JPR

the aftermarket control arms have varying design approaches and features, is there a consensus best choice? Charlie arms seem to be very popular but also seems that there is little interest from the manufacturer to make them so they are rare. anyone care to chime in on pros and cons of the different alternative and what to stay away from? best value?

TIA

Jpr

Black51

I believe a lot of guys are using Racer's Edge arms, or Blaszak arms. These seem to be the highest quality arms out there.

Dwane

Pohlman control arms....the best!

azbanks

Links?

333pg333

? http://www.pohlman.com/vehiclesys.htm ?

alxdgr8

also known as...

"High Strung 44" control arms

https://rennlist.com/forums/racing-a...y-pohlman.html

veleno

link doesn't work...

67King

http://www.racersedge-inc.com/racers...pen&id=11.3.10

Those are the Racer's Edge ones. Note they are designed to address a secondary failure mode that is not addressed by all. The pins break off where they neck to accommodate the bolt in the spindle. If you are going to track that car, you should take that into consideration. Note that this involved extra expense in that the spindle will need to be machined for the RE style pin. Not sure I've heard of street cars breaking them, though, so the less expensive ones may be adequate for the street (I wasn't running the RE ones on my street cars, FWIW).

333pg333

Works fine for me. Assuming you didn't copy and paste with the question marks.

For the record, I've used the Racers Edge ones and had them for some years. Along with solid and spherical bearings plus the camber plates. Always happy with RE gear.

rlm328

The nice thing about the stock control arms is that they are the weak link in the system. That means if you have an event that requires them to shear they do without a lot of resultant damage to the pick up points. You may end up with some cosmetic damage but lessent the extent of frame damage.

I have been tracking my stock ones for over 6 years without any problems. I do have the RE spherical bearings which decreases the steerings tendency to bind.

reno808

good point

chrenan

I've run a set of the Blaszak arms for years. They use the early 944 ball joints ($30 a pair?). Never had any issues. I'll replace with a fresh pair when the time comes. Hopefully they are still available.

Chris White

Yeah, having an A arm fail in the middle of a 120mph sweeper will have some cosmetic damage.....:0

Chris White

I have installed a bunch of the Racers Edge arms and they are a very good solution for the track - keep in mind that they are designed for track use - not street use. They will corrode easily when exposed to typical road 'junk', bad weather and infrequent maintenance (like cleaning / lubing the spherical bearings).

rlm328

I have seen them fail in T1 at TWS about as high a speed corner as you will find, granted it has a large run off, but there was only fender damage to the car.