I know that this is more of a race car tech question, but also 2nd Gen specific, so here it goes...
I am trying to find out if it is better to keep the stock rear steer bushings for road courses or to put the eliminator bushings in?

 

Its all in your personal preference. Can you take full advantage of the rear steer, or would you be more comfortable with it out. Rear steer does make it possible for the car to corner slightly faster, compared to it removed...given the right driver.

 

Remove it for racing - it makes the car a lot more predictable.


-Ted

 

If you are want to keep the rear steer for racing, I'd get new ones. But you can't get new rear steer bushings from anyone but Mazda (that I know of) and they only sell the whole rear carrier assembly, not just the bushings.

 

There was a thread sometime ago about someone who found a bushing set from... (delltoro??) or someone that seemed to fit with minor mondification.

Its abot 30x easier to take the carrier to a shop and have them press in eliminators though (at least IMO.)

EDIT: that said, its by far more elaborated the installation of rear steer/toe eliminators make the car more predictable, and more race ready. It might cut down a bit of oversteer...?