New, looking for opinions

[FOCBoss]

Man I love this site! Great advice. I just ordered the che torque limiter and k member brace. I hope this gets rid of that 2 gear grind I get when power shifting. With 40k on the stock tranny I know it's days are numbered, especially when I put a s/c on.

 

[don_w]

I installed my K member brace & torque limiters with the car on jackstands also. Actually it is an easy install. (my motor was in)

We were talking about the actual K-member... not the "brace".

 

[FOCBoss]

the shifting issue @ high RPM is more likely the culprit of the remote mounted shifter. The engine/tranny torques over a bit and misaligns the shift path. Add a k-member with torque limiters from CHE and that will help a ton IMO.

This is what I was refering to Don, sorry. I've heard that changing the k member to a tubular one can mess with the handling of the car. Lighter is definately better for a straight line but I do alot of highway driving and really love the way this car handles and don't want to mess it up.

 

[thump_rrr]

the shifting issue @ high RPM is more likely the culprit of the remote mounted shifter. The engine/tranny torques over a bit and misaligns the shift path. Add a k-member with torque limiters from CHE and that will help a ton IMO.

This is what I was refering to Don, sorry. I've heard that changing the k member to a tubular one can mess with the handling of the car. Lighter is definately better for a straight line but I do alot of highway driving and really love the way this car handles and don't want to mess it up.

I'm into handling hardcore and whenever I can replace stamped steel with tubular cromoly it's a no brainer.
The car is much more rigid and handles much better with the BMR tubular K-Member than it did with the POS original unit.

This is only my personal opinion but I think the torque limiters on the K-Member brace are a bunch of horseshit.

I have the Steeda G-Trac brace which ties the 2 A arms together and it makes a difference in handling but with urethane engine mounts the torque limiters are not required.

 

[stkjock]

Peter - can u elaborate on your view of the K-member brace and tq limiters are "horse shit"? I found that when I added it to my car it did a great job in helping smooth the high RPM shifting.

 

[thump_rrr]

Peter - can u elaborate on your view of the K-member brace and tq limiters are "horse shit"? I found that when I added it to my car it did a great job in helping smooth the high RPM shifting.

If the engine is using poly mounts It's movement has already been reduced to next to nothing.

 

[don_w]

... whenever I can replace stamped steel with tubular cromoly it's a no brainer.

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