Does anyone have experience using control arms like the ones in these pictures? I purchased a subframe yesterday and not sure if I should use these or not since I am not sure of quality and performance. If it matters I will be installing a Big Block and don't plan on any "track" racing or aggressive cornering. I am not opposed to using tubular control arms but not sure if these are good quality or not. I have seen similar or maybe the same one's on eBay and the price point concerns me. Should I keep? go stock? Thank you in advance for your responses and advice.
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Control Arm Question
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Does anyone have experience using control arms like the ones in these pictures? I purchased a subframe yesterday and not sure if I should use these or not since I am not sure of quality and performance. If it matters I will be installing a Big Block and don't plan on any "track" racing or aggressive cornering. I am not opposed to using tubular control arms but not sure if these are good quality or not. I have seen similar or maybe the same one's on eBay and the price point concerns me. Should I keep? go stock? Thank you in advance for your responses and advice.
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For the type of driving you do, I would go with the OEM arms with the longer gall joints. No problem with those.
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They look like the typical ebay china arms which I have seen no issues with OTHER THAN BALL JOINTS. If I were you, i'd change the ball joints to the Proforged tall uppers and drive it.
Mine are Helix, which at least is a company here in the USA with live tech support... but yes, they are sourced in China to their CAD/CNC specs. I took off the included ball joints and replaced uppers and lowers with Pro Forged, used the tall upper BJs. They've been in the car 6+ years, plenty of cruising/vacation trip miles, absolutely no issues whatsoever. All the Chinese made tubular arms pretty much look alike, God only knows if they are all made in one factory or not... or what quality control measures are in place.
As a precaution, I'd do what others are suggesting... toss the BJ's and install Pro Forged which I think are a cut above Moog. Why spend money on aftermarket OEM style control arms and you'd still need new BJ's anyway.
As a precaution, I'd do what others are suggesting... toss the BJ's and install Pro Forged which I think are a cut above Moog. Why spend money on aftermarket OEM style control arms and you'd still need new BJ's anyway.
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LOL! That’s what I thought when I purchased subframe. 😂😂😂😂
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😂😂 good luck with your sale but Im going to restore my existing factory disc brake subframe and use this subframe while car is being painted.
I was under the impression that tubular upper control arms allow a lot more camber than stock.
The additional camber over stock allows better alignment and improved handling. My pal just put the tubular arms on his 67 Camaro (BPE 383 ci 450 HP - 5 speed tremec). Brought the car to an old school alignment place. His old control arms were totally rebuilt. With the old arms if he couldn't take his hands off the wheel. Now he can go 1/4 mile without touching the wheel.
He feels the additional caster from the tubular arms help keep the car running straight. He also feels the handling is improved as well.
Please don't shoot the messenger. I'm just curious what you guys think. Seems like an appropriate question for this post.
No matter what, I would want the discs on front. Drums on the rear - no big. I do want discs on the front.
The additional camber over stock allows better alignment and improved handling. My pal just put the tubular arms on his 67 Camaro (BPE 383 ci 450 HP - 5 speed tremec). Brought the car to an old school alignment place. His old control arms were totally rebuilt. With the old arms if he couldn't take his hands off the wheel. Now he can go 1/4 mile without touching the wheel.
He feels the additional caster from the tubular arms help keep the car running straight. He also feels the handling is improved as well.
Please don't shoot the messenger. I'm just curious what you guys think. Seems like an appropriate question for this post.
No matter what, I would want the discs on front. Drums on the rear - no big. I do want discs on the front.
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It takes upper and lowers to get the most out of caster. I love it.
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