Re: [AMC-list] whats your opinion

[Frank Swygert <farna@xxxxxxx>]

You know what they say about opinions... but here's mine!

NO to the poly bushings if this is a street car and you will be driving it a good bit. I use poly bushings on my sway bar but nowhere else. Poly will probably last longer, but they are known to squeak and will definitely make the car ride harder. Modern radial tires makes up some of the difference in harshness of ride, but not enough. Definitely don't use poly bushings on the strut rods! They will make the suspension harder and slower to react, and you'll feel every pothole though the floor. If you must use poly go "half-n-half" on the strut bushings. Use poly on the front (yes, they will jar more) and rubber on the back. Buy one poly and one stock type kit (I'm pretty sure the 69 American uses two piece bushings and the rods are adjustable -- if it has adjustable rods and one piece bushings now you can use the later model two piece). With the rubber on the back the suspension doesn't bind as much and is a bit quicker to react, though not as good as rubber on both sides.

I'd go with the Scarebird kit unless you just happen to have a parts car with good rotors on it handy. Parts for the AMC setups are getting scarcer, and that will only get worse. Some suppliers have stopped carrying even the last 79-83 rotors. Earlier models have been tougher to find over the last 5-10 years, and cost more. I recently paid $55 for a 79-83 rotor but one store couldn't even get them (I think it was Advance, AutoZone could). That's a bad sign!! The parts used in the Scarebird kit should be readily available for another 20-30 years at least.

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Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:56:07 -0400
From:krausseakrauss@xxxxxxx

 Hey guys, Street Performance has an all urethane busing kit for the front of my 69 American for$112.00. I know if I bought all of them separately it would be way more, but I also heard that they ride much harder them the rubber ones...Which is better, I probably won't get a whole lot of miles on it when its finished and I don't plan on racing it..One other thing you might find interesting, I know they don't make patch panels for my car so I looked at other options and can up with the patch panels from a 69Chevelle they seem to have a side contour pretty close to the American but I will have to shorten them 3" I don't think anyone will ever notice the difference. One more thing I have got my hands on 2 sets of front disc brakes off Ambassadors cause I was going to do the front brake conversion, But now I found that Scarebird, makes adaptors to fit Ford ranger rotors on the front of my car ... again what do you think would be better ? Any comments ?  Thanks


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