Anyone looked into have sub-frame connectors welded on? Was talking to a guy yesterday about the suspension on my car, etc., and he said that one of the first things to do when upgrading the suspension on these cars, and any unibody car, is to put in sub-frame connectors. I'm thinking about it. Had to do it on older Mopars with built engines cause the frames would flex so much under hard acceleration.
dave

 

Interesting information. Any idea where the connectors would be welded on?

I'll have to look and ask around for more info on this.

 

No. Don't know where they could be welded in. But I'm going to look into it. Apparently, the new Mustangs are the same way - they need the sub-frame connectors to stiffen up the chasis.

dave

 

From what I've gleaned so far:

Unibodies strength comes from folding sheet metal, which makes sense. The subframe connector will connect the front sub frame to the rear frame. This reduces the torsion flex that the sheet metal of the body structure usually absorbs and makes the car drive more predictable under the hammer.

Now we need to find someone that is doing this for the LXs.

 

I'm going to go to the local muffler shop Saturday morning and see what we can see. I don't know about others, but when I back out of the drive way at home, I can hear the popping, etc., from things flexing. This could have an effect on the suspension as well.

dave