The Ultimate TA
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The Ultimate TA http://www.spohn.net/shop/1998-2002-...GM-F-Body.html
Not cheap, you get what you pay for. I'm impressed
Not cheap, you get what you pay for. I'm impressed
I think that's just a short torque arm. UMI, BMR, Spohn, etc all offer one. If you don't need to ever use your brakes HARD, then I think it can only provide benefits. That is for acceleration it provides added leverage and hits the axle down harder. So you get a lot better traction launching and corner exit.
The issue with the short torque arms is if you really get on your brakes hard, the opposite happens causing your axle to pull up and brake hop becomes much more likely. Brake hop if bad enough can damage your rear end.
For most people on street driving, you probably won't ever use your brakes this hard, so a short tq arm is probably beneficial for certain applications.
I've got an unbalanced engineering decoupled torque arm which actually decouples under braking and allows you to stop harder than a long torque arm. I'll argue that I got the ultimate TA
The issue with the short torque arms is if you really get on your brakes hard, the opposite happens causing your axle to pull up and brake hop becomes much more likely. Brake hop if bad enough can damage your rear end.
For most people on street driving, you probably won't ever use your brakes this hard, so a short tq arm is probably beneficial for certain applications.
I've got an unbalanced engineering decoupled torque arm which actually decouples under braking and allows you to stop harder than a long torque arm. I'll argue that I got the ultimate TA
We worked with GM High Tech Magazine on project "STI Killer" and were able to get it to handle amazingly well with BMR Suspension components. For the torque arm we used our full length adjustable torque arm along with our torque arm relocation crossmember. This setup allows you to not only adjust the pinion angle but also the instant center of the car so you can fine tune it to get the handling and the feel you are looking for.
BMR full length adjustable torque arm (TA001)
BMR T56 torque arm relocation crossmember (TCC006)
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Launching!
Joined: Jun 2011
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From: Richmond, ON, Canada
I think that's just a short torque arm. UMI, BMR, Spohn, etc all offer one. If you don't need to ever use your brakes HARD, then I think it can only provide benefits. That is for acceleration it provides added leverage and hits the axle down harder. So you get a lot better traction launching and corner exit.
The issue with the short torque arms is if you really get on your brakes hard, the opposite happens causing your axle to pull up and brake hop becomes much more likely. Brake hop if bad enough can damage your rear end.
For most people on street driving, you probably won't ever use your brakes this hard, so a short tq arm is probably beneficial for certain applications.
I've got an unbalanced engineering decoupled torque arm which actually decouples under braking and allows you to stop harder than a long torque arm. I'll argue that I got the ultimate TA
The issue with the short torque arms is if you really get on your brakes hard, the opposite happens causing your axle to pull up and brake hop becomes much more likely. Brake hop if bad enough can damage your rear end.
For most people on street driving, you probably won't ever use your brakes this hard, so a short tq arm is probably beneficial for certain applications.
I've got an unbalanced engineering decoupled torque arm which actually decouples under braking and allows you to stop harder than a long torque arm. I'll argue that I got the ultimate TA
i so want to pull the trigger on this TA...i'd like to hear your thoughts Bryan.
Well on corner exits when your torque is increasing, I def feel a lot more confident and I am not noticing my car sliding around as much these days. In past years I'd give it the gas and feel the car sliding from underneath as I'm gaining a lot of speed. Now it feels like it's biting down hard during those points. Right as I'm leaving mid corner though.. my car can still slide out from under me. That can only be fixed by driver and or other suspension setup.
I don't know if I'd say extacy. I am launching a lot better on it and feel much more confident on corner exit.
I'm only one opinion. Frrax has alot more.. there's a lot of people there who own one and have a lot of experience with it.
I don't know if I'd say extacy. I am launching a lot better on it and feel much more confident on corner exit.
I'm only one opinion. Frrax has alot more.. there's a lot of people there who own one and have a lot of experience with it.
Launching!
Joined: Jun 2011
Posts: 291
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From: Richmond, ON, Canada
Well on corner exits when your torque is increasing, I def feel a lot more confident and I am not noticing my car sliding around as much these days. In past years I'd give it the gas and feel the car sliding from underneath as I'm gaining a lot of speed. Now it feels like it's biting down hard during those points. Right as I'm leaving mid corner though.. my car can still slide out from under me. That can only be fixed by driver and or other suspension setup.
I don't know if I'd say extacy. I am launching a lot better on it and feel much more confident on corner exit.
I'm only one opinion. Frrax has alot more.. there's a lot of people there who own one and have a lot of experience with it.
I don't know if I'd say extacy. I am launching a lot better on it and feel much more confident on corner exit.
I'm only one opinion. Frrax has alot more.. there's a lot of people there who own one and have a lot of experience with it.
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Joined: Jun 2011
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From: Richmond, ON, Canada
that's what i understood was challenging about the setup...I emailed UE about that specifically; when your hard on the brakes, how far should the arm travel? UE said around an inch...maybe 1.5 inches. i initially asked what the zip tie was for and that was the answer i received...
I don't do hard core work on my car. But I decided to see how far I'd get on the UETA install. There's a little bit of drilling and lining up holes through the floor pan to get the brace installed. Some things didn't fit so perfectly, so I had to do a little improvisation. Eventually I got it done. I think that was the harder part for me personally.
Once you get it in, it appears to be common for most people to make 1-2 adjustments to the preload on the brake link. Once it's set... forget about it. It's good to go. I think I need another half inch of a spacer in my brake link and then test it out at another autox.
Once you get it in, it appears to be common for most people to make 1-2 adjustments to the preload on the brake link. Once it's set... forget about it. It's good to go. I think I need another half inch of a spacer in my brake link and then test it out at another autox.
