Has anyone had any experience road racing with NAPA's adjustible front upper control arms? They provide + - 1.5 of camber adjustment through the ball joint. Wondering how these will hold up.
If anyone has any better suggestions let me know, but I prefer a control arm with replacable ball joints (ball joints only last me 2 race weekends)

 

Mfactory is the only way to go!

 

Thanks, but MFactory does not make front UCA's for my car, I should have mentioned it is an 88 CRX.

 

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ouch...go w/ what you got then.

 

you would need the vision ucas (havent seen them in a few years) or try the OPM upper balljoints. the napa ones are huge and will hit the top of the fender well for sure on a racecar.

 

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+/- 1.5?

Are they meant for providing normal alignment adjustments, or for people with lowered cars?

I never heard of an OEM-style adjustable UCA.

-Chris

 

If your UBJs are only lasting you 2 race weekends, then your car is probably too low or perhaps your front springs are too soft. Something is definitely wrong there. Anyway, I don't know of anyone using NAPA adjustables (didn't know such a thing existed), but I've seen several people use the Skunk2 UCAs with adjustable ball joints and they seem to hold up pretty well if you follow the modified mounting instructions.

 

http://www.jhpusa.com/catalog/...53d8f

not sure if they go negative though.

 

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how is Mfactory the way to go,when they havent even released any versions of their UCA's?

 

cause its hella JDM? hahaa

 

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how is Mfactory the way to go,when they havent even released any versions of their UCA's? </TD></TR></TABLE>

I'm sure he's tried, Skunk2, Omni, Revo, Vision, and any others I missed to conclude that Mfactory was somehow superior. I'm not saying anything about Mfactory's UCA because I haven't used it, but I do know that for the most part the other UCA's (aforementioned) work fine if properly installed. The only weak part that I can see in any aftermarket UCA's is the ball joints are typically not quite as good as the Honda OEM units.

 

My car goes through a lot of front end parts(ball joints, tie rods, etc), but I don't think it is because of my setup, and even if it was I wouldn't change it because I have the fastest Honda on the grid. I think that my 225's coupled with a bumpy track are to blame. I am just looking for a cost effective adjustible UCA that I can simply replace the ball joints on instead of the whole arm. I have installed aftermarket ball joints on OEM Honda UCA's, but it is a pain.