Banshee has been running on Blox rear lower control arms (LCA) since before I bought the car. Blox LCAs are pretty much known to have sucky bushings. I’m actually amazed the bushings lasted this long (6-10 months) as compared to what I’ve been reading on the internet.
Either way, I’ve been looking for alternatives to the Blox bushings. I’ve read that you can use a certain Energy Suspension (don’t know part number) bushings to fit into the Blox arms though they require abit of trimming. I was also looking at totally replacing the arms with another brand that has better, more reliable bushings like Skunk2 or Hardrace since theyre both available locally.
I was also looking into custom bushings. Got a couple of quites and some were so expensive that it was cheaper to buy and install brand new Skunk2 arms. But then I stumbled upon THIS THREAD in ZTH. Price was reasonable and PU typically lasts pretty long.
Met up with the guy and chatted abit about the bushings. He claims that he himself is using in his EF Civic and has been using the same exact bushings for the past 5 years. Since the price was pretty cheap I decided to go for it. The whole process took 2 days.
Just so happens that the workshop he deals with is Fast Autoworks ran by Ah Keong whos pretty known among VTEC guys as a good engine builder. Fast Autoworks don’t make the bushings. The bushings are sent to a machine shop somewhere but Fast Autoworks does the arm installation etc.
Banshee sitting on her sexay ass at Fast Autoworks while waiting for the Blox LCA to come back with the new soft pu bushings.
Heres a picture of the Blox LCA with the original bushings.
Closeup of one of the torn bushings.
The Blox LCA with the new soft pu bushings
Closeup of the new soft pu bushings
Banshee feels much better now that the bushings has been replaced. Even in corners she feels very well planted to the ground. I’m happy with the new soft pu bushings and would recommend them to anyone. The guy is a friendly guy and trustworthy too.
Meanwhile, since a couple of my friends also built their VTEC engines with Ah Keong, I asked him to check on some issues I had with Banshee. My idle was very erratic and pretty low. It could go as low as 450rpm. Aircond was practically useless during these times as the engine would just die.
Ah Keong also mentioned that the car felt slow. Especially at the bottom end of the rev range. After some checking he noticed that my cam setting is a little off and that my adjustable cam gear was also slightly off. He reset the cams properly and the car felt much better. This actually also helped with the idle. But it was too high at 1.5krpm. Sometimes even shooting up to 2krpm. He decided to try and change my IACV with a used unit he had. Idle went back to normal.
So now Banshee feels much better overall. Idles well. Aircond is useable again. No worries about bushings. Power delivery is nice and good. Even the VTEC kick is more noticeable now.
Its all good. Now all I have to do is wait for the next open track day at SIC and hope I have the money for their ridiculously priced entry fee.
I seriously hate Khir Toyo for demolishing BT3 track. Track day every weekend and very reasonably priced. I could go for 4-5 track days in BT3 with the price that they charge for ONE SIC track day. Last heard hes on trial for corruption... HA HA HA HA HA HA.... DIE MOTHERFUCKER DDDIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEE!!!
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