Tubular control arms

[Moparmarc]

Hey guys I'm gonna have my front end apart this winter doing a brake conversion and have been thinking on going to tubular control arms. My car is mainly just a track car at this point. I've herd they help out with weight transfer is it worth the time and money to buy them? Car has full Calvert racing suspension under already so it transfers great already

 

[theman440]

I like these - you can adjust 'em on the car and you can put more caster in it for more stability.

http://www.magnumforce.com/magnumstore/shop/item.aspx?itemid=6

 

[dvw]

Hey guys I'm gonna have my front end apart this winter doing a brake conversion and have been thinking on going to tubular control arms. My car is mainly just a track car at this point. I've herd they help out with weight transfer is it worth the time and money to buy them? Car has full Calvert racing suspension under already so it transfers great already

Offset Moog bushings will give you enough caster. Except for shocks and heims on the outer tie rod location, the front suspension of my 64 is stock. The K-frame is cut and lightened. Rubber bushings in the upper arms, poly bushings in the lower arms and strut rods. It's been 1.24 60ft, drives fine at 147+
Doug

 

[Cranky]

Hey guys I'm gonna have my front end apart this winter doing a brake conversion and have been thinking on going to tubular control arms. My car is mainly just a track car at this point. I've herd they help out with weight transfer is it worth the time and money to buy them? Car has full Calvert racing suspension under already so it transfers great already

If it already "transfers great", why fork with it?

 

[68 HEMI GTS]

They will help with the transfer if they have hiems. Mine did. In some cases you can transfer too fast though but, not an issue on my heffer of a car.

 

[Cranky]

They will help with the transfer if they have hiems. Mine did. In some cases you can transfer too fast though but, not an issue on my heffer of a car.

I had that problem with a car with ladder bars and 90/10 shocks. Well, the shocks were home made 90/10 lol. Ended up trying a set of 50/50's and it did much better which was surprising. Instead of pulling the fronts a foot and then landing and unloading the rear tires, it put the fronts up about 3" and carried them for a few feet and maintained traction. Good enough so I left the 50/50's in it. Man, I've had some strange combos on some of my cars but if it works, so what

 

[dvw]

If I loosen the shocks on mine it transfers way too quick and unloads. Usually the front rebound is between 75%-85% full tight. On a good track it can run 90%. This is with 54.5% of the weight on the nose.
Doug

 

[Cranky]

If I loosen the shocks on mine it transfers way too quick and unloads. Usually the front rebound is between 75%-85% full tight. On a good track it can run 90%. This is with 54.5% of the weight on the nose.
Doug

54.5....not bad at all! The ones I hate working on are the ones with well more than 50 on the front end.

 

[RVW]

Offset Moog bushings will give you enough caster. Except for shocks and heims on the outer tie rod location, the front suspension of my 64 is stock. The K-frame is cut and lightened. Rubber bushings in the upper arms, poly bushings in the lower arms and strut rods. It's been 1.24 60ft, drives fine at 147+
Doug

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What torsion bars are you running and what type of front shocks

 

[dvw]

What torsion bars are you running and what type of front shocks

Afco doubles and 6 cylinder bars.
Doug