Originally posted by Rara:
btw, where in Cali are you? I grew up in Santa Rosa, and only moved away so I could come work at Ford (I hate Michigan)
I grew up in near Mammoth lakes, and went to school in San Luis. My parents liked it so much they moved there as well. I now live in the South bay ie. Hermosa beach, Redondo, Manhattan area. Its so sweet. My father heads up the sales dept at XKs Unlimited in San Luis Obispo. They are one of the largest Jag, and brit car parts dealers/restoration shops in the world. They are also a Shelby Cobra dealer. I worked there as a welder/restorer through school. I recieved 6 welding certs why I was working and going to school. I also built some roll cages etc through school. I also built Arcotti Shapiros 5.0 Mustang. He runs at Sears Point alot. Its usually the fastest car on the track (alot had to do with him, hes F-N crazy) It was the White 89. Finished school and didnt know what to do so I moved to Socal to work. I work in front of the Cosworth engineering complex in Torrance at a shop that builds UV curing systems for the Medical device industry and Nasa,TRW, Boeing etc. SoCal rocks. I was up your way for the Diskon show in San Jose. I belive you are even farther north...burrr. Too Cold for me. It was really cold when I was there, and it was in Oct. My girlfriends sister lives there and works for a firewall company, some computer crap.
I understand what you are saying about the upper control arms in A-sedan. I ran a worn out pair of stock rubber bushings forever on mine with the Global West lowers (spherical bearings on one end, and delren on the other). It actually worked quite well but not as good as totally removing them. The TA set up I ran worked wonders. I was stating that if you leave them, you defeat the purpose of their design. I know you can pretty much stick cotton balls in the uppers and render them useless. I was saying that the true Griggs and MM set up is supposed to eliminate them, making the TRUE setup not legal.
Have you driven any Griggs, MM, or Steeda cars. Does the Steeda handle better in your opinion? And if you did was it on the track? Is the quality better then the MM? Like I said, I would love to drive a car with the Steeda set up, so I can give an honest opinion myself. I have driven cars with just springs and have smoked guys with full race set ups. So until I drive it myself I cant come to a real conclusion. Im not doubting your knowlege of suspension, I just feel you really need to drive cars with the various suspensions to come to a real conclusion.
The past offerings from Steeda have been pretty weak, so I still have a bad taste in my mouth. Just take a look at their subframe conectors, etc.
Do you currently own a Mustang? I don't, but would like to get another in the near future. Maybe somthing brand new or a Fox chassis coupe (ex-chp car).
