Road Tech posted that he would consider producing a Tubular K member and A arms with the stock seperated spring / strut design and possibly adjustable ride height, if he could get a few deposits.

Anyone else interested in this ?

Road Tech, these will have Swaybar mounts and designed for roadracing correct ?

 

sounds good...but how much are they gonna cost? thats my question...

 

Of course this would have to be addressed by Road Tech, pricing and deposit amount, just trying to see how many will be interested, mainly those of us awaiting the new HMS strut mounts since apparently they wont work with Road Tech's coilover kit.

 

I'm 100% ready to purchase the Road Tech K-Member. He (John @ Road Tech) told me he could have it ready in a month, and that was last Monday I belive, so we'll see what happens.

 

Well it looks like possibly 3 of us are ready for the initial design, Road Tech you around ? How much will the final price be for each of us putting a deposit, and whats the required deposit ? K member and A arms please.

 

Oh yea, I want the A-Arms too

 

Ill be going with the road tech setup...but i'll switch to their coilover setup...just wanted to add in though that there was a great thread about Road Techs setup...and Road Tech put in his $.02....I'll support any company who remains active on these forums and answers all our questions (which Road Tech did)

 

Can the K member be setup for rack and pinion? Is the kit able to be seperated into smaller kits. Like a K member kit and a seperate A arm kit? And of corse HOW MUCH!!!

 

With the way it seems, yes you should be able to use one or the other then add the complimenting piece after, as long as he makes the locations of the A Arm mounts the same, unless he's got a better design for them, also Road Tech, I was wondering if it would be possible to make the A Arms accept the stock type bushings so we could run drop in Del Alums'.

As far as a R&P setup goes, most for our car are for drag, and manual, bad idea for roadracing, which this is being based on, unless he wants to work on making it accept some sort of factory power rack, or flaming rivers, i doubt it would be worth the trouble, lets see what he has to say.

 

PA Racing says they can adapt theirs to accept a 4th gen rack setup but you must fab your own steering shaft.

 

I know they do, but their setup seems to have proven a very bad idea for roadracing, which is the whole basis of the one we are trying to get made, and i believe the PA arms dont have mounts for swaybars to compound the problem.

 

PA Arms do have sway bar mounts....they just dont have steering stops or bump stops

 

I don't remember John telling me you
asked about the coilover kit's compatibilty
with the HMS camber plate....

Other than the HMS version being made
out of aluminum instead of steel like
the Road Tech version - they are basically
the same thing with the through-bolt size
upgrade on the Road Tech version being
the major difference. DO ask John
about this, since AFrikanGoodTime
didn't (not to my knowledge anyway).....

Oh, here's the URL for Road Tech WITH prices
listed so everyone can see...

http://www.roadtechonline.com/fbody2.phtml

hth,

T.

 

Guys, more info from John:

I'm ready to lay down the cash right now. Anyone else ready to put a deposit (50%) down?

 

I'd be interested in a tubular crossmember and A-arm design if they could handle the rigors of street use and auto-x. I'd want to stick with the strut assembly and not use coilovers. I don't see the point if you can get struts that have adjustability features. (I'm not familiar with coilovers so I can't really judge.) Steering could be power assisted rack and pinon or the gear box steering like we have. I'm not particular about it and I have driven both before. But before anything like this happens there must be a market for it, so who else is after the same thing I am?

 

Thats really what its being built for, street driving and auto-x. The point of buying this one over the PA Racing K-Member is that it is much stronger and can handle the rigors of the street. I'm pretty sute it retains the stock steering system, and it does also keep the stock Strut suspension. the purpose of the Coil-Overs it so save weight by eliminating the massive spring and being able to run a lighter K-Memeber and A-Arms because the stock spring is eliminated.

 

As for the HMS camber plates without looking at them I dont know if they will work with my coil overs.


For the rack issue it can be done two ways -one the right way ,or two the wrong way. I can make mounts for any rack but that doesnt mean it is correct. inner pivot point locations are important and to me a pinto or mustang II rack isnt the way to go. I will do one with a aftermarket rack such as a Sweet or Coleman but then you are starting to talk about big $$$$$, to do it right. Guys I cant make everyone happy , what I will offer you is a tubular K-member that accepts stock type springs and tubular control arms that take a stock spring with a optional adjustable spring seat. you can contact scott @ sbauer@houston.rr.com

for special pricing. I am trying to work with you guys as best I can.........


Can the K member be setup for rack and pinion? Is the kit able to be seperated into smaller kits. Like a K member kit and a seperate A arm kit? And of corse HOW MUCH

 

Fudge I guess I would be in for one of these too, but I need to wait alittle bit longer on the A arms. Whats the deal with these If I plan on using it for the Strip?

 

Strip go for it, you can take a look at the PA one and see how much more the road tech one has for bracing and so forth, not likely to have any trouble at the track, just weigh a tad more than a PA setup, Road Tech, happen to be able to take a look at a 4th gen rack to see if thats possible ? I want this either way, but I just cant put money on it yet, or my $$ would be on its way.

 

This is a godsend for people looking to stay with the stock suspension and not into paying out the *** just so they can modify a K member so it'll hold together, I think you're doing more then enough to plase as many as you can offering both coilover and strut/spring, you've already got a better product going as it is.
Not to put any pressure at all, and I understand if you don't want to say or haven't even thought about it yet, but any word on the pricing? similar to the coilover design? again not to sound demanding or anything, just if you knew at this point and wanted to share I'm interested.

Brendon.

 

So did/does Road Tech make any A-arms that will work with the stock suspension?

 

Well, John came down the other day and delivered the K-Member and A-Arms It looks VERY NICE. Everything looks very well put together. He even machined my Del-A-Lums and stuck them in there too Its gonna sit in my spare room for a while still though, I need to get on the ball and finish my engine up before I put it in.

 

OK you have got my attention! I agree very much with the point made about the rack and pinion. It cannot be done correctly without spending big money on a custom rack. In short the racks offered with simple mounting points will induce bumpsteer. This design is the best I have seen yet, but I have some questions.
1. What is it made of? (mild steel 1020, 1010, etc or chromoly 4340)
2. If it was made from chromoly, what type of filler was used and how was it stress relieved?
3. How much lighter is it than stock?
4. Is it stiffer than the stock piece?
I am willing to layout some cash for a quality piece made by someone with common sense. I am personally not pleased with the current offerings on the market. From an engineering stand point some of the other products seem down right unsafe, as if someone just played connect the dots.

From the picture this piece looks well thought out and triangulated to some degree. That is just my 2 cents and it is not like they really matter

 

Very nice! Is he going to make anymore? Or maybe just make them at special request?

 

I have the same interest and questions- I do like the use of gussets on the a-arms that a plus

 

1) 1018 Mild Steel
2) ...
3) Dont have a scale to weigh it with yet.
4) Well, it better be

I agree with you about the other K-Member(s) out there. The PA unit looks pretty flimsy, although I've heard its a decent piece. I dont want to trust my car/life with it on the street though. Unfortunately, I'm not sure if he's going to be offering anymore of these for sale .

 

He has them listed on his website for sale PN: TAZ3GKMEM. I dont know why the heck someone would make up partnumbers and post pics w/ a description if they arn't aelling them.

 

That is the coil-over conversion piece. Less fabrication is involved in making that one compared to the one I have (retaining stock springs and struts). He's got other plans that I'm not sure he wants me to talk about on here, and thats why I'm saying I'm not sure he's going to be making any more of them.

 

ditto on the k-member/COILOVER Conversion PN: TAZ3GKMEM

I'm very interested in a K-member that retains the struts and springs - is he gonna market them or no?