Suspension and Chassis Questions about your suspension? Need chassis advice?

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Old Nov 11, 2003 | 09:39 AM
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Why?

Why you swap stock Lca's into some tubular lca's? What is the problem with stock ones?
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Old Nov 11, 2003 | 10:04 AM
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deflection.
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Old Nov 11, 2003 | 10:23 AM
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Can you explain what you mean? What is deflection in other words?
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Old Nov 11, 2003 | 10:40 AM
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movement, the stamp steel literaly compresses, and move, your mounting points in relation to each other because of hte weakness of the stockers. whenever you have something deflect or bend, you are using available torque to do that, but having heavy duty peices that don't deflect, the power is put to the wheels instead. it also keeps the rear end where it should be, and doesn't allow it to get itself cocked off in comparison to the body.
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Old Nov 11, 2003 | 12:12 PM
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Ok i got the idea. Now i want to know do i have to get tubular Lca's or is it possible to enhance strenth of original ones by boxing them? My car is about to be good street perfomance car and I'd love to do some autocross and go test her limits on race track but getting those spohn stuff to here would pay big $$ (duties, transport etc) so i guess tubular ones are out little bit out of question
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Old Nov 11, 2003 | 12:15 PM
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yes you can box your stockers, and put in poly bushings, that will help.

the problem with poly bushings is that for auto-x, and cornering in general, is that it will bind. if you are wanting best cornering performance, you are going to want at least one spherical bearing.
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Old Nov 11, 2003 | 12:27 PM
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I expressed my self wrong. I want a daily driver with good performance, both on normal roads and race tracks. But remind you, I build this car for my own personal use and fun so my good performance is just a little bit more than my friend's
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