07musclemustang

hello all, I would like to know after hearing about it many times, Would my gt with about 300 hp be better off with gt 500 lca's? Ive heard they are the best but if you look at them if seems to me that a high quality part such as UMI/ BMR/ others would be stronger.
I suffer from harsh wheel hop and am looking for a trouble free solution and am pondering going with the gt500s can i get input from gt500 users with there feedback.
anyothers are always welcome

jdmcbride

I recently did some reasearch on the GT500 LCAs. The concensus on these LCAs are that they are essentially the same part as the GT LCAs with better bushings. Some people say that installing them eliminated the wheel hop and others said that they still had the hop. You can't beat the price!

I was about to order a set when my neighbor came home with Steeda's Billet LCAs this past week. Now I am getting the Steeda LCAs.

zporta

yea dont waste ur money on a half a$$ part...if u want LCA's get the real deal....im going billet steeda's

Xeno

roush has theirs on sale at the moment for 145 bucks http://store.roushperformance.com/detail.aspx?ID=659

07musclemustang

the roush ones i heard are the GT bushings so i guess get both the roush and the gt500 swap bushings and be like damn thats good?

07musclemustang

repack the gt500s with the roushs bushing and sell on steelbay and make up some of your money...
BWAHHhahahaah
(evil laugh)

07musclemustang

still im wondering if i went with an upper control arm and the gt500 lower would that cure the wheel hop?

MELLOWYELLOW06

Im getting lost here, so which is the good one to get and whats the story with the bushings? What do the LCA's really do? Just asking, because I never had wheel hop just major wheel spin in 1st, 2nd and often 3rd.

07musclemustang

wheel hop is when the rear axel "hops" up and down violently durring a loss of traction acceleration. You'll know it if you've ever experienced it. The read end slams up and down creating a smacking thudding shound and no traction, as if your wheels are spinning "they are too"
Lower rear control arms are the major link between the rear axel and the body transfering the forces created by your rear tires to the car. The factory ones are a joke and you pretty well require an aftermarket one to withstand the forces created. I would like to know what of any of the aftermarket ones would suit my needs best.
The gt500 bushings are a stiffer rubber as i have hard and result in a more accurate transfer of forces vrs the facory mushy rubber. Pollyurithane or rod ends would transfer loads even better with less losses but they would result in increased NHV but I am just trying to figure out whats best for me

mygt500

Joe I believe that the Steeda's and the Roush LCA's are great for preventing wheel hop. I believe the roush LCA's are on sale and I think they use a rubber bushing like the stock LCA's and not a poly bushing. Both types have their benefits. The rubber helps with NVH more than the poly and the poly's on some of the BMR's have been cracking under heavy use or track use. I am sure it was a bad batch and I believe it was resolved.