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Which LCA's are the best for me?

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Old 10-11-2008, 09:22 AM
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Default Which LCA's are the best for me?

What do you think would be the best lower control arms for my application?

Mods so far consist of a build 306 w/ JE pistons, summit rings, cobra crank and rods, ford racing oil pan kit, ford racing lifters, ford racing double roller timing set, Edel. performer heads 170cc (2.02"in. 1.60"ex valves), edel. rpm II, Lunati cam 285*/291* duration .557"/.554" valve lift with crane 1.7rr's, ARP bolts, felpro gaskets, edel. 75mm tb, 75mm maf, BBK fenderwell cai, smog delete, bbk pulleys, 200amp alt., battery in trunk, bbk shorty headers o/r h, mac catback, MSD distributer, wires, coil, and 6AL, ford racing 24lb inj and 190lph pump, holley adj. fuel pressure regulator, holcomb 12" electric fans, afco 2 core w/trans cooler, built AOD (rated for 450-500hp), TCI 3500 stall, ford racing alum driveshaft, auburn pro diff, 3.73's, moser 31 splines, kyb shocks and struts.

Well i think that's about the jist of it so far. I don't know how much power it will make. So people have said over 300whp maybe 325. This is going to take the place of my dd car. I am just starting on the suspension. I'm kind of thinking about going with maximum motorsports lca's. I plan on using their subframe connectors and later the panhard bar and torque arm.

The car may go to the track so i can see what it's capable of, but not much at all. Just an hot little street car. I do like to take off from a dead stop quickly sometimes, ....ok a lot.

So what to you think are the best brand and type(standard duty/extreme duty and adjustables or not) lowers out there for my application and why? Sorry this was kind of long, but i want to get my suspension right the first time.

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Old 10-11-2008, 08:48 PM
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I have UPR solid lowers and adj uppers, and I can be on some dirt track tires and dump the clutch on the rev limiter and it will dead HOOK. B-4 with the stock control arms I could only take it up to 4000 and I would get a slight spin. So the UPRs would be my vote and pretty reasonabley priced. So with your auto trans it should hook great.
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Old 10-12-2008, 10:42 AM
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That's it, 2 votes. I appreciate your input on the UPR's 15austin
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Old 10-12-2008, 10:52 AM
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i had a set of solid uprs and they worked good for me way better than stock and 200 bucks for upper and lowers
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Old 10-12-2008, 03:49 PM
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i'm gonna go with the maximum motorsport adjustable's. i like the idea of being able to drop another inch when i want and raise it if i decide to put 18's on the back. (which i won't)
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