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Old 10-04-2016, 08:23 PM   #1
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At what point

Does suspension parts such as LCAs, toe rods, bushings etc play a huge role? Drag and street
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Old 10-04-2016, 08:44 PM   #2
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At what point

Whenever you start caring about getting power to the ground.

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Old 10-04-2016, 08:55 PM   #3
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Old 10-04-2016, 09:17 PM   #4
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Old 10-04-2016, 10:21 PM   #5
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Old 10-04-2016, 10:42 PM   #6
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My SS got beat by a probably stockish Mustang V6 today because I couldn't keep traction. Granted it was wet, but suspension is probably as important as power.
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Pretty simple addition is the BMR anti wheel hop kit assembled by JDP
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Old 10-05-2016, 06:51 AM   #9
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Agree with everyone here. Stock is when you should care. I DD my car with PFADT/AFE POWER trailing arms, toe links and solid rear cradle bushings. The only negative thing I've noticed is a slight increase in road noise. Suspension does play a pretty large role with these cars. Stock they wheel hop like crazy and wheel hop is extremely hard on important parts like half shafts and CV joints
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Old 10-05-2016, 07:13 AM   #10
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Nick, a factory C5 Camaro is quite loose in the rear. No comparison to a C6.
Exactly. So he should be looking at suspension upgrades even at stock power levels. They always help.
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Old 10-05-2016, 08:46 AM   #11
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Awesome, appreciate it fellas. I haven't really pushed mine. (LT,Headers,3.91) yet. So, I didn't know if ours stock could handle of if it needed immediate attention.
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Here's the mentioned kit. Will completely change the way the car feels.

http://www.jdpmotorsports.com/manufa...s-zl1-jdps1008
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Old 10-05-2016, 08:56 AM   #13
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Here's the mentioned kit. Will completely change the way the car feels.

http://www.jdpmotorsports.com/manufa...s-zl1-jdps1008
How hard is the install?
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Old 10-05-2016, 08:57 AM   #14
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How hard is the install?


Took 6-7hrs. Most of that was fiddling with/finding parts to make a puller. Then we just burned out the stock subframe bushings.
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