[Tigers] Torque Arm under braking force diagram?

[Chris Thompson]

I have also had Dan's torque arm on my car for fifteen years or so and 
I've never experienced a problem during braking.  I've had the car on 
the VIR track several times, where maximum braking is as important as 
maximum acceleration.

I don't think there's a thing you can do about preventing problems under 
emergency heavy braking during a sharp turn, though, and that shouldn't 
be a surprise....

I know what you mean, though, Bob and Gene, about wanting the best. I 
would be interested to hear anybody's comparison of Dale's arm and the 
Caltrac system.

Chris
B382000331

On 2/12/2013 6:47 PM, Teepen, Jere wrote:
> I have had Dan's torque arm on my car for a long time.  I have participated
> autocross and open track events and never experienced any issues under
> braking.  My brakes are stock front brakes with Dale's rear disc brake kit
> (early style).  The information regarding the GM scenario mentions an
> inadequate structure for the torque arm.  I am not sure this applies here.  I
> am a fan of Dan's torque arm.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tigers-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:tigers-bounces at autox.team.net] On
> Behalf Of genepadgett at comcast.net
> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 2:26 PM
> To: Bob H
> Cc: Tigers
> Subject: Re: [Tigers] Torque Arm under braking force diagram?
>
> Bob,
>
> Many thanks for sharing your rather sobering spinout experiences and the
> technical information. The latter is going to take me more than one read to
> understand everything, but I am getting the picture! I am thinking that the
> Tiger's short wheel base is not helping things in our particular application.
>
> I am inclined to enjoy twisty roads whenever found (and hopefully more
> autocrossing in the future). A potential unpleasant surprise under heavy
> emergency braking in a sharp corner is not something I want to risk. If I was
> just drag racing, or doing stop light burnouts, that would be a much different
> situation.
>
> Fellow Listers,
>
> I, for one, am still looking forward to hearing any experiences with the
> Caltrac system. It appears to only control axle rotation in the acceleration
> mode and the axle is otherwise unrestrained in braking. Seems like a good
> application for the Tiger, in theory at least.
>
> Gene
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob H" <tgrrr at meadowcrk.com>
> To: "Tigers" <tigers at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 2:31:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [Tigers] Torque Arm under braking force diagram?
>
> For the more technically oriented in this group:
>
> http://www.unbalancedengineering.com/Product_Development/Development%20of%20t
> he%20Unbalanced%20Engineering%20Decoupled%20Torque%20Arm.pdf
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