[COUPESTANG]

Hello all I would like to replace my stock control arms. This will be a street/strip car. adjustable,nonadjustable,good brands, does it even matter?? Thanks for any info

[EagleAutosports]

Hiya. I see you're new, so welcome. Glad you joined.
Sorry no one responded yet, I just found your thread.
I'm sure you'd get several opinions on this but since it's a street/strip car, you could go with the lower arms with the combination urethane/spherical bushings. The urethane will be on the chassis mount side and the spherical is on the axle side. For the upper you could go with sphericals on both ends and both the upper and lower should be adjustable. For the lower you could keep it stock length for now... more on that later. For the upper, you can get them to the stock length, then shorten them 1 full turn. This will actually rotate the top of the rear end towards the front of the car, increasing the pinion angle. Doing that will use the natural rotational force of the torque-to-the-rear-end and use it to plant the tires harder. The sphericals can give a lot more road noise and harshness but if it's a strip car, then this is what you'd want. Now back to the lowers. If you could get a pinion angle gauge, which is the prefered method, you could then fine tune the rear for better launches. The major brands would work... Steeda, Lakewood, Maximum Motorsports, you can't go wrong with any of them.

[COUPESTANG]

Thanks for the help

[1fast50]

i would reccomend megabite jr lowers, stedda ajustable uppers they both have poly bushings which give you a decent ride and are still adjustable. i have seen this combo along with a wolfe racecraft anti roll bar run high 1.40 60fts all day long and still not require you to get a kidney transplant. hope this helps

[Disturbed]

Agreeing with what 1fast50 said, Megabite Jr.'s are still one of the best street/strip lower control arms out there. They are harder to find nowdays but they are still on the market.

I used a set of Dougan Racing uppers on mine though, they were helm jointed on the ends instead of a bushing but I didn't notice any change in ride quality just from the uppers.

Another option I've seen is the lower "lift" arms. A lot of people in my area use these since it helps out with starting line traction quite a bit without an expensive setup. Besides, the car looks pretty cool coming up in the rear when you launch instead of squatting. 60 foots times tend to be rather slow with these though.