Let me get this out of the way first: I know there are a ton of threads on poly bushings, etc. I've read them :smile2:
So, without saying what has already been said: my Alfetta is now 40 years old. I have owned it since 2003, and I would bet dollars to dimes that the bushings all around are probably original. Rod and rack ends are new (I had them done), but anything rubber looks like cardboard.
I just finished renewing the brakes (rebuilt calipers all around, new seals on the TA), and couldn't help but think that I'm leaving a lot of what makes the car great on the table here, since the bushings are likely a creaky mess. I'm afraid to even touch them, else they disintegrate.
Given that this car is NOT a track car (nor will it ever be), but has enough engine upgrades to make me want to drive it quickly, I'd like to get the 'Alfa Hive Mind' opinion on suspension bits.
What is already there: lowered stock torsion bars, cut rear springs, and Koni Red shocks front and rear.
What I'm currently thinking: Milano sway bar (maybe 22mm, maybe 24mm); new rubber bushings all the way around.
I am biased against poly bushings--I did them in my spider and hated it. Helped handling but transmitted every bump in the road to my butt. I regretted ever putting them in.
So---having said all that, what do you all think? Am I too negative on the poly bushings? Am I missing something important? Would the 22mm Milano sway bar be enough, or should I really gun for a 24mm 3L bar?
So, without saying what has already been said: my Alfetta is now 40 years old. I have owned it since 2003, and I would bet dollars to dimes that the bushings all around are probably original. Rod and rack ends are new (I had them done), but anything rubber looks like cardboard.
I just finished renewing the brakes (rebuilt calipers all around, new seals on the TA), and couldn't help but think that I'm leaving a lot of what makes the car great on the table here, since the bushings are likely a creaky mess. I'm afraid to even touch them, else they disintegrate.
Given that this car is NOT a track car (nor will it ever be), but has enough engine upgrades to make me want to drive it quickly, I'd like to get the 'Alfa Hive Mind' opinion on suspension bits.
What is already there: lowered stock torsion bars, cut rear springs, and Koni Red shocks front and rear.
What I'm currently thinking: Milano sway bar (maybe 22mm, maybe 24mm); new rubber bushings all the way around.
I am biased against poly bushings--I did them in my spider and hated it. Helped handling but transmitted every bump in the road to my butt. I regretted ever putting them in.
So---having said all that, what do you all think? Am I too negative on the poly bushings? Am I missing something important? Would the 22mm Milano sway bar be enough, or should I really gun for a 24mm 3L bar?