Has anyone installed/used the Granatelli K-member and lightweight A-arms? Combined they claim to reduce weight by 45Lbs.

http://www.granatellimotorsports.com...ng/kmember.htm
and
http://www.granatellimotorsports.com...ang/a-arms.htm

Are their parts generally of good quality?

 

The GMS part is nice but the AJE K-member looks to be the best IMHO. The BMR pieces are no slouch as well. AJE also makes an adjustable A arm along with adjustable front struts that are really trick. www.ajeracing.com.

 

i'm using the A-Arm member and it works together with the STB

 

BMR is about to release two different sets of A Arms and they will work with the stock K member or the BMR k member. They have already released photos on another site.

 

You mean these ones?

 

I don't think anyone's installed them yet. I called Granatelli earlier this month to get info on the K-member (specifically how much it weighed) and was told they couldn't release any info until after SEMA which is at the end of this month. I looked again at Summit Racing's listing and they have a "ship by" date of 11/08/06 so I'm pretty sure that all means they're not available yet...

 

Sweet, thanks for posting. You don't happen to know how much I might be looking at for a set would you?

 

For the BMR's? No pricing yet. Another 2 weeks or so.

Granatelli's looks like ~300 and their K-member is ~360 + motor mounts I think

 

I have the BMR K-member and a waiting for the A-arms. Quality product!

 

Same here. I remember thinking when I installed the BMR K-member, "damm [sic]*these A-arms are heavy". Wish I could have done it all at once though.

* thanks so much for the censorship

 

BMR now has pics of their A-arms on their site. It won't be too long. 11+ lbs. weight savings!

 

Have you found out if that's the total savings for both arms?

 

i have the AJE stuff (about$800) k-member and a-arms. the best i could weigh the old and new pieces it was almost 50 lbs. difference. the AJE stuff is first class and super light. maybe too light for road race or hard corner carver stuff. along with the rad support i lost over 80lbs. not bad for one evenings work.

 

I believe the info on Granatelli's website regarding their K-member may be misleading:
I reread it for the umteenth time last night and the last item jumped out at me.
Didn't I read somewhere else that the install on 05-07 was 2 hours?

So I curiously looked at GMS's description for another K-member
No one at Granatelli seems to know how much the new K-member is going to weigh therefore the apparent cut-and-paste claim that it's 30lbs lighter is up in the air at this point.

 

And judging by the design of those A-arm mounts, the lightweight tubular A-arms don't appear to be optional...

 

How long would it take to install the k-member???
Can some do a brief explanation of the function of the a-arms please