What cool new stuff has UMI been up to? See inside!
11-23-2016, 07:56 AM
#161
The panhard bar lowering and leveling kit has officially been released and available for purchase. Here's the link for more details:
https://ls1tech.com/forums/suspensio...02-f-body.html
https://ls1tech.com/forums/suspensio...02-f-body.html
11-24-2016, 07:59 AM
#163
Bump for a great company. Been looking forward to this for over a year.
2063 (driver side phb simple bracket)
2062 (Leveling kit w/relo phb brace)
2064 (Leveling kit only. No brace)
Any reason the brackets in 2062/2064 are only available in black? It's not the end of the world if black is all we can do..
When does the current sale end?
2063 (driver side phb simple bracket)
2062 (Leveling kit w/relo phb brace)
2064 (Leveling kit only. No brace)
Any reason the brackets in 2062/2064 are only available in black? It's not the end of the world if black is all we can do..
When does the current sale end?
It was tough on color. It is hard to stock all the small components in both colors, brackets, bushings, spacers are tough. So we decided to keep the bracketry in this kit all black. If you order 2062 and select red we just send a red upper panhard bar brace and black brackets. New picture will come soon.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Ryan
12-07-2016, 07:15 AM
#164
TECH Enthusiast
Took advantage of the UMI Black Friday sales:
-Competition panhard bar lowering/leveling Kit
-Hollow sway bars
-Strut tower brace
-2 point subframe connectors
Had some questions along the way... Craig at UMI was 1st class. Genuine quality customer service.
-Competition panhard bar lowering/leveling Kit
-Hollow sway bars
-Strut tower brace
-2 point subframe connectors
Had some questions along the way... Craig at UMI was 1st class. Genuine quality customer service.
12-08-2016, 08:27 PM
#166
TECH Enthusiast
I can't really comment directly to the lowered panhard, just yet. I only took it for a quick 15 mi ride last night, in 30* temps to make sure everything checks out that I installed.
You could tell the chassis is tighter just backing out of the garage and driveway. Driving it is more enjoyable for sure. Again, tighter chassis, you can tell the suspension is doing the work vs. feel chassis flex. The turn-in is cleaner/sharper. Body roll has lessened dramatically. Doing some hard acceleration pulls from a 5-10 mph roll up to 70 mph, the car tracks more strait and without flex.
Feels like a modern car now. Ha
You could tell the chassis is tighter just backing out of the garage and driveway. Driving it is more enjoyable for sure. Again, tighter chassis, you can tell the suspension is doing the work vs. feel chassis flex. The turn-in is cleaner/sharper. Body roll has lessened dramatically. Doing some hard acceleration pulls from a 5-10 mph roll up to 70 mph, the car tracks more strait and without flex.
Feels like a modern car now. Ha
12-09-2016, 06:15 AM
#167
TECH Senior Member
I can't really comment directly to the lowered panhard, just yet. I only took it for a quick 15 mi ride last night, in 30* temps to make sure everything checks out that I installed.
You could tell the chassis is tighter just backing out of the garage and driveway. Driving it is more enjoyable for sure. Again, tighter chassis, you can tell the suspension is doing the work vs. feel chassis flex. The turn-in is cleaner/sharper. Body roll has lessened dramatically. Doing some hard acceleration pulls from a 5-10 mph roll up to 70 mph, the car tracks more strait and without flex.
Feels like a modern car now. Ha
You could tell the chassis is tighter just backing out of the garage and driveway. Driving it is more enjoyable for sure. Again, tighter chassis, you can tell the suspension is doing the work vs. feel chassis flex. The turn-in is cleaner/sharper. Body roll has lessened dramatically. Doing some hard acceleration pulls from a 5-10 mph roll up to 70 mph, the car tracks more strait and without flex.
Feels like a modern car now. Ha
This is why i suggest doing mods one at a time, even if its less convienent.
12-09-2016, 06:33 AM
#168
TECH Enthusiast
12-12-2016, 06:33 AM
#170
TECH Enthusiast
Install went good. No noises or hiccups on that initial drive, last week. Same for you other products. Worked great.
12-21-2016, 09:12 AM
#171
More product tuning at UMI.
