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Old Jul 19, 2011, 05:28 PM
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Yes Dan we only weighed the large bushing in the lower front arm and it saved about .4 pound per the two sides. It's kind of a wash on weight I'd guess.
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If I had the coin I would def do these! Thanks for the write up Dave!
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wshihdnevo, yeah, it's not the cheapest suspension mod and I'd consider it towards the end of what is needed to be done. I'm no suspension/set up wizard but the number one improvement in my opinion is tires, then a proper alignment. Those two things will do the most of an EVO, I feel anyway. I am at the end of what I can do and was looking for a little more. The price was a little bit of an eye opener to me too, I never asked, just ordered the parts. Now that it is done I am super glad I did it, the traction difference in my car is night and day. The parts that were installed are also top notch and serviceable.
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thanks for the info david. time for some videos man
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wshihdnevo, yeah, it's not the cheapest suspension mod and I'd consider it towards the end of what is needed to be done. I'm no suspension/set up wizard but the number one improvement in my opinion is tires, then a proper alignment. Those two things will do the most of an EVO, I feel anyway. I am at the end of what I can do and was looking for a little more. The price was a little bit of an eye opener to me too, I never asked, just ordered the parts. Now that it is done I am super glad I did it, the traction difference in my car is night and day. The parts that were installed are also top notch and serviceable.
Yeah as much as I would want to if I had the money I would def consider it after my car becomes more of a regular track car and not as much of a DD. But like you said, I would prob benefit from other things first before these bushings regardless of how much I love solid bushings.
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could we get some pics of the parts that are being used either on display or installed on the ''a'' car.

maybe it is possible to offer like 2 or 3 packages. meaning. if there is a lot of bushings that are changed most guys can not afford 1800.00 on these parts. but lets not shut them out. maybe they can afford to do half the setup. what would be the 1st and most needed parts to swap for guys on a budget.

then maybe they can do stage 2 ''the rest'' at a later date.
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Originally Posted by wshihdnevo
If I had the coin I would def do these! Thanks for the write up Dave!
gtworx has a whiteline package that hits some of the most important parts of the ct9a suspension geometry weaknesses.. roll center adjuster, bumpsteer kit, front control arms and rear trailing arm bushings.. they're polyurethane, but worth a look. some definitely flaws in the evo 9's suspension geometry/chassis
Old Jul 20, 2011, 10:10 AM
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Added to list of improvements for next year. Thanks DB
Old Jul 20, 2011, 10:20 AM
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DB,

What tires are you using in the max effort class?
Old Jul 20, 2011, 12:36 PM
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Taking pics in the car is pointless, you can't see much once it is all installed. I don't know if Robi has pics up on his site or not, I didn't take any.

We offer bushing kits, urethane, that are MUCH cheaper. I actually thought that is what Robi was going to do but I told him I'd leave it up to him and I got the hard kit. You could simply do the front of the car and then the rear of the car. That would cut the deal in half.
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emailed robispec about this kit, recieved no reply
Old Jul 31, 2011, 05:27 PM
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E-mail him again, he is out of country right now. Not sure if he's doing e-mail or not being gone.

I haven't decided on a tire for Max Effort yet.
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Robi is da man! Lucky to have him here in SoCal.
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thanks david- was looking at what bushes i was going to run and this appears the way to go considering your results, I'm in no hurry but good to get my direction going.
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can't wait to see it at the shootout in a couple weeks... Best of luck with the ever elusive 8's


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