Ryan

After a set for my front end. Is there good ones and shite ones?

What does everyone reccomend?

And prices

TIFF

http://www.rallydesign.co.uk/catalog...oducts_id=5103

Much better than PolyFlex and more than half the price

slowpoke

i have the deflex ones but they are the worst of the lot but also the cheapest and had no probs as of yet

matt

steviecossie

i ahve the rally design ones on my escort cossie and my dad has them
on his mk2 rs 2000 they are good quality

Ryan

yeah i had the RD ones on my RST and thought they were very good

just wondered if it was a different scenerio in the YB world

TIFF

I have then on the 3DR and i had them on both my Sapphires, Very good IMHO

steviecossie

go for the rally design one mate

moonstone mike

Im looking to buy some poly bushes and i was going to buy powerflex ones, these ones at rallydesign do seem very cheap if not to cheap???
im just worried about the old saying you only get what you pay for!!!!
has anyone got these fitted from rallydesign and how do they rate against the powerflex ones???

steviecossie

i have them on my escort cossie and my dad had the powerflex ones on his mk2 rs2000 before the rally design ones and he prefers the rally design ones

TIFF

Like i said i have fitted them to all my Cosworths and they are on my 3DR at the moment

I think it is more a case of Powerflex charging more for the name IMHO(Just like Samco)

You will not be dissapointed with the Rally Design/Polysport ones

moonstone mike

cheers mate now the million dollar question ...........have you replaced the rear beam and trailing arms?????????????????????????????????????

3drstretch

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Ryan decide which ones you want and let me know as i deal with both rally design and powerflex.

Ryan

cheers stretch think its going to be the design ones so pm me a price please

polysport and polyrace

marco polo

iTrader: (1)

I don't belive in polybushs ........just ave it metal to metal

Ryan

its only the front end perm boy.

rear will be metal to metal

marco polo

iTrader: (1)

i have metal to metal on the front rubbers move metal doesn't ....

Ryan

so how its your ARB connected to the chassis and to the TCA's a picture would be handy

marco polo

iTrader: (1)

engineered metal bushes made to suit and same with the tca part pressed in steel bush

no pics sorry

the only bit of rubber i have is underneath the supension top front mounts

NUTS RuS

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Im with Marco if its a track car Ryan

marco polo

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Ryan , son listen to your dad

alot of peeps think having metal to metal on the car makes it's a horbile drive , that is a misconception ......ever since i have gone metal to metal you wouldn't belive how tight the car feels to drive on the rd or track ...the supension is just right for both jobs I E : it's not too hard for either ..........it took me 3 to 4 times to get the car right the way i wanted it and i am chuffed to bits with it


Tony

marco

tiny

I agree aswell i dont run any bushes, at all, and i use mine on the road and
its great, just a realy good positive feel.

peteh

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Thought peps didn't recomend poly bushing the rear of cosworths and using standard ones? Well metal on metal must be awful!

tiny

Well mines fine, no knocks bangs or anything, on the rear of mine only the
beam is solidly mounted .

CozzyBrom

ryan you tight coont

i do you a set of tcas ajustable and comp strut kit for Ł330 deliverd
some one let me down and there jsut stook here i will cut my losses

RichardPON

I'd go with what Brom suggests.

I polybushed the front end of my car, and I reckon unless you're a track driver, you wouldn't notice the difference between poly and new Ford rubber.

I love all these people who go on about how the polybushes tightened up the handling of their car, when the old rubber ones were 15 years old and perished

Azrael

Richard, I am no track driver, I can't do a sequence of conrners without doing it sideways half of the time and I am pretty sure Powerflex does work. I've seen that on Imprezas (great effect) and shockingly good effects on Cossie front, although I still need to fit my rear beam poly mounts and check how they do.


I am interested though opn opisnion on uniball -> metal to metal connections on road car. I'm thinking about getting some bling stuff from Broom but will this be ableto bdo lets say 20000km's every year on road? Will the suspension or the chasis (or me) fall apart?

moonstone mike

I think i will stick with poly bushes!!! got to get a set for the front and still not sure what to do with the rears yet........its very sloopy at the rear, any ideas what to do with the rear bushes i have heard so many different storys whats good and whats bad???????????????????

i have just bought some avo coilovers and want to do the right thing on the rear!!

Azrael

Get Powerflex ones from Chris Cossymad. I've got all of them fitted exept for rear beam munts that go in in few days and it's much better over standard.

moonstone mike

why have you not fitted them to the rear beam????????????

Mr C

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Marco Polo that must handle like a dream?? Sounds like a great chassis mod for greater handling.

Azrael

Didn't have a chance yet. Just recently got them from cossymad and the others for rear Ijust bought form local tuner who happened to have ordered something wrong and got Cossie stuff.

Wonder if I could fit the beam ones without dissassembling whole rear.

moonstone mike

why get them off cozymad is he cheap ??????? how do i get hold of him?

Azrael

Why not? He is


Yo can PM him on forum. Nick: cossymad

cossiecrew

i to can vouch for cossymad his prices are more than fair just compare to the mags you wont beat him on price i dont reckon also quick delivery and a helpful service he da man lol

marco polo

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Mr C

it does help , I have an early GRP A round beam solid mounted with rose jointed gravel spec trailing arms with Bilstein 909 magnesuim gravel spec coilovers with 16" springs ,rose jointed (top and bottom) one to the top of the turet and the other to the bottom of the traling arm

basically the back end dose not move at all , so that means the suppension has to work 100% properly

when you have got rubbers these move about so what happens the suppesion doesn't work that well because of movement

poly bushes do tighten up the car and they are better than standard ones

i have had all these set ups, i wouldn't ever got back to rubbers tobe honest

since have this set up the cars handles and turns in very well that i don't get any understeer at all ..i have took a few peeps out in the car since having the car set up and they were impressed for a rwd car

I have to admit that the cars is on it's limits for being a rd car this is why i will NOT go compression struts /Grp a ARB with drop links to the TCA's

some of you might think i bet the car i hard on the rd... it's not it's no worse than before when the car hits a bump the suppension absorbes the shock because it has the right springs for the right ride height and for the right (dyno spec) damping of the coilover this is where it gets tecnical LOL...


cheers Marco

Billabong

Rich, I see what you're saying especially with 3dr's and Sapph's, but as far as EsCos' go, having had brand new front bushes fitted & tried, then putting uprated ones on it makes a HUGE difference.

This was on my previous EsCos - the guy I brought it off had actually had the antiroll bar and all front bushes replaced because of some movement/slack. When I bought it off him, I had the bushes done (Grp N, so not even poly ones), and let him have a drive - he was a bit sick

ImaRacing 700

I fitted polyrace to the front of Saff and much nicer feel...i didnt need to do it as it was fine but they looked pretty in red in the RD catologue ...Highly recommended.

Matt

LISTEN TO MARCO HERE

i have a full deflex bushed car myself cos im a tight arse

if a) i could be arsed and b) had the will to, i would do exactly what marco has done