The tubular k member has it's place, and that place is the drag strip and in a straight line.
Even then, crash land one after a wheel stand and see what it looks like.
Im still cornfused about how a welded piece of tube will make it louder?
I'd really like to see some proof behind this claim
Everyone knows the first mod SHOULD be a tubular K...
That way you can do an LS swap
The performance oriented bushings tubular K-member kits utilize don't absorb vibration like the stock rubber ones do. They tend to transfer more of the road noise and vibration into the K-member. The lighter gauge, hollow steel tubular arm's and K-member add to and amplify these conditions, because a) they don't utilize the soft rubber bushings the stock arms do and b) the lighter tubular design promotes a lot of high frequency harmonic resonances through the member and into the body of the vehicle.
There are many examples of this in your car. It's very much the same as after market shifter uses, or steel drive shafts. After market shifters don't have that big chunk of rubber between them and the shift handle to absorb road noise and drive-line vibration, so more of it is transferred into the handle. Stock iron drive shaft although not ideal for high RPM usage, do a better job at dampening lower frequency harmonic resonance due to their greater mass and heavier construction. They also transfer a lot less road and drive-line noise than the lighter aluminum shafts.
Believe it or not, metal can be "tuned" much like a muffler can. Different materials, constructions, lengths, masses.....all done in the name of harmonic analysis. Generally, the heavier the construction and greater the mass, the more resistant they are to lower frequency distortion. This is also one of the big reasons we all got the "dog bone" bolted to the back of our 8.8" rear ends from the factory. All in the name of cutting harmonics and vibration.
Simple test....take a solid steel bar and bang it against a table. Makes an audible "thump" with very little resonance. Now, take another bar, with the exact same exterior dimensions, but it hollow in the middle and do the same thing. You now get a higher pitch "thwang", with residual resonance.
It's 200ish hp man. It's impossibleI'm still trying to figure out how the bolt on car guys can't get traction with the 3.73s on the street.
This is like the Kobayashi Maru..............the no win scenario. This is where the theory of relativity comes into play. Based on Gearbanger101's point of view relative to the question, the answer can only be one way, whereas 90lxcoupe see's things from a completely different position relative to the question, and thus he is right. Personally I do not see any Fox Mustang owners bragging about the ride quality (in terms of comfort) of the car. It is not the type of car where one would normally care about such things as chassis NVH. Does not mean they are all rattle traps, but I don't think it is foremost in the average Fox Mustang owners mind. We all (a relative statement) have other rides that provide the comfort we want when we want it.
Totally understand this completely. However its usually just barely noticeable, and 99.9% of v8 mustangs have some type of aftermarket exhaust installed, so its damn near impossible to tell a difference.
No, why?Sarcasm?
Sigh............ I never declared a winner, I gave my own personal observation. I even said "Personally I do not see......ect" I never said all Fox owners look for the same thing. It was actually a well qualified statement. You are the one that assumes to much me thinks. A Star Trek reference and using Einstein's theory should have been a clue to the "tongue in cheek" tone of the post. But I digress.........."Yours.......is......superior..."lol....Start Trek references referring to no win scenarios....where a winner is declared? Einstein's Theory of Relativity? Assumptions that all Fox owners look for the same thing when buying their car? I had a big response typed out, but for the sake of simplicity I'm just going to cut it short and say....I'm sorry, but that above read like a complete pile of overcomplicated horse ****. That is all.
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Sigh............ I never declared a winner, I gave my own personal observation. I even said "Personally I do not see......ect" I never said all Fox owners look for the same thing. It was actually a well qualified statement. You are the one that assumes to much me thinks. A Star Trek reference and using Einstein's theory should have been a clue to the "tongue in cheek" tone of the post. But I digress.........."Yours.......is......superior..."
Lol............It seems sarcasm doesn't translate very well over the internet?
In any case.....I shall avenge you!
Yep my bfg's spin at will.No, why?
You really think they make a tire stickier than stock? Pretty sure ford would have used them if they did. If you can't plant the power on a 225/50/16 then what hope do we have? You don't want gears, it'll make the car undrivable.
Or a coyote.... But who is keeping trackI'm buying a Prius
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