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    Heinous, Metco, or Sparta

    I've been looking at some suspension upgrades and want opinions.

    As far as control arms, Heinous looks the best and are the cheapest of the 3.

    Sparta and Metco seem to be pretty similar with Sparta being cheaper.

    For the watts links, once again Metco and Sparta both look pretty similar with Sparta being cheaper.


    I would much rather have the sealed bushing, but overall it seems greasable ones are better.....


    Yes I know Sparta is a supporting vendor and I should buy from them.....blah blah

    I want honest opinions of the difference before I make any purchases and if somebody has driven a car with different set ups then I'm more than willing to listen.

    Thanks Guys and Gals

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    And I cant weld or have access to one so the Musclemerc ones are out of the question....

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    I have the entire Sparta system on my car. I have raced it at the VIR in Virgina at one of my SAAC weekends. I was on the track with a black MM owned and raced by the SVT teams from Ford. He had a custom suspension, whereas I was running the Sparta system. There was no difference in the handling of our two cars. Were went into turns hot and held the road. We came out of turns into the straights under very hard acceleration and my car tracked like it was on rails. However, did burn out a set of brake pads, but I had extra. Always bring extra pads to a race.

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    I have Metco control arms, and Watts link, its an excellent upgrade, and gives the Marauder a firm planted feel, takes corners with ease and gives a great improvement in handling, and they have grease fittings, and the are billet aluminum, and will not Rust, if you want the best "cheapest" should NOT be a factor.
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    +1 on Sparta and ALL of the above^^^^^!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by MOTOWN View Post
    I have Metco control arms, and Watts link, its an excellent upgrade, and gives the Marauder a firm planted feel, takes corners with ease and gives a great improvement in handling, and they have grease fittings, and the are billet aluminum, and will not Rust, if you want the best "cheapest" should NOT be a factor.
    +1!!!!

    Along with the rear control arms and Watts link get Addco front and rear sway bars. Your MM will corner like it's on rails, nice and flat.
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    Can't go wrong with either Sparta or Metco. If your willing to wait a bit Sparta can get a few different colors.

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    sparta is boxed steel correct?

    Heneious if all you want are the arms, personally I prefer the matching metco's. Shiney!
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    +1 on the Metco's + Addco's

    Different car.

    I've dealt with Metco's customer service and they were great. My original bushings were torn after years of use, called them up, provided a copy of my original invoice, and they shipped them out NO COST TO ME. Great company to deal with.
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    My Metco arms are handling 487 pounds of torque with zero issues through a manny tranny. Enough said.

    I couldn't even guess how many 2nd gear at 45 and 3rd at 70 I've snapped the clutch and smoked em. Let's just round it up to around never enough.


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    My Sparta control arms, upper and lower, are working well. Over a year since installed.

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    Yes our are boxed steel and the new GenII's are the only ones that can handle 700RWHP on full weight Panther.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SpartaPerformance View Post
    Yes our are boxed steel and the new GenII's are the only ones that can handle 700RWHP on full weight Panther.
    What is the difference between GenII and Gen I?

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    Quote Originally Posted by SpartaPerformance View Post
    Yes our are boxed steel and the new GenII's are the ONLY ones that can handle 700RWHP on full weight Panther.

    You do realize there are more than a few panthers in the 700 class nowadays right?


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