refer to my setup below. its my daily driver, and future mods include sfcs, torque arm, and lca relocation brackets. would there be any difference between the 2 options besides price? i just dont see how the aftermarket lca are going to perform better. most of the force is on the torque arm and not the lca.... anyway, does anyone have time improvements or opinions? i wouldnt think boxing the stock lca would help, but what do you think?

 

You're wrong about the force. 100% of the force pushing the car forward is on the LCAs.

Get Lakewood ones. They're cheap, and one hell of alot easier to put in than fooling around with the stock rubber arms, trying to change the bushings in them, after which you'll realize that they're still so weenie that the bushings make no difference whatsoever because the arms themselves flex so much.

I wish I had taken pics of my stock ones when I took them off... I could bend them with my hands. One of them was visibly ballooned out more than the other, from compressive force applied to it. They are trash of the lowest order.

 

aftermarket is the way to go i think also.

lakewoods are pretty nice, had them on my 88 formula 350 took most wheel hop away.

i had alittle more money to spend so i went with spohn poly non adjustable lca's on my current car.

 

which did you like better? where are lakewood LCAs sold?

 

Aftermarket all the way. I haven't done LCAs on my thirdgen, but I have on my 4thgen...lets just say it's a nice difference.

 

Lakewoods come with poly bushings. Only prob for me is they are yellow, but I'll live with it for the price.

Summit

 

for the extra money spent, i like the spohn lca's more because they are tubular and have the greese fitings already installed.

 

The Lakewoods are also tubular (square tubing), and you can see the grease fittings in that pic. You can't really see the yellow once they're installed, it's inside the bracket on the frame.

The Spohns are really set up for drag racing. They are a very heavy-duty part, overkill for a car with street tires. However if I were to recomend a race-only part, for use with big power and a high-stall converter or a stick and slicks, it would be those instead of the Lakewoods.