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Originally Posted by Mark R
True, but these cars are not about need, but about wants. I have attached a pic of the stock arms. They are made from spindly stamped sheet metal.
Now compare them to the BMR setup in that pic from earlier, and you can see how they would improve any Camaro's handling and straight line composure.
I have the cradle lockout kit and all the items on that table on my regular ZL-1, except the sway bars, and the car is much improved over stock.
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It's really not about looks but strength. I've seen people bend and even break BMR tubular steel control arms on Hellcats but I've never seen it happen with the stock stamped steel pieces even though the BMR pieces look much beefier. I think a lot of people get wrapped in the looks of an aftermarket piece and assume it's better because its bigger. I will admit that poly bushings can improve defelction some over rubber bushings but my point was that for road racing, GM already engineered suspension pieces that are more than good enough. You would gain more from taking track driving lessons than from swapping suspension components on these cars.
As I stated before the cradle lockout is a necessity for better performance except on the 1LE, the other parts not so much.