newbie rear end upgrade questions!

[Gaspo]

ya like i said, track only a few times, but i dd the car. so long arm to a different trans brace?

[OIF1VET]

ya like i said, track only a few times, but i dd the car. so long arm to a different trans brace?

Long arm to a T/A relocation bracket. You do not want the T/A mounted to the tranny..

http://www.umiperformance.com/catalo...roducts_id=201

[kammi10]

Long arm to a T/A relocation bracket. You do not want the T/A mounted to the tranny..

http://www.umiperformance.com/catalo...roducts_id=201

yes something like that.. keep a look out on tech for a good used one.

[WMCCjames]

Short arms tend to induce wheel hop under braking I hear.

[Gaspo]

Long arm to a T/A relocation bracket. You do not want the T/A mounted to the tranny..

http://www.umiperformance.com/catalo...roducts_id=201

thanks larry i'll put that in my favorites. then i need to figure out which t/a will mount to that and to the rear.

[OIF1VET]

Short arms tend to induce wheel hop under braking I hear.

I have never had an issue with wheel hop.. Neither on launch or braking and I run the Spohn short T/A.. Might be different with a M6, don't know.. I love my short T/A!

[Gaspo]

ya it might be different with transmissions. but i want to be able to corner and stuff too. your car is setup for straight drag racing.

[OIF1VET]

ya it might be different with transmissions. but i want to be able to corner and stuff too. your car is setup for straight drag racing.

You would be correct...

[1BADAIR]

short may cause wheel hop under heavy braking/cornerning do the relocation of instant center. control arm angle also plays a roll in this

[Gaspo]

short may cause wheel hop under heavy braking/cornerning do the relocation of instant center. control arm angle also plays a roll in this

i want the control arms to be parallel with the ground right?

[Nocooler]

i want the control arms to be parallel with the ground right?

There are a lot of thoughts and theories of what works and what doesn't.

With a long arm you can probably get away with more angle on them than an short arm. It depends what the car want's. More anti-squat might help it plant the tires from a roll - but might not work from a stop.

[1BADAIR]

i want the control arms to be parallel with the ground right?

for auto cross, road race yes. or pretty close. for drag racing some lca angle adds antisquat which helps plant the tires. BUTTT the same antisquat and instant center can try to unload the rear tires during heavy braking. parallel would be the best place to start.
The best torque arm for road racing is a Decoupled unit(basically a floating front mount. Plants the tires hard on accel . decouples on decel

brb ii'll find one.

[1BADAIR]

http://www.unbalancedengineering.com/Camaro/TA/

[Gaspo]

its hard to tell, but it looks like thats connected to the transmission? whats the price on that thing? i dont wanna be spending too much money right now.. how much is the decoupled design going to help me over the standard, locked position torque arm? if i look under my car right now, my lower control arms should be parallel.. i'm going to look tomorrow, because i think i remember the front of the car side is higher then the axle side..

[1BADAIR]

its hard to tell, but it looks like thats connected to the transmission? whats the price on that thing? i dont wanna be spending too much money right now.. how much is the decoupled design going to help me over the standard, locked position torque arm? if i look under my car right now, my lower control arms should be parallel.. i'm going to look tomorrow, because i think i remember the front of the car side is higher then the axle side..

front higher is normally good. you will probably be ok but if you have issues try to even them a little