damn... not welded huh!?!?
They were welded, IMO just not very well.
Very impressive. At what rwhp level did you turn the 9.60?
So not to thread derail, but... Why are those brackets needed? This is a serious question, because I've seen nowhere where they actually help 60', as these car's naturally 60' really well. They all seem to bend under extreme stress whether they're welded or not. So what's the real purpose? I know they're "anti-squat", but I'd think a good set of adjustable shocks would help solve that.
And that was caused by rotational force. An anti roll bar isn't going to fix that. A torque arm of sorts would.
Serious power man, for some reason I thought superchargers make more torque than turbos, why the gap between HP/TQ?
. The rear started to torque over hard and twisted the brackets . With a antiroll bar this would not happen .
That makes sense on the brackets. As for the other, I understand the purpose of the anti roll bar, but still don't see how it would have prevented this from happening. Even with an anti roll bar the axle housing is going to twist (rotate) just the same. The only difference being, the body isn't going to roll to the right. That's the only purpose to the anti-roll bar is to keep the car from rolling to the right under hard acceleration. It doesn nothing to control axle rotation (pulling upper control arm backward, thrusting lower control arms forward). About the only thing that can control axle rotation is a torque arm.When you lower the car you change the angle of the lower control arm , the bracket re-positions the control arm in its proper angle.
The antiroll bar will plant the suspension down equally therefore eliminating the twist to the rear as per the evidence in his pictures . The rear started to torque over hard and twisted the brackets . With a antiroll bar this would not happen .
Pete
The relocation bracket was twisted out of shape.
Tried to run it tonight. Too much power and too much traction!
That makes sense on the brackets. As for the other, I understand the purpose of the anti roll bar, but still don't see how it would have prevented this from happening. Even with an anti roll bar the axle housing is going to twist (rotate) just the same. The only difference being, the body isn't going to roll to the right. That's the only purpose to the anti-roll bar is to keep the car from rolling to the right under hard acceleration. It doesn nothing to control axle rotation (pulling upper control arm backward, thrusting lower control arms forward). About the only thing that can control axle rotation is a torque arm.
Yep, it was the bracket itself that failed. Looks like an overall poor design and possibly material hardness. The obvious is that those brackets lack solid structural strength against the monstrous torsional loads he's applying. The welds look good because the bracket did not shift from position.
IMO, the Steeda LCA brackets are the best out there. Then again I haven't seen them on a car making that much power. However, I think they're the only real choice out there as far as quality and strength.
LCA brackets aren't meant for 900+ rwhp cars that run sticky tires at the strip. We have the Steeda's on our car as well and although they're a nice piece we don't expect them to handle the abuse our car see's. Our LCA's are in the stock position and have been for quite a while now. That was a decision made by the person who setup our suspension and I trust his choice as he knows what he's doing.
Jared