Lift bars vs control arms

nolife · April 21st, 2011, 01:22 PM

I have an older set of Competition Engineering lift bars. They look in good shape, they are boxed, and they have solid bushings. They also make a lot of noise. They do a good job of planting the rear even though my springs don't allow for much transfer but typically about 10-30 feet out or when they decide, they lose it and I'm stuck with wheel hop and the lift bars cycling around as traction comes and goes. I want to get rid of my Eibach springs (they are not drag springs) and get some conventional control arms. The lift bar package required some additional welding to the axles for the mounts. Is that all that is done for them? The original factory holes are still there so regular control arms should still bolt on right?

Another option. Keep the lift bars for now and just try drag springs/shocks first or am I wasting my time trying to get them to work good?

fogged306 · April 21st, 2011, 06:55 PM

If you have no luck here, try the suspension sections on yellowbullet, hardcore5.0, or SBFTech. Lot more experienced guys on those than here.

93hatch · April 21st, 2011, 08:02 PM

stock uppers lowers springs and quads

EscortSportage · April 21st, 2011, 10:10 PM

id say MM XD lowers, with adjustable uppers for u drag racing guys

April 21st, 2011, 01:22 PM	#1
nolife MM Fanatic 91GT, 88GT, 02GT Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 3,057 Blog Entries: 3 iTrader: 0 reviews	Lift bars vs control arms I have an older set of Competition Engineering lift bars. They look in good shape, they are boxed, and they have solid bushings. They also make a lot of noise. They do a good job of planting the rear even though my springs don't allow for much transfer but typically about 10-30 feet out or when they decide, they lose it and I'm stuck with wheel hop and the lift bars cycling around as traction comes and goes. I want to get rid of my Eibach springs (they are not drag springs) and get some conventional control arms. The lift bar package required some additional welding to the axles for the mounts. Is that all that is done for them? The original factory holes are still there so regular control arms should still bolt on right? Another option. Keep the lift bars for now and just try drag springs/shocks first or am I wasting my time trying to get them to work good? __________________ Last edited by nolife; April 21st, 2011 at 04:29 PM.

April 21st, 2011, 08:02 PM	#3
93hatch Banned 1992 Lx 11.39@119.24 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Az Posts: 11,644 iTrader: 0 reviews	stock uppers lowers springs and quads __________________ [QUOTE=93mustank;2577445]We speed tested my right arm for quickness in shifts... So he could design the cam for proper shift recovery.[/QUOTE]

April 21st, 2011, 10:10 PM	#4
EscortSportage Hardcore Enthusiast 1989 Mustang GT 5.0 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: CT Posts: 2,186 iTrader: 0 reviews	id say MM XD lowers, with adjustable uppers for u drag racing guys __________________ Cage Maximum Motorsports Sparco QH/BE Nitto "a huge bad azz motor is nice untill you have to turn or stop"

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April 21st, 2011, 06:55 PM	#2
fogged306 MM Fanatic 89 GT Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: NY Posts: 4,875 iTrader: 2 reviews	If you have no luck here, try the suspension sections on yellowbullet, hardcore5.0, or SBFTech. Lot more experienced guys on those than here.

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