Which aftermarket K member for daily driving?
05-27-2009, 09:02 PM
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Which aftermarket K member for daily driving? I'm daily driving my car again for the time being and im wanting to shed some weight off the car. Currently im running a 6.0L iron block in the car and i need one that is strong enough to hold up but light enough to justify the cost for a nice aftermarket K member. What are some of the actual weight savings with some of these K member?
BMR,Spohn or UMI?
BMR,Spohn or UMI?
05-28-2009, 09:17 AM
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Hello,
Our K-member was designed to be used on both a daily driven car and a track car. Our K-member features additional bracing in areas we feel our needed for a vehicle seeing a lot of street use. My personal car has 30,000 miles on K-member at this time and not one single sign of an issue. Also another key feature we incorporated into our K-member that no other one has in oil pan protection. The lower tube of the K-member is below the oil pan to protect.. other do not feature this.
If you have any additional questions please ask and I will be glad to help. We have them in stock ready to ship
Ryan
Our K-member was designed to be used on both a daily driven car and a track car. Our K-member features additional bracing in areas we feel our needed for a vehicle seeing a lot of street use. My personal car has 30,000 miles on K-member at this time and not one single sign of an issue. Also another key feature we incorporated into our K-member that no other one has in oil pan protection. The lower tube of the K-member is below the oil pan to protect.. other do not feature this.
If you have any additional questions please ask and I will be glad to help. We have them in stock ready to ship
Ryan
05-28-2009, 02:01 PM
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I have the UMI regular one, its stout as hell compared to the PA I had on my old car. Very nicely made and fit perfect. 1 7/8 kooks dropped right in and out as well with it on the car.
I dont remember the weight but it was not as light as the PA for sure, 17lbs lighter than the stock k-mamber if I remember. I did it mainly for header clearance and ease of maintenance over super light weight.
I dont remember the weight but it was not as light as the PA for sure, 17lbs lighter than the stock k-mamber if I remember. I did it mainly for header clearance and ease of maintenance over super light weight.
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05-30-2009, 06:37 PM
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i have the UMI road race k member and a arms and i love it. car still has a nice solid ride with it.car rides so nice that forget its under there and saving a nice amount of weight on top of it.also just installed my UMI tq arm today and i must say thats another fine piece of work from UMI.
05-31-2009, 07:13 AM
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The UMI one is probably the best option for a car that sees alot of street use. Not the lightest, but is still a good bit lighter then stock.
The racecraft race front end, probably the lightest out there, but not even close to something that I would use on a street car.
One other option that alot of people don't think about, is going to a motor plate when you swap in a k member. This solid mounts the motor yes and does cause soem added vibration, but then you can eliminate the motor mounts, making a TON more room for header install and whatnot, and the plate is a GOOD bit lighter then the motor mounts, and stands on the k member.
A umi without any motor mounts at all and the motor mounts themselves are probably 12 to 15 lbs, motor plate I put in my car was about 6 lbs.
So that's a way to pull some weight. Hell you can pull about 15 lbs off the nose of the car with a stock k member if you drop the motor mounts, the heavy cast iron motor stands and go to a motor plate.
Race car stuff yes, some people won't like the idea, but it's an overlooked option that alot of people don't think about.
The racecraft race front end, probably the lightest out there, but not even close to something that I would use on a street car.
One other option that alot of people don't think about, is going to a motor plate when you swap in a k member. This solid mounts the motor yes and does cause soem added vibration, but then you can eliminate the motor mounts, making a TON more room for header install and whatnot, and the plate is a GOOD bit lighter then the motor mounts, and stands on the k member.
A umi without any motor mounts at all and the motor mounts themselves are probably 12 to 15 lbs, motor plate I put in my car was about 6 lbs.
So that's a way to pull some weight. Hell you can pull about 15 lbs off the nose of the car with a stock k member if you drop the motor mounts, the heavy cast iron motor stands and go to a motor plate.
Race car stuff yes, some people won't like the idea, but it's an overlooked option that alot of people don't think about.
