Rodeoflyer
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As for the weight. I would strongly suggest you take a really hard look at those K's... they are only about light, not about strong. I would avoid them like the plague. Saving weight is great when you don't shoot yourself in the foot in the process. Not only is the K subject to the torque of the engine, but the lateral load from cornering. You will have more weight, more power, and want to turn some corners, all of which will make life harder on a K-member and you are looking at a much more flimsy part.
I hate to hijack a thread that has already been hijacked once, but um - can you explain this a little more Sam? Not to sound like an ass, but this statement is misleading.
I'd hate to think pieces designed by the engineers at Griggs and Maximum are "flimsy". The only road racers running stock k-members are the guys in A-Sedan with it's ridiculously antiquated (Read: SCCA)and narrow-minded (Read: SCCA) ruleset.
*Quick Sidebar - for anybody that doesn't know about A-Sedan, they are stuck with 16" wheels and carburetors, stock k-members, and various other stupidities. They are basicly NASA CMC cars with 15k engines. You can't even run a new Camaro without putting 12" brakes on it and dropping a carbureted 305 in it. Then, if you win you get your car back in boxes after everybody cries and SCCA tears it apart.
I have Griggs on my race car, and the k-member on my street car was built by the guy that builds the World Challenge mustangs of Brandon/Mike Davis and Boris Said. Given their reputations and records, I just feel this statement sounds misinformed (which I don't believe Sam to be) or misleading (albeit hopefully unintentionally). I think the quoted statement could potentially do a disservice to shops that clearly know what the fuck they are doing.
Again - not in any way trying to be an ass (except the hating on SCCA - fuck them) , I just think this is a bad statement that could cost people customers unfairly. From what I have read, a poster has already been talked out of a BMR k-member. I'm not a fan of their control arms, but their k-member has been used successfully(although it isn't quite as light as they claim) in American Iron.
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