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Old 08-21-2018, 05:41 PM   #124 (permalink)
19bonestock88
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So, I had the FE5 control arms installed on my car the other day, and gave the old arms to the mechanic... the new arms are a little lighter than the old ones, due to being aluminum vs steel for the old ones, so the car lost a little unsprung weight, but most of the reason for this mod is to get a stiffer control arm. In theory it should flex less under load and I should be able to stuff it harder into corners and launch it off the line harder, with less wheelhop and more control... also, the bushings on my old control arms were pretty wasted and it sounded horrible going over bumps, and I was gettting about 7500mi to a pair of new front tires... measured alignment afterward with a tape and the front tires are toed out about 1/4” but I’ll get it corrected soon enough...
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