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I received my K member brace with torque limiters today. I will be installing them tomarrow. Ill post some pics of how it goes and a quick review of them once installed in the comming days. Below are some out of the box pictures.
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Here are the pics of the K member brace installed... This is before the torque limiters go in.
Installing the brace was very easy but took alot longer that I expected because I didnt not own a 21mm or 22mm wrench. So A trip to Sears got that fixed.
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I took the car out after the install and I was very pleased.
There is no noticible shaking inside the car NONE. It actually seems smoother now. I know this is going to sounds kinda strange but When shifting the car used to buck slightly if the clutch/gas wasnt managed correctly. Now I could not make the car buck no matter what I did. When I was teaching my wife to drive a standard, it was very hard for her to prevent the mustang from bucking while shifting. Now I dont beleive she would have those problems at all. (I cant say for sure because now she knows how to drive and it is hard to unlearn something.) I was not expecting this to be affected but it definatly is smoother between gears and taking off.
Now the WHOLE reason I bought this in the first place was to prevent the engine from torqueing over to far and binding the shift linkage. I was having some issues while shifting from 2nd to 3rd in a drag race situation. I did not take it to the track or anything yet but I did take it out and shift from 2-3 at WOT 3 or 4 times. The problem seems to be completly fixed. Now when I shift at WOT 3rd is in the exact same place it is when cruising at 2k RPM and I had 0 issues getting it into 3rd moveing it as fast as my hand can go.
So in conclusion =) I am very happy with my shifting now and am VERY pleased to find that drivability and comfort did not diminish in the least.
And a BIG thank you to 1QuickShortBus for pointing me in this direction.
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does this attach to the kmember where the a-arm support would attach?
is it compatible with the bmr kmember by chance?
nice review!
It attaches to the same location as the A-Arm support pictured below. The One I installed attaches with the same bolt + another bolt threw the K member/A arm support.
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I really dont know if it would be compatible with the BMR K member.
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LOL I was just looking back over the pics and I realized my dogs are in the background of the 1st one and my wife in the 2nd. The wife is great at handing me tools so I dont have to crawl out from under the car
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The main reason I installed it was for the torque limiting effect. I was having some issueing shifting fast into 3rd at WOT. I could have gained the same torque limiting capability with new motor mounts. However this is much easier to install and I get the added benefit of an A-arm\K member support at about the same price as motor mounts.
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As promised I will be running my car harder than normal this week to test the K member so that by the end of the week I will be able to say YES this will 100% fix the 2-3 shift problem. Due to this problem not occuring every time I shifted I wanted to get a broad range of shifts so I know it is not a fluke and this has really fixed my problem.
Day 2
I had around 5 hard 2-3 shifts and still no issues. It is looking better and better each day. Untill today I had not done a WOT powershift (Not letting off the gas at all) due to being afraid it would not go into gear. It went in perfectly. 3rd will spin pretty damn good when powershifted aswell.
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As promised I will be running my car harder than normal this week to test the K member so that by the end of the week I will be able to say YES this will 100% fix the 2-3 shift problem. Due to this problem not occuring every time I shifted I wanted to get a broad range of shifts so I know it is not a fluke and this has really fixed my problem.
Day 2
I had around 5 hard 2-3 shifts and still no issues. It is looking better and better each day. Untill today I had not done a WOT powershift (Not letting off the gas at all) due to being afraid it would not go into gear. It went in perfectly. 3rd will spin pretty damn good when powershifted aswell. It is not something I will do to my car often or maybe even again as it is hard on clutches but it was somthing I wanted to test.
Sounds good man. You may have talked me into doing this mod. I have been having the same issues with my 2-3 gear shift at higher throttle since my Saleen blower went on. This may be a good fix if I come to the conclusion I don't wanna mess with new motor mounts. Thanks for the input Riv
Looks great and not too difficult. If it proves to work, may do it myself. Do these components replace anything currently on the car or do they just bolt into pre-existing places that may or may not already be utilized?
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Alot of people are having issues shifting from 2-3 at WOT.
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Now the WHOLE reason I bought this in the first place was to prevent the engine from torqueing over to far and binding the shift linkage. I was having some issues while shifting from 2nd to 3rd in a drag race situation.
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It comes with 2. One of the pics only shows 1 because I was just showing how it went together and what it looked like apart. If you look at the installed pics both are installed.
Looks like that will be another high-priority on the mod list. I had already looked at them but was not sure that they actually did their job correctly.
do they need to be adjusted once on the car? It seems like the links attached to the tranny bolt would make noise, is there some kind of urethane isolator in the end links or is it metal to metal?
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