Thread: Checkered Flag Racing Suspension systems Indiana

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The thing I don't like about some of these aftermarket MII systems is that the lower control arms are not wide enough to take the punishment that is afforded the lower control arm under all road conditions. Look at the original MII lower arm, with a diagonal strut that made a very large and very stout triangle out of the lower arm. The aftermarket has eliminated the diagonal strut and made the lower arm front and rear tubing very close together, rendering them incapable of absorbing large bumps without folding up. Noted automotive journalist Pat Ganahl has stated that he sees several hundred collapsed front end systems on rods across the country that are on rod runs that he covers for magazines.

The OEM's have teams of engineers who figure out the load and engineer the systems so that they will not break on normally-driven street suspension systems, but you have no idea who designed some of these rinky-dink systems. Really, if you have any hot rod experience at all, you can see that most of this crap from the aftermarket will not work for long. Most of these guys are about making the system pretty to look at rather than making the system functional. This is what keeps me either building my own parts or using OEM parts, like the Jaguar XJ6 suspension systems front and rear.

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I looked at the G Comp suspension on Speedway and for some reason it is no longer available. The Heidts system is $1K higher than the G Comp and the G Comp is $1K higher than the Checkered Flag system. The lower cost is really what concerned me. You usually get what you pay for. One thing I noticed, with both the G Comp and the Heidts systems it appears that they include motor mounts. The Checkered Flag system does not.
I'll take what you all have said and check further and report back.
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