tubular k member with stock a arms??

[kpedley]

I have an 88 gt and wanted to ose some pounds so i have decided to go with a tubular k member just one problem i dont want to go with coil overs i want to stay with my stock spring and a arms. does anyone out there make one that will still allow me to do this if so what company and do they ship to canada!?

thanks

[Jeff Chambers]

Just about all of them will allow you to use stock A-arms. AJE, UPR, QA-1 and D&D will all let you do this.

[Dark_5.0]

Just about all of them will allow you to use stock A-arms. AJE, UPR, QA-1 and D&D will all let you do this.

How much weight savings can you expect by just doing the K member?

[kpedley]

i have heard about 28 to 30 pounds saved!! but dont hold me to that.

thanks for the reply jeff i have ben looking at the d and d. just gotta save the cash now.

mike

[Jeff Chambers]

Going to the full coil over setup you can expect to save about 60 or more pounds.

[fiveohpatrol]

I've heard from numerous people the D&D one is a major pain in the ass, especially with some of the larger OD longtube headers. I'd suggest UPR, but that's just me.

You can always add the tubular a-arms and coilovers at a later date to get the weight down even more.

[kpedley]

what kind of problems do you know? cuz i have just orderd that one about 3 or 4 days ago now

thanks
mike

[fiveohpatrol]

header clearance mainly. Which for me is kinda defeating part of the purpose of the tubular K, as I love having the extra room in there to work. Also when you drop tools, they just go to the floor instead of finding a little crevice inside the stock k-member to hide, lol. BUT, like I said if you're not going to be using a big longtube header then you should be ok.

[kpedley]

i am using flowtech long tubes, but i hope i can get around it some way? i dont really wanna put shorties on cuz then i have to redo all my 3in exh. pipe.
anymore little tips??
do you have a tubular k member fiveohpatrol?
thanks mike

[fiveohpatrol]

you should still be able to use them, just might be a little tight in some spots.

I'm using the QA1/HAL k-member, and it seems to work pretty well.