Tubular K member with stock control arms?

91trunk

91trunk

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Anyone ever do this? I've heard the ride quality is better and it's less noisy?
 
Lots of people go this route since A-arms can get pricy. I'd say it's a real good idea if you plan on driving the car any. The tubular a-arms, in chromoly anyway, aren't supposed to handle the stresses of regular driving very well, mild steel isn't as bad. I'm not sure on better ride quality and less noise, but I would imagine so. Hit up JP, he ran a tubular k with stock arms, and he drove that car everywhere.
 
91trunk said:
Anyone ever do this? I've heard the ride quality is better and it's less noisy?
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Hey Trunk;

82Hatch ran his car with the stock control arms and tube k-member fro a while. He had the coilovers on the front though. Ask him, he is a great guy and will talk to you about it. Who knows, it may still be set up that way. BTW his car runs great.
 
Prostreet72 said:
Hey Trunk;

82Hatch ran his car with the stock control arms and tube k-member fro a while. He had the coilovers on the front though. Ask him, he is a great guy and will talk to you about it. Who knows, it may still be set up that way. BTW his car runs great.
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Yep still have it like that. The arms are off a 1993 Cobra. Just never got around to getting the tubular a-arms. My car never sees any street time though.
 
Prostreet72 said:
Hey Trunk;

82Hatch ran his car with the stock control arms and tube k-member fro a while. He had the coilovers on the front though. Ask him, he is a great guy and will talk to you about it. Who knows, it may still be set up that way. BTW his car runs great.
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Matt is a cool guy. One of my favorite cars!
 
I think most of the noise is actually the coilovers vs. the arm selection itself. I drive mine on the street with tubular a-arms and no issues yet.
 
I have a Racecraft K-frame with stock control arms and stock style springs. I cant tell any difference in ride qualit, but weight and build quality was a definite difference.

I could have gotten the tubular control arms and coilovers, but I couldnt justify the cost on a street car that sees limited track time. I did it more for exhaust clearance and weight loss.
 
we drive ours all over with tube k, tube arms, and coil-overs. ya gotta remember, these cars aren't known for their great ride quality anyways..........:shrug:
 
i tried to us a upr k-member and stock a-arms but i had to grind some off of the a-arms for them to work but i would just buy qai there a good price not to expensive
 
i know my '03 terminator a-arms didn't fit with the aje k-member and lsx swap dynatech headers. the ears of the arms would rub up against the headers - so you might run into a clearance problem there.
 
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