tubular control arms? who makes the best for 72 b body?

[joe dirt]

so today I was in the garage. working on my car. i have the fenders off at the moment. so im woundering if i should replace my control arms? the original ones look a little tierd. and strained. should i stay stock. or should i go with after market tubular control arms? and if so. who makes the best? adjustable or what would work best for street. and strip? i go to the dragway every week end. i drive my car two or three times a week.

[cougs]

I would absolutely do it.  Helps with stability and centering.   One of the better lesser expensive upgrades there is.  I have the non adjustable a from performance online.   I like them.   Be advised they come unfinished so you'll need to paint or powder them.   

[dangina]

the best would be hotchkis, but they are pricey, but they are the only ones that come with custom brackets to correct the poor geometry of our cars

[HPP]

Unless you have problems getting caster, they are, IMO, an expensive upgrade for a minimal gain of a coupe degrees of caster. Most tubular units are designed for additional caster, but you can also use offset bushings in the stock arms for $60 compared to $300-600 for tubular arms. In some cases, even the offset bushings won't get you enough caster to be helpful, so then you might need to consider the tubular arm set-ups.

But I'm a cheapskate, so I try the cheap stuff first. PLus I can do my own alignments so I have no problem jacking up the settings with change overs. Your mileage may vary.

Hotchkis is a very good unit and they do call them geometry correcting. What they "correct" is removal of anti-dive geometry. That is a reasonable thought if you have stepped up t-bars rates to compensate for the dive geometry they take out, but if you have stock t-bars, that may not be a good thing.