Nothing here. I called and expressed interest to AMS...so we get to wait and see. My other "plan" didnt pan out so nothing to report.

 

thanks john. i hope we can get something. at the least just a light weight k member. AMS come through for us.

 

sounds pretty intresting! just please make sure its nice and strong! also rose vointing everything would be helpfull for the all out race people!

Chris.

 

Nice custom fabrication!!

 

I have a question about the statement from Ivan. If you are lowering the car via points on the k member, how are you going to address the rear ride height. I personally would rather have stock height and use my coil overs to adjust ride height.

 

K member would be used to correct roll center more than it lowers the car.

 

Also interested to see what everyone comes up w/

 

http://www.lancershop.com/customer/p...505&cat=7&page=

There are are the cro-mo adjustable arms. $1700 a set. I have the Nagisa rear bits, and the fronts will be in this spring. I'd buy a front tubular subframe if it came in at or under that price-point. . .

Building the first one and making the jig would be the expensive part. Let's say you can work that cost into the first 10 units (I bet you can sell 10 the first year) then it shouldn't be THAT expensive. . .

 

BTW, want this for RR/AX suspension geometry benefits. Weight savings would also be great.

 

This is certainly one of the things I was thinking about when trying to figure out how to lighten the PPIHC car, but I'll need to do some digging on the rule sets from the different groups I run with to see if I'm allowed to change the suspension geometry. In addition, I'm pretty sure I run my car at stock height or higher, so I'm guessing any geometry corrections that were engineered into this product wouldn't benefit me that much.

For now, I'd say lighter weight and easier accessability to the underside of the car would be my top "plusses" for a mod like this.

Dave

 

Thanks but I just bought it from BMR fabracations. That guy has some talent.

 

I have a friend that owns a custom chassis shop, he said he could do it easy, he just needs a stock k-member.

 

id be up for one if price was reasonable... this kinda stuff gets me excited.

 

Ivan, how about a dry sump setup + tubular K member! Lower the engine, maybe push it back a little, fix the suspension geometry...maybe that HKS Evo craziness would be closer to the common mans grasp! weight is always nice to lose, but most of us could lose 20lbs for free! Just jog a little. lol

 

At least the initial investiment for a Sub-Frame wouldn't be all that much, I believe last time I checked a Sub-Frame was a touch less than $400 from Mitsubishiparts.net. (Shipping might suck, but......)

Someone/Some vendor could pick up an OEM sub-frame for a very reasonable price and make their jig off that. Heck, if I had $400 right now (Don't because I just tore my clutch up and put in a Tilton) I would buy one and start to fabricate it up. If our stock Sub-frame was replaced with a tubular, maintenance would become pretty rediculously easy as it would clear up ton's of space on the rear bottom of the engine area. Plus, what would also be nice is to replace the parts of the member that have the weld nuts on the inside of the frame. After my car living through three Buffalo, NY winters, lets just say I had to improvise when getting the bolts out/and back in when they siezed up due to the salt & rust.

I would pick one up just because of how much easier the car would be to work on.