Tubular K-Member on Street Car
I'm looking to go F/I on my 04 Mach 1 and have opted to go Supercharged instead of Turbo because of the requirement to replace the stock K-member with an aftermarket one if going Turbo. The shop that is going to be doing the tuning and some Exhaust work (LT Headers/midpipes) recommended that I stay with my stock K-member if my car is going to used mostly for street driving and not a dedicated track car. They said an aftermarket K-Member makes a car no fun to drive around town. What do others think about this......
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Theres a steeda tubular K member in my car and I have zero clue its not the stock one when driving.
maybe this applies to some of the super duper light weight drag pieces? I dont recall hearing complaints about the Maximum Motorsports and a few others out there |
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I guess it really depends if you go coil over. I really wish I never did. I even vahe the maximum motorsports coil over kit and mine makes a bunch of noise. There are some k-members that you can keep factory springs. That's the way I would go.
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I have UPR K-memeber and Control arms, but MM coil over with MM front struts. It drives great and not sure what he is talking about. I have not seen any drivability issues at all. I am sure it is less to do with a tubular K-Member and more to do with the selection of the strut/spring package for street driving.
I chose not to run a drag setup, so I have the MM struts with 350lb springs. Drives great. |
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Street they are very noisy. He did say if I were to do it the only one he recommends is MM. Right now I have Tokico adjustable struts, H&R springs and stock control arms. If I wanted to go with a Turbo setup I would go with the MM K-Member. But do I go coil overs and control arms to get the best ride? |
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You need to see what turbo kits work with that k member and if the kit requires coil overs or not
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As far as noise, I do have additional NVH but my setup is not making any squeaking, clunking etc that others have complained about. I just followed the instructions from MM on assembling the Coil-overs, grease where they tell you to. There is a big difference between the MM coil-overs and the UPR ones, and yes it is perfectly fine to use the MM coil-overs with the upr k-member/control arms. |
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I put in the UPR K member, and coil overs. No cpmplaints here. I do street , and track driving. Glad I did it. I do not have turbos or super charger yet.
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I have a PA Racing k member (with stock control arms & springs) and it is fabulous. I have had absolutely no complaints and the extra space afforded by it is well worth the price.
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Id certainly be calling them and asking what to double check if I dropped that kinda coin |
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Been driving mine for a few years now. No noise here riding on the streets. UPR k member kit with coil overs all around.
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