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Timeless Steel Upper / DGO Lower Control Arm Upgrade

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Why upgrade? The AC/DMC DeLorean has up to this point been on its factory control arms. When I originally restored the car, I boxed the lowers to prevent twisting / cracking which seemed to work fine for the limited miles the car was seeing on the road. The weakness of the factory setup made me a little apprehensive to really push the car.  Weak and non-adjustable factory control arms Attending the Holley High Voltage Experience in 2021 and 2022 had me interested in pushing the car a little harder - specifically to try the road course. I was not, however, comfortable with doing so on the factory control arms - even with them being boxed.  Another reason for upgrading is I wanted more adjustability in the alignment. On the stock DeLorean, the camber and caster angles are not adjustable. In my opinion, the stock alignment specs were driven more to make the car easy to steer at lower speeds, than highway speed stability. I always felt the car was a little darty at speed - increasing cast