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Hey guys I have 2 questions.


1. my motor mounts sucks and I’m not trying to pay rediculous prices for solid rubber mounts. I’ve seen on here you can do the hockey pucks, my question is how many pucks do I need to space the engine up to the same level as the stock mounts? Has anybody done this and wouldn’t mind sharing info??

2. I’m wanting to build custom upper and lower control arms, the stock bushings suck cheecks. I do have new arms and bushings about a year old. going with heims on the contact points on the body side. My question is, where can I find the ball joints needed to be able to connect the new arms to the spindle?? I’ve been looking around and can’t find anything, there plenty websites that sell the tubing and heims but I can’t find any that sells the ball joint portion needed to connect the arms to spindles.

This is the idea, just need a lead on the ball joint side. Thanks in advance!!

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Ive even used the cheap ones from advanced. They'll work for a year or so.
Strut rod bushings.
Talk to Racecougar about a hold down; he sold me mine.
That's pretty much what I bought from Rod, but the hook part is welded closed. One end bolts to the block, the forged loop is in a hole drilled thru the k-member. It won't move, lol.
I'm actually wrong, Matt. The one bought from Rod is exactly like the one in his picture, amazingly enough,lol.
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Make sure you have the right tie rod ends; I got a set of mustang ones installed by a shop, and the bump steer is crazy. They are apparently the wrong length.
The ones with two bolts are McPherson struts. They are part of the control arm.
Our cars have shocks, so only one bolt. Both designs have advantages, ours do canyon carving very well.
There was a project on sccoa a few years back, were they looked into using spherical bearings. I don't remember it ever becoming a thing.
Wow, Matt; you mean our strut rods are bigger than the luxobarge Couars?
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IMHO, Bill likes his stuff and wants to keep it.
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Call them, it will not piss them off. All businesses I've ever talked to want to know what kind of numbers; we've always had problems with getting 10 orders for a group buy. Tell them they are better than the alternatives, and maybe they'll do it. Be prepared to send them a complete strut rod, with all the bushings, and take good measurements and pix of the mountings on both ends. how thick,hole size, everything. And then ask "what am I leaving out"? Hey, Igot Analog Devices to make me a 100V Op amp.
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I'd probably buy a set, depending on the final product.
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