I spent some time searching this issue but I couldn't find the answer to my question even though there are a lot of posts on this.

I went to solid bushings on my old vette years ago and it made the car so twitchy on anything but a perfect road that it was scary. I know the camaro is a different set up but does any one know how poly front control arm bushings will affect drivability on back country roads? (ie roads that are crowned, and worn in the driving lanes)I already have poly bushings on both swaybars and I need to replace the ones on the front control arms but I don''t want to sacrafice drivability on bad roads for better performance on the interstate.

Also, after reading lots of posts I couldn't get a read on what affect poly bushings would have on ride quality.

Note that I have a vert and have done a lot of mods already but given the limitations of this body, the poly bushings are a big question.
Any thoughts are appreciated..............bob

 

i'm a big fan of either the poly or my choice Del-A-Lum front bushings.

and it doesn't seem twitchy to me at all, yes the car tracks with ruts/inperfections ect. but that is the price you pay, if you really want to play in the twisties.

 

I've done the poly route (check sig), but I'm an old fart, and if I had to do it all over again, I'd go rubber. The current ride is not exactly harsh, but it is very firm. Twisties make me tired, but I must say that the car handles well enough to make me smile like a madman. Choices, choices, choices!

JamesC

 

thanks guys. I want to minimize tracking ruts and imperfections on bad roads. My car is really a sport tour car that I use for daily driving and long trips out west in the boonies. So I gotta compromise. Sounds like I need to go with rubber. I don't mind a harsher ride but I don't like fighting the steering at high speeds on back roads.

Wish there was a compromize like a harder rubber or other material that gives a little but not as much as rubber. I checked into the post on the LE1 suspension but it turns out the rubber bushings are the same in all the cars.

Thanks again........bob

 

FYI, the rubber on the 1LE stuff is of a higher durometer. For example, the bushings in the 1LE LCA's is rated at 50K, the normal rubber at 11K. Something to consider. By the way, my car's a road car as well. The last 'road trip' my wife and I took from Kansas was to Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Nebraska, etc., for a total of 3200 miles. We had a book on road trip for each state. Pretty cool and over all very enjoyable, though 6 or 8 hours in a Camaro, regardless of suspension, can be trying, especially juxtaposed to, say, a Chrysler LHS.

JamesC

 

James, I read on another post that the bushing part numbers were the same for 1LE and other cars. Maybe that was wrong.
How do you know the 1LE bushings are stiffer? If that is true, for me at least its a great compromise.

I will check into it myself but if you have info I would be glad to hear it.

thanks again...........bob

 

I bought the GM manual for the 350 ZZ4 conversion. The quote below is from that source:

https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...hreadid=248526

JamesC

 

I bought the GM manual for the 350 ZZ4 conversion. The quote below is from that source:

https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...hreadid=248526

JamesC

 

James, thanks. Will get the 1LE bushings for front control arms........bob