Competition Engineering UCA C8018 ?

[WNYGT5-0]

Doesn’t seem to be any info out there on them. I’ve used all the search engines. Speaking of the search engine, this one has went bunk on me. Even searching from google is having less than desirable results.

Anybody have one of these...or two? Like it? Yay or nay?

Did anybody consider this UCA before ultimately purchasing another one? What made you reconsider?

If you reconsidered which UCA did you end up going with.

I ended up pulling the trigger on one. I wanted a fully adjustable UCA with a grease-able spherical rod end. Of everything on the market this was the only one with a sealed spherical rod end. Keeping grease in and dirt out, To me that’s huge.I got a great deal on it to boot, so had to give it a shot. Even at retail, considering that it comes with the mount, the price is well worth it.

 

[WNYGT5-0]

I forgot to ad to this post that I had also found a nice read on dragzine about this UCA and some other s197 products that Competition Engineering offers. But yeah other than that crickets. If you google “s197 dropping 60 foot” it’s the top hit.

https://www.dragzine.com/tech-stori...197-mustang-suspension-with-comp-engineering/

 

[FrankieD]

I bought all Whiteline products for my suspension parts due to the they have bushings that don't need to be greased. Where these things are located I don't think I would want to be doing any greasing. I bought greaseable LCA last year they were a PIA and would still squeak. so I bought Whiteline Adjustable LCA I will be buying Whiteline UCA this winter, I like their quality.

 

[FrankieD]

Here is their web site, I bought from multiple sites this last winter and got pretty prices.
https://whitelineperformance.com/collections/all/2006-ford-mustang-gt+2006-ford-mustang-gt

 

[WNYGT5-0]

I bought all Whiteline products for my suspension parts due to the they have bushings that don't need to be greased. Where these things are located I don't think I would want to be doing any greasing. I bought greaseable LCA last year they were a PIA and would still squeak. so I bought Whiteline Adjustable LCA I will be buying Whiteline UCA this winter, I like their quality.

Thanks for chiming in. @Norm Peterson touched on this a bit in another thread. I believe A lot of the squeaking has to do with just installing the poly bushings as is. I too believe a bit of profiling is necessary to alleviate the issues with the squeaking.

 

[429244]

I can't speak to control arms without bushings with first hand experience. I don't have any spherical rod ends on my car. I am using BMR parts for the upper control arm. It looks like there is no instant center adjustment with that mount. I have an early version of the BMR mount with 2 holes for I/C adjustment and I may change it to the newer version if I can confirm the extra adjustment I want is in the newer version. These are the current versions:
https://www.bmrsuspension.com/?page=products&productid=163&superpro=0
https://www.bmrsuspension.com/?page=products&productid=160&superpro=0
This is a good read https://www.dragzine.com/tech-stori...spension-adjusting-instant-center-anti-squat/
As for Whiteline, I used to use a Whiteline rear anti-sway bar and it was nice piece. The do seem to have a quality bushing with no noise. I have considered replacing my BMR lower control arms with Whiteline lower control arms because of noise. However, BMR sent me replacement bushings (I bet they miss Kelly there) and they are quiet.

 

[WNYGT5-0]

I can't speak to control arms without bushings with first hand experience. I don't have any spherical rod ends on my car. I am using BMR parts for the upper control arm. It looks like there is no instant center adjustment with that mount. I have an early version of the BMR mount with 2 holes for I/C adjustment and I may change it to the newer version if I can confirm the extra adjustment I want is in the newer version. These are the current versions:
https://www.bmrsuspension.com/?page=products&productid=163&superpro=0
https://www.bmrsuspension.com/?page=products&productid=160&superpro=0
This is a good read https://www.dragzine.com/tech-stori...spension-adjusting-instant-center-anti-squat/
As for Whiteline, I used to use a Whiteline rear anti-sway bar and it was nice piece. The do seem to have a quality bushing with no noise. I have considered replacing my BMR lower control arms with Whiteline lower control arms because of noise. However, BMR sent me replacement bushings (I bet they miss Kelly there) and they are quiet.

Thanks for the link on instant center. A good read it was in fact.
You are correct on the uca mount points only two are included. One for the adjustable and one for non adjustable. The mounting position is at the highest point and plenty of room to add a couple more if needed. I’m hoping that with the adjustability of the uca along with lower relocation brackets I should be able to achieve my desired I/C without much fuss from the uca theoretically at least.