Our new a-arm package will feature geometry changes on the lower arm and upper a-arm. Off the shelf setting we were immediately able to get an additional 2 degrees of caster. After adjusting the upper we got up to 4 degrees more positive caster.
We used our virtually bone stock '02 to make sure we were working with a factory k-member.
Our boxed lowers will feature factory style t-bar mounts as well as double shear mounts for bearing shocks. The upper now features even more clearance for maximum suspension travel. Both arms have the ball joint moved to add caster while not changing the spindle pin location.
PS- Don't mind the backwards shock bolt, car wasn't assembled for driving since we are in the middle of brutal winter here in good ole PA.
Our new a-arm package will feature geometry changes on the lower arm and upper a-arm. Off the shelf setting we were immediately able to get an additional 2 degrees of caster. After adjusting the upper we got up to 4 degrees more positive caster.
We used our virtually bone stock '02 to make sure we were working with a factory k-member.
Our boxed lowers will feature factory style t-bar mounts as well as double shear mounts for bearing shocks. The upper now features even more clearance for maximum suspension travel. Both arms have the ball joint moved to add caster while not changing the spindle pin location.
PS- Don't mind the backwards shock bolt, car wasn't assembled for driving since we are in the middle of brutal winter here in good ole PA.
01-23-2017, 09:20 AM
#174
Here's a look at the new UMI a-arms. Boxed lowers available with stock t-bar mounts and also double shear for bearing mounted shocks. Lowers also feature the ball joint mount moved forward for positive caster.
The new upper a-arms (pics soon) now also feature ball joint moved rearward for caster and the new a-arm design updated for maximum suspension travel. Our new adjustable upper a-arms offer the most travel of any a-arm design on the market.
Lower a-arms now offer 1 degree of caster, uppers 1-3 degrees for a total of 2-4 degrees of positive caster. When used together the spindle pin does not move. Pictures of uppers coming soon.
The new upper a-arms (pics soon) now also feature ball joint moved rearward for caster and the new a-arm design updated for maximum suspension travel. Our new adjustable upper a-arms offer the most travel of any a-arm design on the market.
Lower a-arms now offer 1 degree of caster, uppers 1-3 degrees for a total of 2-4 degrees of positive caster. When used together the spindle pin does not move. Pictures of uppers coming soon.
03-07-2017, 02:23 PM
#175
Just an update as we continue to develop for the 4th gen platform. We have more stuff coming as well.
Here's a look at our soon to be latest design of the road race k-member. The k-member itself stays the same, no changes on dimensions. However we wanted to see if we can cut a little more weight off and also ease the manufacturing. Easing the manufacturing prevents increasing any prices, this item is a time consuming item for us so we are hoping to work at that. Here's a few images of the first one. Very similar to the current design with some subtle changes.
Here's a look at our soon to be latest design of the road race k-member. The k-member itself stays the same, no changes on dimensions. However we wanted to see if we can cut a little more weight off and also ease the manufacturing. Easing the manufacturing prevents increasing any prices, this item is a time consuming item for us so we are hoping to work at that. Here's a few images of the first one. Very similar to the current design with some subtle changes.
03-07-2017, 06:24 PM
#177
I was just over to pick up (in person) a part, and got the tour. Ramey is very proud to be using ALL AMERICAN steel. He showed me a couple parts he said they could buy from China much cheaper, but they buy American blanks and do some extra machining to make sure its higher quality. Great stuff, good company!
03-07-2017, 06:43 PM
#178
Hey Chris! Glad you could stop by. We always enjoy showing our manufacturing to local customers (and we appreciate your business).
You're correct. We saw some tube adapters coming off the turning center. They're easy to purchase in bulk but that wouldn't allow us to control quality, appearance and thread fit. We'd rather buy USA CrMo bar stock, cut it to length, then have an experienced machinist turn them out while caring about the result.
Hopefully we can meet up at an auto-x this summer. 🇺🇸😎
You're correct. We saw some tube adapters coming off the turning center. They're easy to purchase in bulk but that wouldn't allow us to control quality, appearance and thread fit. We'd rather buy USA CrMo bar stock, cut it to length, then have an experienced machinist turn them out while caring about the result.
Hopefully we can meet up at an auto-x this summer. 🇺🇸😎
03-08-2017, 07:44 PM
#180
ramey
