Well, at least i know some of you guys are reading this:
to address some of the questions:
try the posted number for Appletree, looks right, if it isnt i'll get the number from my guys.
these parts are very specific peices, the global west bushings are a Delrin liner/aluminum shell bushing thats grease-able.
www.globalwest.net
the swaps can be done one at a time, but for the best improvement i would suggest doing the entire swap at one time.
One the note about the QA1 shocks, QA1 arent worth the money they get for them, a host of my friends have been dissappointed with their shocks, one in particular later went to AFCO double adjustable and was very impressed.
AFCO's are truely double adjustable (true meaning independent) where the QA1 doubles will effect both compression and rebound, making the tuning extremely tough to do.
If you cant afford AFCO, strange Double adjustable "bolt-on" shocks are an excellent second choice.
However i feel the AFCOs are the best in this price range.
Shocks are key to making the suspension work, and the right shocks will make adjusting your suspension possible in a handful of runs, allowing enough of a valving range to cover the entire spectrum of possibilities.
The Qa1's work ok, and they're on a few of the cars that i work on that do work Killer INSPITE of the shocks (not becuase of them).
The worse the weight bias of the car is (like i'm sure alot of cars on the board, which are truely street/strip cars) the more important the shocks become.
here's a few shots of my car, and one of the ones i tune, i dont have any shots of the late model camaro however.
My Camaro (Afco double adjustable on 4 corners)
this car had a 57/43 weight bias at the time, and hooked on an Ice cold, torn up track surface!
You can see some of things i did over the winter to alter the weight bias, including the electric pump/fans and manual steering box
(its now 55/45)
The Chevelle stocker (AFCO front, QA1 rear)
