Drop spindles and drag brakes...what's everyone like?
04-26-2010, 06:36 PM
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Eric dropped off my front suspension last thursday, which was the first production setup. But mine is made for a motorplate car. I have to say it looks very very nice. I mocked it up in the car friday morning and then I dropped it off for powder coat on sat morning. I'm hoping to have it back tomorrow or wednesday. Mine turned out different than the prototype as we added tubes in the front for towing/winching into trailer and also integrated the manual rack mount into this. It came out better than expected and should be going down the track soon.
The total weight for the following-
- K-member with extra tubing for tow hook and custom rack mount
- Upper A-arms with heim joints
- Lower A-arms with heim joints
- Complete Spindles
- Flaming River Steering Rack
- Custom Steering shaft with joints and all hardware
- Complete Strange front Brake kit (rotors, pads, calipers, wheel hub assembly, hardware)
- All hardware (k-member bolts, a-arm bolts, spindle hardware, shock hardware, steering rack hardware, etc.) Every bolt for the whole front end was included in this weight.
Total weight of everything above for the front suspension was 90.5 lbs. I'm happy to have lost some weight over my old BMR setup.
We added all this up since NO other company includes the small things in their front end weights.
The total weight for the following-
- K-member with extra tubing for tow hook and custom rack mount
- Upper A-arms with heim joints
- Lower A-arms with heim joints
- Complete Spindles
- Flaming River Steering Rack
- Custom Steering shaft with joints and all hardware
- Complete Strange front Brake kit (rotors, pads, calipers, wheel hub assembly, hardware)
- All hardware (k-member bolts, a-arm bolts, spindle hardware, shock hardware, steering rack hardware, etc.) Every bolt for the whole front end was included in this weight.
Total weight of everything above for the front suspension was 90.5 lbs. I'm happy to have lost some weight over my old BMR setup.
We added all this up since NO other company includes the small things in their front end weights.
04-26-2010, 06:46 PM
#162
Eric dropped off my front suspension last thursday, which was the first production setup. But mine is made for a motorplate car. I have to say it looks very very nice. I mocked it up in the car friday morning and then I dropped it off for powder coat on sat morning. I'm hoping to have it back tomorrow or wednesday. Mine turned out different than the prototype as we added tubes in the front for towing/winching into trailer and also integrated the manual rack mount into this. It came out better than expected and should be going down the track soon.
The total weight for the following-
- K-member with extra tubing for tow hook and custom rack mount
- Upper A-arms with heim joints
- Lower A-arms with heim joints
- Complete Spindles
- Flaming River Steering Rack
- Custom Steering shaft with joints and all hardware
- Complete Strange front Brake kit (rotors, pads, calipers, wheel hub assembly, hardware)
- All hardware (k-member bolts, a-arm bolts, spindle hardware, shock hardware, steering rack hardware, etc.) Every bolt for the whole front end was included in this weight.
Total weight of everything above for the front suspension was 90.5 lbs. I'm happy to have lost some weight over my old BMR setup.
We added all this up since NO other company includes the small things in their front end weights.
The total weight for the following-
- K-member with extra tubing for tow hook and custom rack mount
- Upper A-arms with heim joints
- Lower A-arms with heim joints
- Complete Spindles
- Flaming River Steering Rack
- Custom Steering shaft with joints and all hardware
- Complete Strange front Brake kit (rotors, pads, calipers, wheel hub assembly, hardware)
- All hardware (k-member bolts, a-arm bolts, spindle hardware, shock hardware, steering rack hardware, etc.) Every bolt for the whole front end was included in this weight.
Total weight of everything above for the front suspension was 90.5 lbs. I'm happy to have lost some weight over my old BMR setup.
We added all this up since NO other company includes the small things in their front end weights.
04-26-2010, 06:52 PM
#163
Eric dropped off my front suspension last thursday, which was the first production setup. But mine is made for a motorplate car. I have to say it looks very very nice. I mocked it up in the car friday morning and then I dropped it off for powder coat on sat morning. I'm hoping to have it back tomorrow or wednesday. Mine turned out different than the prototype as we added tubes in the front for towing/winching into trailer and also integrated the manual rack mount into this. It came out better than expected and should be going down the track soon.
The total weight for the following-
- K-member with extra tubing for tow hook and custom rack mount
- Upper A-arms with heim joints
- Lower A-arms with heim joints
- Complete Spindles
- Flaming River Steering Rack
- Custom Steering shaft with joints and all hardware
- Complete Strange front Brake kit (rotors, pads, calipers, wheel hub assembly, hardware)
- All hardware (k-member bolts, a-arm bolts, spindle hardware, shock hardware, steering rack hardware, etc.) Every bolt for the whole front end was included in this weight.
Total weight of everything above for the front suspension was 90.5 lbs. I'm happy to have lost some weight over my old BMR setup.
We added all this up since NO other company includes the small things in their front end weights.
The total weight for the following-
- K-member with extra tubing for tow hook and custom rack mount
- Upper A-arms with heim joints
- Lower A-arms with heim joints
- Complete Spindles
- Flaming River Steering Rack
- Custom Steering shaft with joints and all hardware
- Complete Strange front Brake kit (rotors, pads, calipers, wheel hub assembly, hardware)
- All hardware (k-member bolts, a-arm bolts, spindle hardware, shock hardware, steering rack hardware, etc.) Every bolt for the whole front end was included in this weight.
Total weight of everything above for the front suspension was 90.5 lbs. I'm happy to have lost some weight over my old BMR setup.
We added all this up since NO other company includes the small things in their front end weights.
Chris
04-26-2010, 09:00 PM
#167
Well no matter what you do chances are the cable will hit the bumper for a while (until you get the wheels on the ramps). You cant do anything about that no matter what the set up. So you can drive it on, push it on, or winch it on and deal with it.
Sean
Sean
05-25-2010, 10:46 AM
#174
I think there are a few reasons: it's easier to produce the spindle, the third gen brakes are much cheaper, and the overall package is lighter. You can get the racecraft spindle and strange third gen brakes for a little more than just the cost of the fourth gen brakes alone.
05-25-2010, 01:26 PM
#176
Yes they mount completely different. The third gen style have a hub assembly with inner/outer roller bearings that slip over the shaft on the spindle and is held on by a nut & washer(like most older GM RWD vehicles). The fourth gen uses a hub assembly with a large single bearing pressed into an assembly that bolts directly to the spindle in lieu of a shaft design. The calipers and rotors may be the same, but the hub and caliper mount bracket are not.
06-10-2011, 08:23 AM
#180
