Is there a kit out there for stiffening the chassis? SFC
What are panhard
K members ?
Arms?
Also is an aluminum drive shaft are they good?
All and any answers are appreciated
2001 Z28

 

check out this sight, it should answer most of your questions:

http://www.bmrsuspension.com/

 

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Hopefully I can help you out a little with the information you are looking for.

For stiffening up the chassis you will want to look into subframe connectors. The subframe connectors will stiffen the chassis by bracing key points of the chassis.

The panhard rod/bar is used for locating the rear end from side to side. If you haven't lowered your car you can use a non-adjustable one but if you have you will want to use an adjustable to allow you to center the rear end up
under the car.

Tubular k-member are used to take weight off the front of your car. They also give you more room around the engine for exhaust and other things. Our BMR k-members also utilize a wider alignment slot to allow a wider range of alignment specs.

Tubular upper and lower a-arms will help save a little weight on the front of the car but they will also allow the front suspension to articulate more freely which in turn improves handling and performance. Our BMR a-arms come with grease-able polyurethane bushings and performance Proforged ball joints.

The factory aluminum driveshafts isn't really all that bad but it depends on what you plans and goals are for the car. For a more handling oriented car the aluminum driveshaft will take some abuse. But if you are building a faster drag car they don't hold up very well especially for cars that hook well. I have had more than few customer twist up the factory aluminum driveshaft like a coke can.

Now with that being said there are many different suspension parts offered in different versions so you really need to tailor the suspension for what you are doing with the car and your future plans for the car.

We would be more than happy to help you out in any way possible so just let us know if we are able to.


Thanks for the recommendation!

 

Great answer guys, BMR Thanks, i will definitely know were to go get parts, i want to keep the car street but i want to at least up the power a bit, but most importantly the handling. I will be satisfy with 400or 400+HP without doing much to the internals, i was thinking Torque converter / Headers/ intake/exhaust / i dont know were would bolt ons get me up to? I Wonder if heads or a supercharger would be better. Will wait and see.

 

Not a problem, we can definitely get you set up with the correct parts that will improve the performance and handling of your car without making you go broke. If you need anything just let us know.

 

If its handling you are after then you are asking the wrong questions/going the wrong direction. If there is something specific you want to improve come out and strait up ask it, don't assume the chassis needs stiffening.
While stiffening the chassis is always a good thing, for handling you want to go after the weak links first, chassis stiffening is not one of them.
First and foremost you want to upgrade the terrible factory decarbon shocks (orange/black shocks), there is no other suspension mod that will make a bigger difference for handling, feel and control. However you want a good shock, not a drag shocks pretending to be an "protouring shock", or some autozone replacement, as you will be back at square one.
Depending on your budget look into some Koni SA's (http://www.stranoparts.com/partdetai...D=20&ModelID=7), you wont find a better shock for the money. If you have a bigger budget and/or want coilovers you can look into ridetech or KW. I would highly suggest stretching your budget to get good shocks first, and spending less money on something else down the road, you won't regret that.
From there if you want a further improvement look into strano springs (or custom rates to your liking), strano or UMI swaybars, and fays2 watts link. Just about everything else suspension wise will make a minuscule difference in comparison.
If you want some really in depth info on making these cars handle you can call Sam Strano himself and chat. He's won multiple national SCCA auto-x championships in his '01 Camaro, and used the information he learned from winning to build a proper setup (no one else can compare to that...) He also did so with no chassis stiffening mods. In fact the new owner of his Camaro put on some SFC's, was lapping slower due to the added weight, and removed them. I have SFC's on my car, I can tell you first hand they did nothing I can notice. On the other hand the Koni SA's made the car feel like its glued to the road, and one rock solid piece (think BMW-like).

Don't forget good tires, brakes(blank rotors + good pads), and an alignment.