Mike,
I was very interested to read your comments about the effect of the torque arm
on braking. Everyone seems pretty positive about its ability to eliminate wheel
hop on heavy acceleration, but no one else has mentioned breaking effects.
I am a bit surprised that it seemed to adversely affect braking in the car you
drove. At least as Dan's is designed, it would seem to resist axle rotation in
both acceleration and braking circumstances. Any idea if the torque arm in car
you were autocrossing was one that Dan had built?
Fellow Listers,
Anyone else have experiences about how their torque arm affects hard braking to
share?
Thanks, Gene
----- Original Message -----
From: MWood24020@aol.com
To: "Theo Smit" <Theo.Smit@dynastream.com>, tigers@autox.team.net,
spmdr@juno.com
Sent: Friday, February 8, 2013 7:20:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Tiger Torque Arms
I wonder about the trade offs in braking with the torque arm in our
application?
Seems that using the right leaf spring design could save weight, time and
$$, if preventing axle wind up is the primary objective. But, my direct
Tiger experience is limited to stock leafs w/an extra primary and bolt-on
Traction Masters...very old school. My experience with torque arms is limited
to
autocross laps in Tigers so fitted and my impression was good forward
bite, pretty poor braking, particularly in trail.
This is a great topic, however, as I am contemplating changes in the rear
suspension, prior to finishing my car!
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