TehMonkay

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I'm building my FC to be a road race /autocross car. I want to replace every suspension bushing and every drivetrain mount with something better than stock, thus far all i have are pineapple racing engine and transmission mounts.

Mazdatrix sells just about all the bushings/mounts of course. But i was wondering who else does.

Prothane/Energy suspension make the control arm bushings and tie rod/balljoint boots(what do the tierod/balljouint boots really do in terms of driveability?)

Himni i think also makes the aluminum trans/engine mounts, but i already have what i want as far as that goes.

I want to get the rear subframe bushings, front and rear differential mounts, is there any option besides stock or mazdatrix for this.

The bushings that connect the rear steering knuckle to the control arm, i'm going to replace those with stock, unless there is some aftermarket somewhere.

The balljoints will be replaced with new stock units. Is there anyone who offers roll center corection parts for the front?

The tie rods i want to replace with pillowball type units with new stock inners and a remanufactured manual steering rack. I also want something with bumpsteer correction, but i do not want an increase in steering angle because honestly I could care less about any type of serious drifting. Is there a good manufacturer for these?

I was also going to get the AWR units for the rear toe control arms, is that the correct term for them? I think the AWR units use pillowball bushings.

For camber correction, i want each wheel to be adjustable so I was planning on getting the two individual units. Should I also get the one center unit as well or will these two links give me all of the adjustability i will need? I will be running some sort of coil overs so it will need a bit of camber correction, however i will be running negative camber at the track anyway.

Along with this, coil overs, and a full roll cage and a nice front strut tower bar i'm hoping to remove any compliance in the car, keeping in mind, this car will not really see the street other than driving to and from events. I will also be running negative camber.

I can really think of anything else, the aftermarket swaybars i will have will have polyurethane bushings, and i'm already buying a polyurethane control arm bushing kit.

Is there anything else i should look into? I forgot to add i will have all new wheel bearings all around as well.

With that all in mind, I would like to ask what kind of front strut tower bar i should get, will any decent company's produuct work or should i buy something like a cusco? Also, what coil overs would anyone reccomend for a track setup.

I already have a good idea on my setup, i just want to hear opinions, i'm also wanting to know of what people think good books are for learning what to set suspension geometry to.

If this would do better in the suspension section move it, however i thought this might be better to be in the 2nd gen section.

Again also, i'd like to know if there are any other producers of these products.

Spectator

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Energy suspension, you can find'em in most speed shops.

spot_skater

Energy suspension makes an almost full bushing kit, and MMR makes bushings as well.

I am pretty sure both are polyurethane, but that may be incorrect. But they are stiffer than stock.

www.mmr-direct.com

TehMonkay

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can a mod move this to the suspension part of the site?

McHack

Mazdatrix sells the delrin race mounts, but they also sell the stiff-rubber Mazdaspeed mounts. Thats what I went with, & am pretty happy.

Black91n/a

Ok, with those individual rear adjusters, unless you're using a monoball bearing in the rear control arm (AWR), then you'll also want the center rod to do the adjusting, then even it out with the individuals. Otherwise you're seriously tweaking those bushings, and if you've got delrin or something, it won't move and you might break something.

AWR offers a roll center kit, I don't know what it is exactly, but they do list it. Email or call for details. They can probably direct you to a solution for bumpsteer too. They also offer needle bearing front control arms, better than any bushing.

One thing to consider, the manual rack is slow, maybe a manual converted power rack will be better, as it's got a faster ratio.

For a strut bar I've got a Corksport one, it's a copy of a Cusco and is a good unit.

For coilovers if you're serious go custom by someone like JRZ or Dynamic. It'll cost you a lot though.