DOES THE HDK SUSPENSION K-MEMBER HANDLE BETTER THAN A T-BAR SUSPENSION?
I will add though, that if Joe hadn’t put the time and effort to further refine your kit I don’t think he would have made an improvement to the handling of his car. I am sure it would have worked fine, it certainly will make the G3 swap easier. But at its initial baseline install I am of the opinion that handling was probably worse.
And I think that his current setup probably isn’t significantly better than his old one with a set of 1.12 TB’s and a set of adjustable shocks. But just my gut feel.
What I am jealous of though is the sealed bearing and hub with at least the potential of an integrated wheel speed tone ring. :D
That is the number one reason Tim was picked for the HDK. I had been following Tim for years and gathered he is one of the last guys I would expect to leave anything "out of the box". His performance resume and his Duster including the evolution of it..... speak for themselves.
And what did Tim change from out of the box HDK other than alignment specs? ....I made him a different sway bar (same material / size) bent for tire clearance and he added an additional 1" to the upper ball joint stud. The long list of changes appear to be what he did to his OEM suspension BEFORE the HDK install.
The point of my handing a HDK to Tim and this thread is simply to shed light on the never ending question....with data to back it. And it was important to me that the data came from someone as independent as possible and preferably one of us (FABO).
And lastly, could you provide me with any evidence of your claims????....otherwise (to quote you) the claim is made up.......
How about staring with these two dandy's....."I will add though, that if Joe hadn’t put the time and effort to further refine your kit I don’t think he would have made an improvement to the handling of his car. I am sure it would have worked fine, it certainly will make the G3 swap easier. But at its initial baseline install I am of the opinion that handling was probably worse.
And I think that his current setup probably isn’t significantly better than his old one with a set of 1.12 TB’s and a set of adjustable shocks. But just my gut feel."
Did you see the list of things he did to his OEM suspension BEFORE the HDK install?????....lets refresh from page 1 of this thread
My t-bar setup consisted of the following parts.
- Sway a way 1.08 bars
- Hotchkis front and rear sway bar, non-adjustable shocks, and leaf springs
- SPC gen 1 upper control arms
- FMJ Spindles
- Aluminum tie rod sleeves
- QA1 adjustable strut rods
- Fully welded biscuit type K-member and LCAs
- Borgeson steering box
- 14” front discs and 12” rear discs
- Falken Azenis 200TW 235/40-18 front tires, 275/35-18 rear tires
- Alignment- 6.25 degrees caster, 1.5 degrees camber
BTW, I hope you do not confuse claiming better handling claims in the context of adding a sway bar as false.
Just trying to keep it real....
