What bushings are being used by Japanese tuners?

[Dogs Danglies]

Matt, what I mean is with unequel length links, like the 86 has as standard, they need a slight amount of tolerance to allow for the arc they follow with a panhard rod, rubber or poly will allow the play needed, spehircal mounts offer zero tolerance in the direction there not ment to move in hence it flexes the next weakest link the body

This is a quote from a guy in the US, and is taken from ziptied.com the whole thread can be found here... http://www.ziptied.com/forum/viewtopic.p...sc&start=0

BattleVersion on Ziptied Wrote:Then since we are on the topic of 4-links. The rubber ends cost me more to build then just using a rod end. That also has to be included into my cost of manufacturing. The rubber bushings are important to why the Battle Version set is a step above any other set of 4-links.

Something you may not know about suspension design on the ae86 is the fact that any time you have more than 4 links connected to a moving suspension piece (remember you still have the lateral rod!!!) it will end up in a bind. Meaning that 2 of the links will always be pushing and pulling against one another. This is why the original T3 sets had breaking issues. The rod ends themselves are strong, but when you go into a bind, it's like hitting a bump stop untill something gives. Many of you dont realize that if you run solid rod ends on all ends, then it does bend the floor mounts of your car and the rear end mounts.

The rubber bushings I use are 80% urethane and 20% rubber which gives them a solid feel but has enough give to allow your suspension to move freely instead of binding. The fact that they make less noise, I dont care, but people buy it because of that.

I just want to add that the problems of my car breaking were never suspension related. And If you want to see results, I have been the only American to run D1 in an AE86 and finished top 25. No one else can say that.