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Old Mar 26, 2008 | 11:36 AM
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Hey everyone, I have decided that I want to upgrade my suspension and I need a little help.

I plan on getting the Lakewood or any other company Watts Link suspension and most of you probably know what it is. If not click here.

This will always make my rear end centered if my understanding is correct and from this I assume I would not need the adjustable lower control arms, just the non-adjustable. (side note, is there a difference between lower control arms and lower trailing arms?).

I also want to get an upper control arm but should I get the adjustable or non adjustable type?

For the front suspension I want to get the K-member brace with torque limiters but I have no idea what else to get except for maybe a sway bar? I want to get springs and shocks but I cannot lower my car and that would mean I would probably have to get a set of coil overs and I just don't have the money for that right now.

So basically what I am trying to do is get the best of both worlds, drag racing and cornering. I do not care as much about the dragging as I like powering through curves. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Old Mar 26, 2008 | 12:46 PM
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I'm guessing you can't lower the car because you have all the tack on parts on the body?

The route you have taken for a visual effect is going to make it harder to set the car up for either drag or autocross.

You can replace the stock shocks/struts with adjustables, those will make a difference w/o lowering.
Old Mar 26, 2008 | 12:50 PM
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A Watts link only centers the axle laterally. It does not do anything as far as locating the axle square in the chassis in plan view. As long as you don't have a thrust angle issue and aren't going to lower the car or install LCA relo brackets, you probably won't need adjustable LCAs.

Lower trailing arms = LCAs
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