LCA Brackets (bolt-ons)
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Re: LCA Brackets (bolt-ons) Increased starting line traction.
It has been said that they may make your rearend a little tailhappy in extreme cornering but I've never been able to notice. More theory than reality from what I can tell.
It has been said that they may make your rearend a little tailhappy in extreme cornering but I've never been able to notice. More theory than reality from what I can tell.
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Joined: Nov 2001
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From: Troy, AL
Re: LCA Brackets (bolt-ons) I'm going to move this to Handling and Braking... <img border="0" alt="[burn out]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_burnout.gif" />
(Not everyday your thread gets moved twice! LOL!)
(Not everyday your thread gets moved twice! LOL!)
Re: LCA Brackets (bolt-ons) </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Colonel:
<strong> Increased starting line traction.
It has been said that they may make your rearend a little tailhappy in extreme cornering but I've never been able to notice. More theory than reality from what I can tell. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Deal is, on a hard-pivot system what you do to the
instant center for forward traction you're also
doing to it (only backwards) for reverse traction
or braking.
So if you have a lift problem at launch, and
you reposition the links so you get more plant,
all well and good. Until you go so far over
the top in that direction that, now, you have
wheel lift (axle hop) on braking. There's a
happy medium but some people got to burn their
burgers.
Relocating on a dropped car gives you back
what was lost. Relocation brakets on a stock
or jacked up car might (with enough adjust
range and bad luck) put you on the wrong side
of good braking.
Have seen an article on someone who made a torque
arm setup that was "bang-bang" - the main torque
arm had a snubber limit, not a captive mount,
that it hit on launch, and another, shorter
arm that worked the other way for braking.
Got plant in both directions. This was an old
car mag, way back. Don't know that a hard
"thump" every time you change from gas to
brake suits most people, but it was cool work.
<strong> Increased starting line traction.
It has been said that they may make your rearend a little tailhappy in extreme cornering but I've never been able to notice. More theory than reality from what I can tell. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Deal is, on a hard-pivot system what you do to the
instant center for forward traction you're also
doing to it (only backwards) for reverse traction
or braking.
So if you have a lift problem at launch, and
you reposition the links so you get more plant,
all well and good. Until you go so far over
the top in that direction that, now, you have
wheel lift (axle hop) on braking. There's a
happy medium but some people got to burn their
burgers.
Relocating on a dropped car gives you back
what was lost. Relocation brakets on a stock
or jacked up car might (with enough adjust
range and bad luck) put you on the wrong side
of good braking.
Have seen an article on someone who made a torque
arm setup that was "bang-bang" - the main torque
arm had a snubber limit, not a captive mount,
that it hit on launch, and another, shorter
arm that worked the other way for braking.
Got plant in both directions. This was an old
car mag, way back. Don't know that a hard
"thump" every time you change from gas to
brake suits most people, but it was cool work.
Re: LCA Brackets (bolt-ons) I'm thinking of getting these for my car since I'm going to be lowering it soon. What are the pros and cons of bolt ons vs. weld ons. I want to be able to leave my car easily returnable to stock. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Confused]" src="images/icons/confused.gif" />
