trailing arm stiffening kit Options

[scotty b]

Is it REALLY necessary ? I've done a couple of these but have yet to understand why. I have NEVER seen a trailing arm bent from anything otther than a hard collision. I see no way they could be twisting or flexing in any way in hard cornering. I'm curious if any of the hardcore racers have seen a true need for them. Anyone ever seen a ARM crack from use not rust ? Sure the consoles crack, the body cracks but the trailing arm ? Seems like unneccesary weight to me (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)


Talk amongst yourselves I'll check back in later (IMG:style_emoticons/default/popcorn[1].gif)

[mrbubblehead]

i wonder it is better to have the trailing arm be the weak link. they are replaceable. instead of transferring the load to the chassis. my opinion is that if the trailing arms are going to be reinforced than the pickup points must be reinforced also.

[brant]

i wonder it is better to have the trailing arm be the weak link. they are replaceable. instead of transferring the load to the chassis. my opinion is that if the trailing arms are going to be reinforced than the pickup points must be reinforced also.

I think when racing its better to have neither be flexible...
the same reason race cars are built to be as stiff as possible and use roll cages to develop a stiffer chassis.... to allow the suspension to work better


on the street, if your building for failure zones with the knowledge that eventually you will hit a curb and you want a failure point then developing a failure point because you know as a manufacturer that some of the drivers are bad drivers, then it kinda makes sense...? in the same way that modern cars have crumple zones?

but no flex is better for racing period!