911S front A-arm bushings

[Flieger]

Hello,

I am in the market for new suspension bushings. I am going to use Elephant Racing parts all around:
Front
-Sealed monoball strut top bearings
-Rubber lower A-arm bushings
Rear
-Sealed monoball trailing arm inner bearings
-Rubber spring plate bushings

My question for Chuck is this: I am interested in the A-arm refurbishment service offered by Elephant Racing, where the bushing install is done at your shop. I do not want to have my car out of service long. Can I buy new A-arms with rubber bushings from Elephant Racing for $500 and then send you my original arms for a core charge credit?

Should I just look in the Pelican classifieds for a pair of A-arms and send them to you for refurbishment?

I have a trough-body front sway bar and the car is a 1971 911S with Koni struts, steel crossmember, and Turbo tie-rods.

Thanks!

Obligatory photo:

[Flieger]

Chuck must be at the track

[RSTarga]

I just had Chuck's rubber bushings installed on my car at a local shop. It took about a week but just because I wanted the suspension parts powdercoated. The car feels great now, I went with chuck's rubber upper strut mount too instead of the monoballs which I think are too harsh for Texas roads.

[Zeke]

Seems like an odd choice to use the monoballs and then rubber bushings. Is there a reason you're not going with the polybronze?

[Flieger]

I am too lazy to grease the PolyBronze.

[911pcars]

Doesn't ER have a tech hot line?

I suppose the answer could be shared however.

Sherwood

[Flieger]

I will try the tech hotline if I do not get a response.

Thanks for the tip.

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by Flieger

I am too lazy to grease the PolyBronze.

Come on, Max. You must have a real reason. I don't want to suggest what I don't know for sure, but this could be an educational thread if you would share your ideas on this set up.

[Bill Verburg]

Monoball strut tops w/ sport rubber A arm bushes is a great way to go for a dual use car. You give up very little responsiveness and don't need to deal w/ the NVH & maintenance associated w/ other set ups

If it's track only, solid A arm bushes are nice but are also very harsh and potentially noisy

[equality72521]

Will the later A-arms work on your car? If so I've got a set that are dismantled I'd sell pretty cheap (I did the same thing when installing my polybronze). Mine are 1974-89 though so I don't know if they would work. I also have a pair of Bilstein Struts for sale.

[Chuck Moreland]

Max

While we have done some arms on an exchange basis, I prefer to use your arms. This due to variable conditoin of 22-45 year old A arms.

Perhaps the comment above about 'harsh and noisy' was directed at polyurethange/delrin/polygraphite bushings, they are. For the record, Polybronze is neither harsh nor noisy.

Still, If you want a truly maintenance free solution then rubber is the way to go.

[Flieger]

Thanks Chuck and Bill for your replies.

I think I will go that route.

Cheers