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sagacious
08-04-2008, 06:52 PM
so ive been slowly turning my 73 nova into a pro touring car, bought the minitub kit, front 1 1/8'' sway bar, 2'' drop coils and edelbrock IAS shocks. i just bought these tubular arms from performance online. http://www.performanceonline.com/store/customer/product.php?productid=19337&cat=898&page=1
i know they're not name brand and hopefully someone on here has something good to say about them. (i hope) i was able to get them for $630 to the door. any reason why they might not be comparable to DSE, Speedtech, etc? i was thinking while i was at it i would try the gulstrand conversion. BUT i dont want to use b-body spindles because i dont want to reroute brake lines and all that. would it be the same thing if i got the TALL spindles with the 1.75-2'' raised balljoint? if so, which ones should i buy that will allow me to run stock discs and eventually change to aftermarket discs later? thanks!

ARAD RS
08-04-2008, 08:20 PM
Here is a very good read pertaining to the modification.
It should answer all your concerns.

http://www.pozziracing.com/first_gen_suspension_geome.htm#Geometry%20discussi on

Marcus SC&C
08-06-2008, 10:11 AM
Honestly even the better arms don`t make much difference apart from allowing a better alignment and looking cool. Geometry mods should come first,then the arms follow to work with the new geometry. I couldn`t get yout link to work but I`d guess for that price they`re Chinese clones of some well known American arms. There are a lot of cheap DSE copies floating around these days. If that works for you,well then they`ll work for you.
B body spindles are only used on A and G bodys (and they`re not too hot of an idea on those). You can make some big improvments in the geometry and performance with our tall ball joints and in this case tall tie rod ends but I can`t promise they`ll fit those arms without any mods or that you`ll be able to align it properly with those. Mark SC&C