Saw this on YouTube today, I realize they’re for a Mustang, but perhaps they’ll make them for our favorite car.


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Just by looking they look like they just might bolt on!

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I was thinking the same thing, I’m guessing a call to them would tell us the length and diameter of the sleeve. Otherwise the only difference is the Mustang uses two different ones, ours are both the same. If the sleeve dimensions are the same, maybe they’ll supply 4 identical ones for our cars, or make correct ones for us.

Pretty sure these are sold for early X cars as Heavy Duty.

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Those Mustang bushings look very similar to the Clark high performance bushings:

[ssl.corvair.com]

Which look incredibly similar to the Nova/Chevy II "heavy duty" bushings:

[gmclassics.com]

I have a set of the Clarks HiPo bushings on my Corsa. The only downside is that the max caster adjustment is limited compared to the stock bushings (the stack up takes more space on the rod). The upside is that they last a lot longer. A stock style set started to split after ~20,000 miles (in which there were several back road adventures).

jamesolefjensen Wrote:
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> Those Mustang bushings look very similar to the Clark high performance bushings:
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> [ssl.corvair.com]
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> Which look incredibly similar to the Nova/Chevy II "heavy duty" bushings:
>
> [gmclassics.com]
>
> I have a set of the Clarks HiPo bushings on my Corsa. The only downside is that the max caster adjustment is limited compared to the stock bushings (the stack up takes more space on the rod). The upside is that they last a lot longer. A stock style set started to split after ~20,000 miles (in which there were several back road adventures).

My clarks replacement 61 bushings are splitting almost exactly how the originals i took off were. I need a better option. Id love to pour my own but i dont know enough about the original design in order to redesign it. Maybe i could convert to the 62-on style and make poly bushings like those...

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You can add more positive caster by putting a shim between the rear upper control arm bolt and the spring tower. This moves the upper ball-joint back.

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