![]() Ok, I did get a t-shirt, but I might have begged Ramey for that. NOTE: WILL work with a 1982-1992 GM step bore master cylinder. No stereotypical car magazine “Here’s some parts, put them on the car and say you like them” stuff going on here, I’ve spent my own hard-earned cash not once, but twice buying a set of these control arms, because they just plain work. The browser you are using is no longer supported on this site. I had previously purchased a set of their adjustable upper and lower control arms with Roto-Joints for my Monte Carlo SS and they made such a big difference in the manners of the car that I knew that I needed them for the LS as well. UMI has been in the suspension game since 2002 and thirteen years later they’re still producing all of their products in Philipsburg, Pennsylvania, base components on up. This is where Ryan Kirkwood, Ramey Womer, and the rest of the UMI Performance team come in. The shocks and springs have already been (mildly) upgraded with Bilstein and Eibach units respectively, but I had not yet replaced the crusty stamped-steel control arms with their compliant rubber bushings. Of course, getting that setup to handle is the trick. I hadn’t given much attention to the rear suspension of the car until this point as to be honest there’s not much there at face value: Solid rear axle, coil springs, shocks, and the same triangulated four-link that GM had been using for decades. I’ve owned five of these cars, trust me, I know.Įnough McTaggarting over broken parts ( Shots fired, Bryan!), today’s all about looking forward to the improvements that are being made to the car, courtesy of UMI Performance and some wheeling and dealing on the local G-body forums.īefore this entire saga started I had a clear-cut goal for the Monte LS this year, namely incremental suspension upgrades and a full season of SCCA Solo in the Classic American Muscle class. CPP Brakes parts in-stock with same-day shipping. If anything, in this regard the G-body best resembles the immortal jellyfish, replacing the “ ‘polyp’ to ‘jellyfish’ to ‘polyp’” cycle with a cycle more like: “ ‘Running and driving’ to ‘something expensive broke and now it’s going to sit for six-plus months’ to ‘I really want to sell it but know I need to fix it’ back to ‘running and driving’ “. Shop CPP Brakes parts and get Free Shipping on orders over 149 at Speedway Motors, the Racing and Rodding Specialists. To catch up on the other installments, click HEREįor all of you playing along at home, this is Part Two of “The Long Journey Home”, which is really just a fancy-pants title and sugarcoating on the situation that is a G-body with a dead transmission.
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