J's Racing Tie Rods - Install and Impressions

[freakygeek]

Can I ask a question now?

Why the hell -5' camber? I'd love to know what this does to wet weather braking distances.... !!

[ChargeR]

Can I ask a question now?

Why the hell -5' camber? I'd love to know what this does to wet weather braking distances.... !!

It does nothing good for braking distances to be honest. My straight line braking on anything other than nicely warm semis is not as good as it was stock.

I use that much camber because that is how much my suspension is designed to have although I think it is too much for my use, and some preliminary tyre temp data supports this.

[freakygeek]

It does nothing good for braking distances to be honest. My straight line braking on anything other than nicely warm semis is not as good as it was stock.

That's what I was getting at

I use that much camber because that is how much my suspension is designed to have although I think it is too much for my use, and some preliminary tyre temp data supports this.

What use are we talking about here? It's obviously too much for any kind of street use (unless you drive on the street at 10/10ths with warmed semi slicks) hehehe...

[Wlee2]

That's what I was getting at



What use are we talking about here? It's obviously too much for any kind of street use (unless you drive on the street at 10/10ths with warmed semi slicks) hehehe...

MOOOGEN N1....

to bad it doesnt actually show =P

[daz]

What are your spring rates again Tom?

[Wlee2]

What are your spring rates again Tom?

i cant remember someone told me that swift springs.. above spring rates of 20+ had to be custom orders.. or something silly like that.. =p

[ChargeR]

That's what I was getting at

What use are we talking about here? It's obviously too much for any kind of street use (unless you drive on the street at 10/10ths with warmed semi slicks) hehehe...

What my simple friend wlee2 is getting at is that I track a lot and I am willing to sacrifice street comfort and safety for track performance. I drive very conservatively on the street.

To answer dazdc5s my spring rates are currently 10kg/mm at the front and 24kg/mm at the rear although I am looking to change these to something stiffer at the front in the future.

[air23box]

its acturally 10 front and 24 rear....hardcore......you should get sth like 18 front to balance it up tom....

[ChargeR]

i cant remember someone told me that swift springs.. above spring rates of 20+ had to be custom orders.. or something silly like that.. =p

Are you drunk wang? Anyway I will be updating this thread tomorrow because I have had some issues with my J's tie rods but stay tuned.....

[daz]

To answer dazdc5s my spring rates are currently 10kg/mm at the front and 24kg/mm at the rear although I am looking to change these to something stiffer at the front in the future.

its acturally 10 front and 24 rear....hardcore......you should get sth like 18 front to balance it up tom....

he said that:P

[ChargeR]

Update

I had been having issues with my steering for a while and I finally bothered to jack up my car and have a look. I found that my drivers side J's Racing tie rod had more than 5mm of play in the inner ball joint, which was causing toe to change all the time, hence making my steering centre wander. The bit that broke is indicated by the red arrow in the picture below. I will be sending back the tie rod to J's Racing and they may or may not send me a replacement.

In the meantime I had my stock tie rods modified (as tinkerbell suggested earlier in the thread ) by having 15mm cut off the end and the thread extended a further 30mm. My ghetto fab tie rod can be seen on the right of the J's tie rod in the pictures below. I installed these earlier today along with new washers, cotter pins, and new tie rod ends and now my steering is no longer broken .

[TeMp]

o no tom... for you...

And I know you had no choice in getting this mod. But at least you know you weren't the first victim.

J's racing tie rod ftl

[mikoZ]

Update

I had been having issues with my steering for a while and I finally bothered to jack up my car and have a look. I found that my drivers side J's Racing tie rod had more than 5mm of play in the inner ball joint, which was causing toe to change all the time, hence making my steering centre wander. The bit that broke is indicated by the red arrow in the picture below. I will be sending back the tie rod to J's Racing and they may or may not send me a replacement.

In the meantime I had my stock tie rods modified (as tinkerbell suggested earlier in the thread ) by having 15mm cut off the end and the thread extended a further 30mm. My ghetto fab tie rod can be seen on the right of the J's tie rod in the pictures below. I installed these earlier today along with new washers, cotter pins, and new tie rod ends and now my steering is no longer broken .

huhu...it luks not only happened on my car
mine one got same problem,excatly the same!

and i try to call them and ask for the help, they just told me fxxk off
there s no more j's shit in my life
they are sucker and their product is sucker as well

[mikoZ]

o no tom... for you...

And I know you had no choice in getting this mod. But at least you know you weren't the first victim.

J's racing tie rod ftl

waitin for ur review of AKOM

[TeMp]

waitin for ur review of AKOM

haha

there would be plenty of reviews floating around soon.

Chances are I won't be installing for a while as I will be overseas for a month or so.