Anyone running UPR's K-member?
07-18-2013, 05:41 PM
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Anyone running UPR's K-member?
I'm about to pull the trigger on this:
http://site.uprproducts.com/info/201...moly-k-member/
I was just curious if anyone here is running it. If so, I'd like to know:
How do the motor mounts work? Do I just delete the motor mounts and bolt the engine directly to the new K-member? If so, fine with me. I love NVH, haha! Would like to know ahead of time though.
And here's a long shot. Does anyone know if it's compatible with the Flaming River manual rack? That's likely to be my next mod...
I put a pm in to Sharad. If he gets back to me first I'll post the answers to those questions here. I'm just impatient, haha.
http://site.uprproducts.com/info/201...moly-k-member/
I was just curious if anyone here is running it. If so, I'd like to know:
How do the motor mounts work? Do I just delete the motor mounts and bolt the engine directly to the new K-member? If so, fine with me. I love NVH, haha! Would like to know ahead of time though.
And here's a long shot. Does anyone know if it's compatible with the Flaming River manual rack? That's likely to be my next mod...
I put a pm in to Sharad. If he gets back to me first I'll post the answers to those questions here. I'm just impatient, haha.
07-18-2013, 07:18 PM
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Switching to dedicated manual steering is a lot easier on the biceps than a car with power steering that goes out. I've driven both. On skinnies, you don't really miss the power steering much at all. Go fast or go home, right! 
07-18-2013, 07:37 PM
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You do not use you're factory motor mounts. With the supplied hardware will be poly bushings that you'll use to mount the engine to the K-member. Honestly the NVH didn't increase much, mainly noticable on start up and idling with my cams. As for the steering rack I don't know, I can't bring myself to give up power steering even after deleting AC
07-19-2013, 12:18 PM
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I guess that would make sense, but I'd delete the A/C first.
07-19-2013, 04:35 PM
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I just can't bring myself to do it. I know I should, but I still bring the car to shows from time to time and if it's less than 20 miles I drive it. In southeast Louisiana, you might find me dead on side of the road with no A/C, lol.
07-19-2013, 04:36 PM
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It's primarily designed for weight savings as I understand it, but cleaning up the shift-slop is a nice side effect. I just placed my order, so I'll let you know how much tighter it feels after I get it installed.