Well, guys, I’m doing another mod in conjunction with a needed repair. After running the Dragon I took the car to my mechanic to investigate the handling quirk, since he and I were repairing the shift linkage anyway...
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Originally Posted by 2000mc
The bushings at the rear of the front a arms are known to separate. Take a big pry bar and see if you can force the a arm up and down by rear bushing. The bushings are available separately
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Leading LCA bushing had about 1/4” of deflection in it on the passenger side... car drives like garbage as a result, and getting crappy mileage due to toe angle changing with throttle position, incline/decline, bumps, etc
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Originally Posted by 19bonestock88
The LCAs were replaced in their entirety just about 35K ago, surely the bushings and/or ball joints aren’t wasted yet?
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Honestly I’m still shocked at this part, I thought the FE5 arms were supposed to come with denser bushings? OH WELL...
Over The Top Performance has my back, they make an upgraded bushing kit for these cars. The leading bushing becomes a three piece design, with a stainless steel crosspin and a Delrin bushing, machined with grease grooves and o-rings to keep crap out of it, and grease in it. The trailing bushing becomes a spherical, solid unit instead of being mostly flat with voids cast into it. The result, they claim, is an almost 100% reduction in bushing flex under load, which means more precise steering, less wheelhop on launch, and better suspension geometry due to elimination of bushing flex. They are also lifetime warranty, the guy said that they should “outlast the car”. I’m also extrapolating that due to less bushing flex (which causes subtle changes in toe angle as you drive it) I may be able to get better mileage due to it holding a truer alignment. For $300 a set, I hope they work as well as OTTP claims and they really are as durable as claimed! I’ll keep you guys posted...