[Tigers] Tiger Torque Arms

[MWood24020 at aol.com]

I experienced a certain amount of wheel hop under braking, as I remember. I 
 don't know if the current design has any type of slide mechanism to allow  
de-coupling under braking. 
 
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 2/8/2013 7:40:01 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
genepadgett at comcast.net writes:

Mike,  

I was very interested to read your comments about the effect of the  torque 
arm on braking.  Everyone seems pretty positive about its ability  to 
eliminate wheel hop on heavy acceleration, but no one else has mentioned  
breaking effects.

I am a bit surprised that it seemed to adversely  affect braking in the car 
you drove.  At least as Dan's is designed, it  would seem to resist axle 
rotation in both acceleration and braking  circumstances.   Any idea if the 
torque arm in car you were  autocrossing was one that Dan had built?

Fellow Listers,

Anyone  else have experiences about how their torque arm affects hard 
braking to  share?

Thanks,  Gene

 
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From: MWood24020 at aol.com
To: "Theo Smit"  <Theo.Smit at dynastream.com>, tigers at autox.team.net,  
spmdr at juno.com
Sent: Friday, February 8, 2013 7:20:44  PM
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Tiger Torque Arms

I wonder about the  trade offs in braking with the torque arm in our  
application?

Seems that using the right leaf spring  design could save weight, time and  
$$, if preventing axle wind up is  the primary objective. But, my direct 
Tiger  experience is limited to  stock leafs w/an extra primary and bolt-on 
Traction  Masters...very  old school. My experience with torque arms is 
limited to 
autocross  laps in Tigers so fitted and my impression was good forward 
bite,  pretty poor braking, particularly in trail.

This is a great  topic, however, as I am contemplating changes in the rear  
suspension, prior to finishing my  car!