I had one of Dan's torque arms in my car but removed it a couple of years
ago after my second near-miss when it spun under heavy braking. Almost took
out an expensive BMW sitting in the staging lanes at an autocross.
After the first time I had attributed the problem to too much rear brake and
re-adjusted the brake bias but that wasn't the real problem. The torque arm
seemed to unweight the rear of the car under severe braking.
The arm did help control wheel hop under hard acceleration.
Bob H
> 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?
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