Jim85IROC

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I'm interested in a BMR k-member for my LSx swap, but 99% of what I read about on here is for the spohn k-member.

Anybody had a BMR for a while that they care to comment on? did you zip-tie your brake line or did you come up with a better method? How low is the k-member compared to the oil pan?

Jim85IROC

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Apparently, nobody.

C Murda

subscribing and BUMP for ya

BMR Sales

We have hundreds of the k members out on the road. The k member was designed around the 98-02 4th gen ls motor and pan. We have had no failures of this k member. If you have any questions please give me a call.

whitedevilTA

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Just curious, do you know if a 5.3 truck pan will clear your LSx swap K-member?

And to the OP, I have been using BMR parts for a while now. Quality, fit, and finish are awesome, and I'll be getting thier K-member and torque arm soon as well. Good luck!

BMR Sales

Our k member was designed around the 98-02 ls f body pan.

littletimmy9

i have seen pics of your k members with power rack and pinions from Appleton power rack and pinion but all the k members i have found on hawks and other places they dont have the the monting plate on them like the on i found on camaro tech the ones i have found have a pair of bars out front with to holes in each with the rack from a 4th gen camaro work on that kmember

1987earthquake

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Subscribing. Looking into this k-member as well when I upgrade my 5.3 to a 408. can stock a-arms bolt into this k-member or are the tubular a-arms required?

profootbrake2

I have had my BMR K-Member for 4 years now and I have no problems with the parts at all. I did zip tie the brake line on the bottom bar. On my zz4 I have about 1 inch of clearance between the oil pan and K-member

BMR Sales

Hello, the 4th gen rack is too wide for the 3rd gen. We do offer a k member that has the manual rack tabs on it.

BMR Sales

Hello, you will need to up grade to our a arms if you use our k member. However our tubular a arms will bolt on to a factory k member. Hope that answers your question.

littletimmy9

the picture i saw on this link http://www.camarotech.com/steering.html was a bmr fbody 82-92 ls1/ls2/ls6/ls7 conversion k memeber it has a appleton power rack and pinion the kmember has a drace in the center of it where the rack mounts i have looked on your website and at other places and have not found the same brace on them is this some thing i will have to add or do yall make one please get back to me thanks

87tpi350,6spd

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From what I remember That is an old design and is discontinued.

littletimmy9

ok i want a power rack do you know of any racks that are power and will fit on this type of kmember or do you know another type product that will give me what i want with the feel of rack and pinion

87tpi350,6spd

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Not Sure if what you want is out there. I belive that there is no racks that will work with the spindals and still give you a good turning radius. I think somebody makes drop spindles with shorter steering arms to alow you to use a rack but I'm not sure. I would recamend doing a lot more research before you decide on a rack and pinnion setup. I heard most of them are recamended for drag use only. Anyhow if you want more info on that I recomend starting you're own thread or doing a search. as this is getting off topic pretty quick.

WIll36

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those appleton racks don't work very well at all. There are a few board members that have used them with very poor results. I researched it before I went with my manual setup. From what I remember everybody that had them said they were junk and got rid of them. If you do a search on the power rack subject you will find that certain year ford t bird racks have the right throw distance for a third gen so you would just need to make brackets to hold the rack. If your looking for a bolt on only powersteering rack your not going to find one. I wound up with a flaminging river pinto rack, PA racing k member and racecraft drop spindles with shorter arms for the rack. My car won't be done till spring but so far from pushing it around the shop with a motor and trans in it steering effort isn't too bad.