Got my new k member, its alot liter then the stocker. about 30lbs. had the engine compartment painted 3 weeks ago,its dirty cuz im getin the body ready for paint. heres a pic

 

sweet jesus....which crossmember did you end up going with.....how much and how do you like it?

 

I went with the AJE Racing k member it was about 500 bucks with the spring perches. it bolted right up no problems. I want to weigh the stock one to see the diference.

 

how does this compare to the PK racing crossmember?

 

Hmmm... I wonder if I couls mount my LS1 to this.

 

knyght...i'd call up AJE or PK and ask them to send you pictures of a 98+ k-member and a 82-92 k-member from the same vantage point....should give you a pretty good idea

looks very nice, did you go with tubular a-arms too? i guess i'm also required to ask if you went with a stock front suspension or coil-over?

 

Im going to use stock a arms for now with 90/10 drag struts,i want to upgrade to the good stuff when i upgrade my brakes in the spring. heres a pic of it out of car

 

heh, too typical...$50 worth of parts, $450 worth of engineering to figure out how to put'em together

It's nice though, no doubt...why'd you pick AJE over PK? Your gonna let us know how it performs when you get the engine in, right?

 

I just tossed a coin,no realy i just wanted a k member that i could use stock parts with, AJE looked good so i went with them.

 

aje makes good parts, i would have went with them myself but it was a little more expensive the the pa for the chromoly version.

looks good!

 

wish i would have went with the AJE but he didn't have them with spring perches when i bought mine..
PA really sucks if you use your stock stuff.. ("A" arms and steering linkage) everything rubs ....long story

 

I orderd the spring perches with the K member they are seperate pices they were an extra $40.

 

hey....do you mind telling the long story? you caught my attention

 

Heres the link...

https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...hreadid=162835

 

plenty work fine out this way too....that's a tough bad experience. should have returned it.

 

I tried to return it but they kept the first one, because of shipping damage, well, i won't even get into it

 

NICE POR-15 job! I like the idea of a better K-member, but that one looks weak. I would rather have the road tech kmember or something like it.

 

Here is a a link to where i found it;

https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...light=k+member

 

i like the looks of the PA and AJE better, that looks almost as heavy as stock. Despite appearances, due to materials and engineering, the PA and AJE units are very strong.

 

I don’t think it weighs all that much more. Keep in mind that the K-member connects the front end up quite a bit, it holds the engine (deals with torque), supports some of the tranny, suspension, and brakes. Personally I would rather spend an extra 5lbs (if that) to have something bullet proof. That is one piece of the car that has no room for failure, especially at speed.

Just my two cents.

-SuperchargedRS

 

your $.02 are just as valuable as mine, it comes down to personal preference just like anything else, you sound like you drive your car daily, whereas my car spends more time in the staging lanes and sitting on a trailer (not saying it's not streetable, i've driven it daily before with no problems). To me, personally, it's all about weight.

 

alot more then 5lbs between the two. the aje and pa as well as some of the others similar in design like y2k and the rest all work very well and are fine on the street. if your that worried you could go with a heavier mild steel version but the chromoly which is alot lighter works very good.

can't judge something based on looks...now if you or someone you know has broken one that's a different story.

 

the weight of my stock K member it was 49.5lbs, the jae one was 29lbs. so it saves a little weight!

 

i saved roughly 25lbs with my CM version....honestly for a street car i wouldn't buy one to pick up any real "gains" as one would put it. i needed it for header room which is why i have one in the first place, otherwise i probably would have left it alone. it's true that every pound helps but only in real race cars will you notice such a gain. 100lbs for a .10 off is it really worth it?

 

I did it for weight and header clearence. im planing on going with a big block or a large smallblock i wont know till mid January wich one im going with.

 

well the less weight is nice but the real nice part is how easy it is to work on the motor. the headers fall out with ease and changing anything is a snap.