Make me a set to test and show off to people
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I think bigfoot is blurry,
that's the problem. It's not the photographer's fault. Bigfoot is blurry. And that's extra
scary to me. There's a large, out-of-focus monster, roaming the countryside.
"Run! He's fuzzy!" "Get outta here!"
In Loving Memory of Phil Martin December 14 2005
watching, dont know if i like the heim ball joint tho.
im game if you build a set and put them on a j so i can see how they look and perform under the weight of our cars.
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Let me know how much it would take to make a set like the ones he has.
make some with a raised ball joint for the air ride guys (me).
I wanna see that these things don't fail before I even think about buying them.
Any serious testing been done on these?
Mike wrote:I wanna see that these things don't fail before I even think about buying them.
Any serious testing been done on these?
I can test them, I can be an abusive bastard on the track
But I would like to get testing in just in case these suffer the same fate as the RKsport ones did.
I <3 JGM
I think bigfoot is blurry,
that's the problem. It's not the photographer's fault. Bigfoot is blurry. And that's extra
scary to me. There's a large, out-of-focus monster, roaming the countryside.
"Run! He's fuzzy!" "Get outta here!"
In Loving Memory of Phil Martin December 14 2005
Well we took the Nissan last night to a track here and we put it through 90 degree hair pain turns full locked wheel and punched it. Hit the rev limiter at 9k and they held up fine. also i did drive the car before hand and got air with it over a bump, no fatigue yet as well. Problem with RKS was they did not gusset the arm correctly.
I do not mind building a set to send off for someone to test but I dont want this topic to build up with negative comments or other peoples ideas. I am asking you guys if you would be interested. If there is enough interest we will build a set and you can comment on the arm then.
Mark-OEM
http://www.overkillengineeringmotorsports.com/
Like I said Mark you make them I'll run them through the paces.
I <3 JGM
I think bigfoot is blurry,
that's the problem. It's not the photographer's fault. Bigfoot is blurry. And that's extra
scary to me. There's a large, out-of-focus monster, roaming the countryside.
"Run! He's fuzzy!" "Get outta here!"
In Loving Memory of Phil Martin December 14 2005
Note to self: drown Mark in toilet at bash.
I <3 JGM
I think bigfoot is blurry,
that's the problem. It's not the photographer's fault. Bigfoot is blurry. And that's extra
scary to me. There's a large, out-of-focus monster, roaming the countryside.
"Run! He's fuzzy!" "Get outta here!"
In Loving Memory of Phil Martin December 14 2005
OEM wrote:Well as you know if you lower your car you change the roll center of the suspension. On a j-body its not that bad but if you go to low it will really start to hurt your suspension in terms of working correctly to get better handling.
Calculations showing stock RC tracking vs. lowered RC tracking vs. lowered with planned arm design RC tracking?
I'd just like to
know that you aren't simply throwing out buzzwords...
fortune cookie say: better a delay than a disaster
I could test them with the turbo car, but idk if I want to risk them breaking...
the rk sport ones were prone to breakage on STREET DRIVEN cars.
karo's slofire and the team green drag car had them for years without issue. why? straight up drag cars.
in this case though, knowing how OEM does things i would definitely say mark's would be much beefier. the rk sport ones always looked a bit teeny in bulk to me.
thing is though... are you willing to sacrifice bulk for the added weight difference?
id like to see something done up in aluminum (as always mark
)
180hp in 1989 or 145hp in 2002, you decide. >
since the jeffies car is too slow, send them to him and i will install them in my car with my compliments
Brad, you would think they would be heavier, but they are actually 1.8 lbs lighter on each side.
I can only tell you that these that are on this B13 in the shop got 20 minutes of the worst abuse I have ever put on a car. If they did not brake with a full 90 degree lock on an s turn then back out and up a hill, catching at mind you, I think they are good. But proper testing will be done.
Mark
http://www.overkillengineeringmotorsports.com/
thats on a completely diffferent car though...
our arms are just some flimsy stamped steel POS's.
180hp in 1989 or 145hp in 2002, you decide. >
OEM wrote:I can only tell you that these that are on this B13 in the shop got 20 minutes of the worst abuse I have ever put on a car. If they did not brake with a full 90 degree lock on an s turn then back out and up a hill, catching at mind you, I think they are good. But proper testing will be done.
Yeah, I think the RK's failed from fatigue, not straight-up exessive stresses.
z yaaaa wrote:id like to see something done up in aluminum (as always mark )
There's a good reason tubular arms are usually chromoly instead of aluminum...
OHV notec wrote:OEM wrote:Well as you know if you lower your car you change the roll center of the suspension. On a j-body its not that bad but if you go to low it will really start to hurt your suspension in terms of working correctly to get better handling.
Calculations showing stock RC tracking vs. lowered RC tracking vs. lowered with planned arm design RC tracking?
I'd just like to know that you aren't simply throwing out buzzwords...
?
You say that the stock arms give poor geometry, but do you have anything to show that yours wouldn't actually make it worse?
fortune cookie say: better a delay than a disaster
I assume they are 4130 chromoly?
What diameter is the tube stock?
Any option of a uniball ball joint rather than a heim joint?
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