JKov240

Just wondering what the benefit of having a set of aftermarket LCA's are...


I'm going to be picking up a set of Skunk2 shocks/springs and camber kit and the place I was going to buy them from offers Skunk2 LCA's as well

Thanks in advance

TunerN00b

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I'm going to be picking up a set of Skunk2 shocks/springs and camber kit and the place I was going to buy them from offers Skunk2 LCA's as well

Thanks in advance </TD></TR></TABLE>

There are 2 potential benefits for aftermarket LCAs in the back.

1) If they're a different length, they can be used to change the rear track and camber setting. I think this is a bad idea though, and would rather adjust the UCA to adjust camber, due to the way the trailing arm works.
2) They're colored (or shiny aluminum), so you get bling bling points.

edit* Used the wrong term in original.


Modified by TunerN00b at 4:07 PM 4/26/2007

vincent001

its light weight and is also fitted with cool little hard bushings

JKov240

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by vincent001 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">There are 2 potential benefits for aftermarket UCAs in the back.

1) If they're a different length, they can be used to change the rear track and camber setting. I think this is a bad idea though, and would rather adjust the UCA to adjust camber, due to the way the trailing arm works.
2) They're colored (or shiny aluminum), so you get bling bling points. </TD></TR></TABLE>

I was talking about the rear lower control arms

jdmekcoupe96

they look nice and are lighter

TunerN00b

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I was talking about the rear lower control arms </TD></TR></TABLE>

My bad, I meant LCAs, not UCAs. Edited my post for correctness.

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Some of them are lighter, but lets be honest here. Unless you have a seriously competitive race car, and need that last 0.01s of lap time to go from 2nd to 1st, then maybe the weight reduction would help. For the rest of us, taking a large crap before going out on course is likely to result in a larger weight reduction. Heck, draining the washer fluid reservoir would drop more weight, and that weight is higher up on the car.

DavidR

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Some of them are lighter, but lets be honest here. Unless you have a seriously competitive race car, and need that last 0.01s of lap time to go from 2nd to 1st, then maybe the weight reduction would help.
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This is the real reason for Function7's LCAs.

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For the rest of us, taking a large crap before going out on course is likely to result in a larger weight reduction. </TD></TR></TABLE>

If you take a 4lb ****, you need to see a doctor, or take some laxitives.

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Heck, draining the washer fluid reservoir would drop more weight, and that weight is higher up on the car.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Another weight saving idea. But what happens when that bird poops on your windshield in the middle of the run?!?!

Taking out the spare tire/tools and exchanging the factory exhaust to a lighter one are other ideas.

tyre_meets_mud

Or if your car doesn't originally come with a rear swaybar, and your rear LCA doesn't have holes for the endlinks. They have the holes for the endlinks ready