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Old Sep 16, 2008 | 06:27 PM
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welcome all this talk makes me want my car back. steve hows it going in southern illinois?
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Old Sep 16, 2008 | 08:22 PM
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UMI here.
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Old Sep 16, 2008 | 09:55 PM
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I've used the BMR k-member for 3 years on the street (about 8K miles) and strip without a problem. Definitely makes working on the car easier.
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Old Sep 16, 2008 | 11:21 PM
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Originally Posted by silverz28camaro
i chose the bmr. It was exactly 30lbs lighter then my stock unit. stock was 56lbs and the bmr was 26. Also the is a ton more room to work around now. And the bmr has intergreated motor mounts to eliminate the heavy cast units.
yup, BMR with LS1 stands here. stock was 57, bmr was 26. makes working on the car a lot easier, once you notice you can reach your arm thu places you couldnt beofore. lol I'm stil finding more places you have a lot more room.
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Old Sep 17, 2008 | 07:21 AM
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Originally Posted by JL ws-6
Burkhart is by far the best one available.
Agreed, ive seen his work on your car. He will be in my list of companies when it comes to K members next year!!
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Old Sep 17, 2008 | 07:36 AM
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Not unless you want to put a motor plate in it won't. You have to run a motor plate with the burkhart k member, it's not designed with motor mounts in it.
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Old Sep 17, 2008 | 07:59 AM
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Originally Posted by JL ws-6
Not unless you want to put a motor plate in it won't. You have to run a motor plate with the burkhart k member, it's not designed with motor mounts in it.
Aww man, that sucks. BUT for a real race car its what is made for.
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Old Sep 17, 2008 | 08:01 AM
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It's not a real street piece, for a race car it's perfect, but for a street car, I would want something a little more beefy.


IMO, if you're gonna get a K member BS machine, get the turbo one from BMR. Ya never know what ya may end up doing with the car, better to have that version then not IMO.... just in case
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Old Sep 17, 2008 | 08:22 AM
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Originally Posted by JL ws-6
It's not a real street piece, for a race car it's perfect, but for a street car, I would want something a little more beefy.


IMO, if you're gonna get a K member BS machine, get the turbo one from BMR. Ya never know what ya may end up doing with the car, better to have that version then not IMO.... just in case

Thats the damn truth.
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Old Sep 17, 2008 | 08:31 AM
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I have had a PA one for 5-6 years. Put probably 50k street miles on it.

PA can build it however you want it, and add whatever you want to it. Just call them, they probably have more custom options than anyone out there.
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Old Sep 17, 2008 | 08:55 AM
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We offer the turbo K-member also with no motor mounts and it weighs in @ 22# even... all DOM tubing.........
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Old Sep 17, 2008 | 03:16 PM
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Can those come with motor mounts? I didnt see the option....
Will 1-7/8" headers require a tubular k-member and or a-arms?
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Old Sep 18, 2008 | 05:44 PM
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Our K Member is more of race part. It would do fine on the street but Motor Plates are not very street friendly. You do have full access to the oil pan with ours. No more dropping the k member to get the pan out.

If it's a race car give us a call. If a street car you would be better off with BMR.
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Old Sep 18, 2008 | 08:51 PM
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How much do the UMI kmembers weight?

Also, can an aftermarket Kmember be used with stock arms?
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Old Sep 18, 2008 | 08:54 PM
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Originally Posted by jetlag
How much do the UMI kmembers weight?

Also, can an aftermarket Kmember be used with stock arms?
umi is one of the heavier ones. dont know the exact weight thol y would u wanna use the stock arms? chromoly=lighter
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Old Sep 18, 2008 | 09:02 PM
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Our K-member with motor mounts is 25lbs less then the factory K-member and 33lbs less with our A-Arms added. You can also use the factory A-arms with no issues as well.

I will admit our k-member is not the lightest on the market, but while others advertise there's for race only we advertise ours for every day use as well as race applications.

If you have anymore questions please ask. Thank you!
Ryan
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Old Sep 18, 2008 | 10:39 PM
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^^ i have a umi road race k member sitting here. its beefy and its nice stuff. im only selling it because i switched to motor plates and dont want to hack up a perfectly good k member.
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Old Sep 19, 2008 | 12:42 AM
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My PA K member with provisions for LS1 mounts and stock rack weighed in at 16.5lbs...
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