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afgmoto1978 12-02-10 01:52 AM

+1


Originally Posted by gracer7-rx7 (Post 9441717)
david rocks! His mounts are excellent as well.

Just buy them. They are very fairly priced for the craftsmanship and engineering that go into them.


Bob H 12-02-10 08:20 AM

To make sure I'm clear - the mounts, bushings and the pedal extender by themselves are top notch and I still believe they are the best you could buy, (but can't any longer).

This is a vendor issue if you will - David no longer works where he has ready access to the machine shop, so you end up with an unacceptably long wait time - coupled with zero communication. Not a good combination.
I don't want this to degrade into a personal attack - I just want to inform potential buyers of a significant change to his working status with regards to the products as well as the extraordinary wait time, (9+ mos in my case, and I'm the only one who got anything from him in that time).
Also - since I mentioned it before, I now been paid the refund for the parts not delivered.
-Bob

gracer7-rx7 12-02-10 10:27 AM

That is unfortunate. David's parts were incredibly well designed and built.

The alternative is to use the Mazdaspeed/Mazda Competition sway bar mounts. Apparently they can be sourced from:
- Mazdamotorsports
- AWR Racing (who makes them) - http://store.awrracing.com/products/...-RX%252d7.html
- Mazdatrix

ptrhahn 12-02-10 10:32 AM

Too bad David wouldn't sell the design to somebody who could take over production.

jkstill 12-02-10 04:18 PM


Originally Posted by gracer7-rx7 (Post 10347022)
That is unfortunate. David's parts were incredibly well designed and built.

My experience so far with the bronze bushings is that that are far too much trouble.

The action of the sway bar will "walk" the rubber insert out of the bushing. I've had it fixed once, this time I am just going back to standard bushings.

The problem can be negated by getting the bushings aligned perfectly, which requires shims. Shim, adjust, tighten, shim, adjust, tighten,...

I can never seem to get it as good as it needs to be.

gracer7-rx7 12-02-10 04:41 PM


Originally Posted by jkstill (Post 10347826)
My experience so far with the bronze bushings is that that are far too much trouble.

The action of the sway bar will "walk" the rubber insert out of the bushing. I've had it fixed once, this time I am just going back to standard bushings.

The problem can be negated by getting the bushings aligned perfectly, which requires shims. Shim, adjust, tighten, shim, adjust, tighten,...

I can never seem to get it as good as it needs to be.


Good to know.

I use his regular mounts with regular sway bar bushings so never had to deal with that fun stuff. :)

GoodfellaFD3S 12-02-10 04:42 PM


Originally Posted by MSTHTD1 (Post 10245806)
Will these mounts work with a Blitz fmic?

No, they will not.

I ended up ordering the Mazda Competition mounts from AWR Racing and have been very pleased with them. Very sturdy construction, and they'll fit with the Blitz FMIC and the extension for the rad mount with no cutting at all. You just have to bend the existing rad mount back a bit, doesn't damage it.


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