Looking at upgrading my front suspension and i have been reading past posts and no one has really said this one or that one. I know it depends on what you want to do and so forth, so i dunno.

What im looking to do is mainly drag race my car every once and a while. Its mostly just a driver (and i take it to shows), but would like my car to corner great. So do i need tublar lowers or will the stock ones work and go w/new uppers???

I am on a budget so what is the best set of upper and lowers (tublar) for a low price. Im not looking for something that will be the best road course corner carver. Just something that will be a few steps up from stock. Any suggestions would be great. Thanks for the help

I too am in the market for new control arms. So lets hear the answers to the above questions.

Thanks in advance :D

the best thing to do on a budget is just to box the stock ones with a peice of plate

ru talking front or rear...i was talking rear my bad

You certainly don't NEED tubular lowers. Tubular upper and lower A-arms by themselves won't do much to improve handling. There's a very good and long thread in the Pro-Touring forum on the best ways to improve the handling of A-body cars. If you're looking for something quick and easy to start with, just throw a 1 1/4" sway bar on there.

There are many options out there for tubular control arms. Here are a couple:

http://www.bmrfabrication.com/A-Body.htm

http://www.wolferacecraft.com/SearchResult.aspx?CategoryID=28

These Edelbrock rear adjustable uppers are very nice. I have a set. Throw the urethane bushings in the trash though. In fact, avoid urethane bushings anywhere in the rear end. Stay with stock type rubber or better yet, just remove them completely and go with spherical bearings and rod ends.

http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?autofilter=1&part=EDL%2D5248&N=700+4294925130+4294908216+4294908021+115&autoview=sku

Unless you're planning to revamp your front end to a negative roll system, I see no reason to go with tubular uppers. I also agree with KAA that you don't really need tubular lowers unless you're going with a pro coil spring/shock system....

Specifically, your question included the comment "...would like my car to corner great" so with that said, while I'm no expert, I am planning to use Savistike's (http://www.scandc.com/) tubular uppers with their Tall ball joint kit on my '70. I've done a ton of research on the whole A-body (poor) front end geometry and was going to do a F spindle swap but have decided that their tall ball joint solution is the best. (Stock spindles, bumpsteer, nearly OEM setup; calipers, pads, rotors, etc.). The SC and C conversion will provide you new upper control arms which are fully adjustable, won't require any shims and have grease-able bushings as well as the new tall ball joints. The fact that the arms are adjustable make them my #1 pick.

So, if you're going to work the front end then I'd say do it right from the get go and install the negative roll system. There's a ton of stuff in the forum about the "tall spindle" conversion from people a lot more experienced than I. I have a original set of disk spindles waiting for me in the garage (right next to the F spindles!), but there's a great post in "Brakes.." from a guy who converted drum spindles to disk if you're really on a budget.

That's my two cents. Good luck!

Has anyone used the BMR Fabrication A-arms? I'm taking off my Air Ride set-up and going back to a Stage II set-up from SC&C but I need some good LCA's. My preference is the Global West units but the high cost and lengthy delivery time is the reason for looking at other alternatives. Lost of UCA options but not that many for LCA's.

i have bmr and like them,good guys too,very helpful on the phone.....

I have seen a bunch of ads in Super Chevy for CPP (Classic Performance Products). They offer a complete upper and lower tubular control arm set for about $650. Seems reasonable price wise as compared to others. Has anyone out there used CPP for suspension or brake parts? I, like others, am upgrading my front & rear suspensions as well as brakes.

Vince
'66 SS