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Race car front end rebuild: Rubber or Poly??

Posted By: cudadoug

Race car front end rebuild: Rubber or Poly?? - 07/29/10 06:06 AM

Title says it all: Rubber or Poly?? I did my old Cuda in rubber and that dude was STIFF! Had to loosen all four shocks after to get to "leave".

What have you all used and how did it work?

Thanks in advance...
Posted By: 727specialist

Re: Race car front end rebuild: Rubber or Poly?? - 07/29/10 06:25 AM

When I got my shocks from calvert they said they use rubber.
Posted By: Steve Reynolds

Re: Race car front end rebuild: Rubber or Poly?? - 07/29/10 09:47 AM

Mancini told me to use rubber on drag car & poly on anything else.
Steve
Posted By: MR_P_BODY

Re: Race car front end rebuild: Rubber or Poly?? - 07/29/10 11:01 AM

From what I see now is there are 2 different styles
of poly bushings... one the poly is pressed into the
sleeves(very low movement) and the second style is the
poly slips into the sleeves where the poly will rotate
(free movement) so look what you are buying
Posted By: moparjimbo60

Re: Race car front end rebuild: Rubber or Poly?? - 07/29/10 11:12 AM

bought the poly for my demon was so tight it wouldnt transfer weight, 60 ft was all over the place spun sometimes and not others. replaced them with tubular control arms with hiem joints, car settled down and got deadly consistant.
Posted By: 65superstock

Re: Race car front end rebuild: Rubber or Poly?? - 07/29/10 11:20 AM

Poly here and I am happy with it.

-Jason
Posted By: Big Squeeze

Re: Race car front end rebuild: Rubber or Poly?? - 07/29/10 12:11 PM

Personaly, I love poly.......Here are a couple good threads on the subject;

This one............... and this one......................
Posted By: Thumperdart

Re: Race car front end rebuild: Rubber or Poly?? - 07/29/10 02:32 PM

Poly here...........Car`s consistant driver, not so much.
Posted By: Eric

Re: Race car front end rebuild: Rubber or Poly?? - 07/29/10 10:46 PM

Quote:

bought the poly for my demon was so tight it wouldnt transfer weight, 60 ft was all over the place spun sometimes and not others. replaced them with tubular control arms with hiem joints, car settled down and got deadly consistant.




Had the same issue with my Duster....I took it all apart again and put a light hone on the inside of the bushings....problem solved
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