I was always told not to poly bush the front of the Escort cosworth, can't remember who by or why thou?

Any truth in this?

 

i dunno, but i intend on doing it in the future, and my mate has done his

 

I have polybushing at the moment but I'm changing my lower arms to adjustable versions and don't know whether put new originals back on

 

I polybushed the front of mine. Very happy with it. Go for it !

 

Its the back of the car you shouldnt poly bush (Mike R told me not too).

My front ends poly bushed.

 

ive had both of mine done all round and it makes a massive improvement - i used powerflex on the saph and then deflex on the escos, and the only difference i can tell TBH is the price

 

Dave but doesnt it make the back end rattle like fuck!

 

Ahh that was it my memory is not like it used to be lol

 

I remember him saying to me, if you poly bush the back end you make it horrible for road use...........

Oh and you cant look out the interior mirror due to the shake!

 

Mines been poly bushed throughout and it doesnt shake or vibrate at all mate. Mine was done more for cosmetic purposes than handling, although the car does feel much 'tighter' than standard, as you'd expect.

I may be wrong on this, but wouldnt there be a bit of an inbalance if you polybush just the front/rear???

 

i did every single bush on mine inc the rear spring seats and it is perfectly ok for everyday use

 

Hmmmmmmmm

Where's Rainbird when you want him...............?!?!?!

 

as above, no more vibration or rattles than before, just that the back wheels tend to stay in line now rather than lookin like that car in the new disney film 'Cars' when you are cornering hard

 

I would NEVER poly-bush the rear trailing arm bushes as the Ford ones are expensive rose-jointed (Ł40 EACH x 4) items. If you do this, the vibration that this transfers into the car is excessive. There are not many tuners that WOULD replace these, as the Ford ones are so good anyway....

 

i polybushed mine and i hated it went back to standard ford bushes all round

 

good as in how they work or as in how long they last?


mine were well fookered on both cars and you could move the steel insert about like a d1ck up a shirt sleeve; hence the bad locationing of the rear wheels casuing it to rear steer if you let off boost while on a long sweeping bend

 

Good, as in how long they last, how well the work and how little road noise they transmit compared to if poly-bushed.

However, BAD is in major expensive .

 

did they change them to a different type as both of the sets ive taken off my cars were totally fuggered, the first ones were on a 30K mile saph that was totally mint and std

 

I've just bought a full set of rear poy bushes, fitted the beam bushes, should i not bother with the arms then ??

 

mine is fully polybushed dont find it too bad at all but it was done when i bought the car so i have nothing to compair it too

 

Ok so which ones are the best.. I heard GGR's ones where..

 

That's what I was told. Thought someone was on a windup when I saw this post

 

Cola if its good enough for the blonde gay icon, we'll be ok!

 

Point

 

Why not buy proflex ones? (or whatever they're called these days).

 

deflex all the way,


literally 1/3 of the price of powerflex and AFAIC there is no difference in quality AND the deflex ones cmoe with a free lifetime warranty so if one does fial, they will replace it for free.

 

Im building up a rear beam and arms for track use that are currently bare, should I fork out for 4xFord items, use poly bushes or pay the extra over Ford parts and get Brom to do me a pair of rose jointed arms, how much are they?? I have solid beam mounts and 7.5" diff mount, a pair of R+B castor shims for the hubs too.