are weld in lca brackets better than bolt in lca brackets?

what does everyone have?

 

It depends on what you are doing with the car. I can tell you we have never had a bolt in bracket fail, our calculations show they will never fail. We do use a little thicker material than most. If you want the strongest out I would recommend our bolt on brackets and tack them in place.

 

I tack welded my bolt ons just in case. great mod to do.

 

I have the tubular LCA's and PHB.
I am probobly going to go with the bolt-ons and do the tack welds as well.

My question is can you see the brackets through the wheels and what effect do you get by using one set of holes versus the other?

 

I've had BMR bolt ons on the car for a couple of years now, no problems.

 

The lower you drop the rear of the lca the more anti-squat you will get. What anti-squat does is as the weight transfers during acceleration the tires get loaded more (forced to the ground) with the more anti-squat you have. That action of forcing the tires to the ground is what gives you better traction. This is a very simplistic way of describing anti-squat but I think it will answer your question. If you would like more detail let me know and I can do that for you. There are also some good books such as "tune to win" by Carroll Smith and Herb Adams has a pretty good book called "chassis engineering".

 

what i'm concerned about is failure in the bolt ons.

when you say that you have done calculations and you have never had one fail, that gives me a warm fuzzy feeling.

what kind of calculations do you do?

 

Here's a fairly simple explanation I made a little bit ago http://www.geocities.com/scwizzo/explanations.html

I don't know if it's understandable seeing as I never get feedback, but I hope it helps.

Also, I would buy from hotpart any day. Very nice, good stuff, good prices.

 

He probably means calculations of force and what the brackets can hold, right hotpart? If the bracket can hold X amount of force, but the car only delivers half of X the bracket will never brake, according to the calculations.

 

that is a pretty sweet drawing shibbyz28.

very helpful. thanks

 

From Spohn Performance Inc.

Brackets are Laser-Cut from 3/16" cold rolled steel using state-of-the-art CAD/CAM technology for precision tolerances. Must be welded into place. Hardware is included. Since the brackets must be welded in place, we ship them bare. Weld in LCA Relocation Brackets are the only SAFE and EFFECTIVE way to install them.

 

Do the LCA's reloacation brackets effect normal highway driving in any way?

 

No, they will be fine

 

well now, who should i believe?

some of you say bolt-ons are fine, but others say weld-ons are the only safe and effective way to go...

ok, are bolt-ons safe for normal daily driver, and sometimes drag racing?

cuz i would rather bolt some on than pay someone to weld them in.

 

werd