pro's and cons and lca and swaybar relocation brackets?
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pro's and cons and lca and swaybar relocation brackets? is there any trouble useing them and what ar the advanges?tia. <img border="0" alt="[Burnout]" title="" src="graemlins/burnout.gif" />
Re: pro's and cons and lca and swaybar relocation brackets? swaybar reloc. brakets? never heard of em.
lca brackets, seem to be fairly popular, i had a set and saw no gain in anything so i sold em..
what are you looking to gain from them? i could think of a better place to spend a hundred bux.
lca brackets, seem to be fairly popular, i had a set and saw no gain in anything so i sold em..
what are you looking to gain from them? i could think of a better place to spend a hundred bux.
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Re: pro's and cons and lca and swaybar relocation brackets? When I went from regular (AFTERMARKET)lca's to metco's with relo brackets I noticed no difference. although most people say the relocation brackets are the way to go.
<small>[ December 09, 2002, 04:31 PM: Message edited by: terry99ta ]</small>
<small>[ December 09, 2002, 04:31 PM: Message edited by: terry99ta ]</small>
Re: pro's and cons and lca and swaybar relocation brackets? First off Guys, the PRIMARY purpose of Relocation Brakets and Lower Control Arms is to control wheel hop. If you are not experiencing wheelhop under hard acceleration then you don't need them they are a waste of money. BUT............Lower Control Arms like BMR's are VERY effective in controlling wheelhop because they help in keeping the rearend from TORQUEING out of postion. There are some REAL doubts in my mind regarding the effectiveness of Reloaction Brackets so very few of us down here tn TEXAS land are using them even on our 6 second 1/8 mile LS1's.
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Re: pro's and cons and lca and swaybar relocation brackets? mostly used on lowered cars. you alter the pinion angle when this happens and the brackets help very much to re-align the rear un accel. i wouldnt see how these could be useful in a stock ride height car.
Re: pro's and cons and lca and swaybar relocation brackets? </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by VentsWoker:
<strong>mostly used on lowered cars. you alter the pinion angle when this happens and the brackets help very much to re-align the rear un accel. i wouldnt see how these could be useful in a stock ride height car.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">relocation brackets do not alter your pinion angle. how could they? your torque arm is whats controling pinion angle. the job of relocation brackets is simple. the lca's are wanting to be pushed foreward under acceleration.if the lca is pusing completely parallel with the ground, your shocks, springs and weight of the car are your only things keeping pressure down on your tire when leaving the line.
if you use lca relocation brackets it makes the rear of the lca lower.when leaving the line the lca pushes foreward at an upper angle pusing the rear of the car up and pushing the rear end down. this causes the tire to plant harder and reduce wheelhop.hope this helps.
<img border="0" alt="[Burnout]" title="" src="graemlins/burnout.gif" /> <~~no lca relocation brackets <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />
EDIT:typo
<small>[ December 16, 2002, 10:58 PM: Message edited by: promod1955 ]</small>
<strong>mostly used on lowered cars. you alter the pinion angle when this happens and the brackets help very much to re-align the rear un accel. i wouldnt see how these could be useful in a stock ride height car.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">relocation brackets do not alter your pinion angle. how could they? your torque arm is whats controling pinion angle. the job of relocation brackets is simple. the lca's are wanting to be pushed foreward under acceleration.if the lca is pusing completely parallel with the ground, your shocks, springs and weight of the car are your only things keeping pressure down on your tire when leaving the line.
if you use lca relocation brackets it makes the rear of the lca lower.when leaving the line the lca pushes foreward at an upper angle pusing the rear of the car up and pushing the rear end down. this causes the tire to plant harder and reduce wheelhop.hope this helps.
<img border="0" alt="[Burnout]" title="" src="graemlins/burnout.gif" /> <~~no lca relocation brackets <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />
EDIT:typo
<small>[ December 16, 2002, 10:58 PM: Message edited by: promod1955 ]</small>
