Who makes a good, not super expensive, front lower A-Arm? Would you guys suggest swapping the uppers as well?

It would help if you told us what year car, why you want to swap LCA's and what your goals are for the car.

Sorry, I seem to be getting ahead of myself. It is a 67 base camaro. It is getting an LS1 conversion. I have already done the front disk conversion. I want to give it a slight drop in the front and try to take out some weight. Car will be mostly a weekend crusier. Thanks in advance.

Sorry, I seem to be getting ahead of myself. It is a 67 base camaro. It is getting an LS1 conversion. I have already done the front disk conversion. I want to give it a slight drop in the front and try to take out some weight. Car will be mostly a weekend crusier. Thanks in advance.SFAIK, tubular LCA's will not materially affect the ride height and the weight savings are probably minimal, and (if weight is the primary reason) not worth the expense. You will likely need to replace the front springs when you do the LS1 conversion (the LSx engines are lighter than even a SBC) and that would be your opportunity to set the ride height you want.

If you haven't done so, I'd spend some time in the suspension forums here and over at Pro-touring.com and Lateral-G.net to try to determine what you want to do. Handling of these cars using the stock subframe can be significantly upgraded for a cost of roughly $15 (Guldstrand mod) to up to $2,000 to $3,000. If you go aftermarket subframe, those costs can exceed $7,500 pretty quickly. As a result, it's pretty important to figure out what you want to do with the car (my car is a weekend "cruiser" at high speed on mountain roads), how much you want to spend, how much you're willing to deviate from stock and so on.

Tubular LCA offer no weight reduction. The only reasons I have seen to use them (beyond the ‘cool’ thing) is added mount strength for coil over or ride tech air bag setups. Or to replace damaged arms.

After many discussions and reading, I rebuilt the LCAs for my 77 using Global West del-a-lum bushings.

Please document the snot out of your conversion. I plan on starting mine in my 67 next winter.

Thanks for the input guys. I think maybe good bushings is the way to go and spend the money elsewhere. I think it was more the "Cool Factor" than anything.

Tubular LCA offer no weight reduction. The only reasons I have seen to use them (beyond the ‘cool’ thing) is added mount strength for coil over or ride tech air bag setups. Or to replace damaged arms.

After many discussions and reading, I rebuilt the LCAs for my 77 using Global West del-a-lum bushings.

Please document the snot out of your conversion. I plan on starting mine in my 67 next winter.

I will keep everything doccumented. I have converted several cars over to the LS1 so I am excited to get this one going as the person I am doing it for wants it done right and is willing to spend the money to do so. :hurray:

Where might I find an article or thread on the Guldstrand mod?

Where might I find an article or thread on the Guldstrand mod?

Lot's of good info here:
http://www.pozziracing.com/first_gen_suspension.htm

Also the search function on our site here
and the search function on http://www.pro-touring.com

If you go with tubular A-arms, I'd buy the uppers before the lowers. The uppers will give you more positive caster and are lighter/stronger than originals. I have a set of upper and lower Global west arms on my 68. The lowers are actually heaver than the factory a-arms so the total weight is about the same as the originals. I havent been able to drive the Camaro yet with them installed by they sure look awsome. They are pricy though.

Please document the snot out of your conversion. I plan on starting mine in my 67 next winter.

This may help http://www.ls1tech.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4073808#post4073808

This may help http://www.ls1tech.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4073808#post4073808

Thanks. I've read all that. I just want to read more!

This is what I'm using.

Great parts & so far damned good service too.

http://speedtech-performance.com/

Paul :beers: