Poly Control Arm Bushing Group Buy

[TheNeek]

I love the mullet comments, but I can't take them laying down..... Do these guys know that you haven't beaten my 3400lb mullet wagon at Auto-x yet? 500lbsft for the win.

ZING!!!!

[blitzed310]

I love the mullet comments, but I can't take them laying down..... Do these guys know that you haven't beaten my 3400lb mullet wagon at Auto-x yet? 500lbsft for the win.

Sounds like an unfair advantage to me, but good try though comparing grapes to watermelons so to speak

[BoostedE21]

I love the mullet comments, but I can't take them laying down..... Do these guys know that you haven't beaten my 3400lb mullet wagon at Auto-x yet? 500lbsft for the win.

Come out to Cali and we'll see how you far up with some other cars

Oh and welcome to the boards

[jrcook320]

The fact that I haven't beat you at autox is testiment to my weak sauce driving skills and is a disgrace to the e21 community.

An extra 1000 lbs of curb weight, a big fat 383 sitting between the fenders, and 500 ft-lbs of torque are all big disadvantages to you in autox. Even with your 345's you're just a smoke show.

I'm hoping the poly CAB's along with relocated control arms will improve the front suspension geometry enough to be more confidence inspiring.

[jrcook320]

Come out to Cali and we'll see how you far up with some other cars

Oh and welcome to the boards

Like yours? What's your 1/4 mile time?

[TKO383]

An extra 1000 lbs of curb weight, a big fat 383 sitting between the fenders, and 500 ft-lbs of torque are all big disadvantages to you in autox. Even with your 345's you're just a smoke show.

That is exactly why you should be blowing the IROC-Z badges right off my doors. I suspect the gap will be narrowed once you get the suspension done. I also have more like 525lbsft now after the re-build, which will probably not make the car any faster for auto-x use but is always handy for beating up on ricers, and we can all agree on that.

Come out to Cali and we'll see how you far up with some other cars

Oh and welcome to the boards

Thanks for welcoming me. I'm a good friend of Josh's and I'm here to learn and help stir creative juices is good threads like this one. If I can ruffle a few feathers in good fun then I'll do that too.

There is no doubt there are faster cars than mine, frankly mine is not really all that fast, its just an angry street car.

Sorry for the thread hijack, back to bushing discussions......

[TheNeek]

FIN!

Hopefully Steph will be shipping this set off to Josh for fit tomorrow. Then the rest will be completed.




That is all.

PS... I hate cutting Poly... it gets everywhere. I made the inner OD a little wide because the stuff is somewhat compressable and I want a tight fit in the control arms.

[wayfast]

very nice

[TheNeek]

The set for Josh's fit check shipped yesterday. I am trimming down the raw stock into usable slugs right now. By end of next week the others should be hitting the shipping dock.

[jrcook320]

Awesome. I'll keep you posted on fit.

[TheNeek]

P.S. I hate polyurethane I had to buy more stock just to get the orders out that I have. I scrapped a full 4 inches of the stuff just figuring out the right cutting setup on the lathe.

[ecko457]

Hmmm, Very interested... How long is this gonna go on for??? But wait a min do they fit an e36?

[jrcook320]

Hmmm, Very interested... How long is this gonna go on for??? But wait a min do they fit an e36?

Yes. BMW carried the e21 suspension over to the e36.

































































sorry, of course they don't fit the e36.

[BruceH]

Yes. BMW carried the e21 suspension over to the e36.
sorry, of course they don't fit the e36.

It was such a good design....

[ecko457]

Yes. BMW carried the e21 suspension over to the e36.

































































sorry, of course they don't fit the e36.

I didn't realize I was in the e21 forum till after I posted but then though well maybe you made a set for the e36 as well.... I had to ask...

[TheNeek]

I didn't realize I was in the e21 forum till after I posted but then though well maybe you made a set for the e36 as well.... I had to ask...

I think you can buy an E36 made of poly urethane. If there is something that doesn't exist, then you talk to me and I'll see what I can do.

[ecko457]

I think you can buy an E36 made of poly urethane. If there is something that doesn't exist, then you talk to me and I'll see what I can do.

Yeah but they are not $25 and those look easy to put in where as the e36 ones take a lil elbow grease.

[TheNeek]

Yeah but they are not $25 and those look easy to put in where as the e36 ones take a lil elbow grease.

They won't be 25 dollars.

[jrcook320]

The equivalent parts for an e36 ARE easy to install. You can buy them pre-installed in a factory bushing carrier and bolt the entire assembly straight onto the car. The bushing taps onto the end of the control arm pretty easily and bolts to the framerail. If you're not replacing the control arm you're done.

I did my e46 for about $250 with bushings, carriers, and control arms all in one package.

[TKO383]

The equivalent parts for an e36 ARE easy to install. You can buy them pre-installed in a factory bushing carrier and bolt the entire assembly straight onto the car. The bushing taps onto the end of the control arm pretty easily and bolts to the framerail. If you're not replacing the control arm you're done.

I did my e46 for about $250 with bushings, carriers, and control arms all in one package.

Less talking, more working! Your Bimmer won't finish itself, and it isn't like the Scout is out there workin on it while you're on here flappin your gums. We want to see results man!!

[jrcook320]

I'm heading out to work on it right now.

YOU should be working on tuning your motor. FYI, you're a festering scrotum cyst discharge....





cancerous... with hair... and teeth. mmmm.

[TheNeek]

well while you jokers were clowning around I went into the shop and machined one side of the slugs and drilled the center hole to 7/8 for the rest of the people who want these things. Got about 9 of them done. This is time consuming.

[vibranthenarot]

Bushing's look great, worth paying a few extra bucks for, peace out Joe M.

[TheNeek]

Estimated delivery date for Josh's bushings is tomorrow. The slugs are all done and ready for final machining as soon as Josh gives me the go-ahead. I have a 4 day weekend this weekend so I'm hoping to get most if not all of them done. I ran out of material to complete the order, but I've ordered more.

[BoostedE21]

Like yours? What's your 1/4 mile time?

Not sure yet havent ran it, but i was giving him shit, plus my car is slow anyways

That is exactly why you should be blowing the IROC-Z badges right off my doors. I suspect the gap will be narrowed once you get the suspension done. I also have more like 525lbsft now after the re-build, which will probably not make the car any faster for auto-x use but is always handy for beating up on ricers, and we can all agree on that.



Thanks for welcoming me. I'm a good friend of Josh's and I'm here to learn and help stir creative juices is good threads like this one. If I can ruffle a few feathers in good fun then I'll do that too.

There is no doubt there are faster cars than mine, frankly mine is not really all that fast, its just an angry street car.

Sorry for the thread hijack, back to bushing discussions......

Hehe yeah i figured you guys were buddies that why i said it, just messing around.

Wow Nic, nice work, those look great!