shocks for the front. The car is riding on the 13 stock Bilstein struts and shocks with the Ford M-5300-L lowering springs with slightly higher spring rates than stock. I also have an Eibach adjustable front sway bar with spherical bearing adjustable links while retaining the stock rear bar and bushings My car handles with a neutral feel versus the original factory feel of heavy understeer until you apply enough power to the rear tires to turn it into snap oversteer. The grip is extremely high with my combination and very predictable while spinning the rear tires without any crazy rear axle steering inputs caused by bushing deflection of the stock rubber bushings. The neutral grip never feels like the car is at it's limit of grip on the street no matter how hard it seems when you drive into a big curve. I've only had the rear end get loose on me once in an off camber turn with a raised hump in the middle of it that unloaded the rear suspension, as soon as I lifted off of the throttle the car stopped sliding and was easily accepting my steering inputs to go where I wanted it to go. Now my set up does transmit a high amount of NVH into the car cabin. Fortunately I'm willing to listen to it and consider it normal for the modifications done. All of it I believe is from the rear axle suspension modifications with spherical bushings. If you want something without the NVH I recommend the CorTeX Racing Street versions of what I used in my car. [/QUOTE]
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