UMI Releases New Product: Bolt In Rear Coilover for the 1964-1972 GM A-Body

[UMI Performance]

Originally Posted by Chevy70

With this kit, am I able to run 20x12 with 325-335 tire?

This is a tough question with out trying. I am going to say yes most likely but depending on back spacing I wouldn't be certain.

With the wheels on the car you could e-mail us some pictures and we could know by that as well.

Thanks!

[out2kayak]

Originally Posted by UMI Performance

This is a tough question with out trying. I am going to say yes most likely but depending on back spacing I wouldn't be certain.

With the wheels on the car you could e-mail us some pictures and we could know by that as well.

Thanks!

I am very interested in how wide of a tire I can run with this kit on a '67.

Right now I'm staring down putting in mini tubs from ABC Performance to get a 325 - 335 tire in. If it's possible with this kit, it would save me work.

If you can answer either way, I'd be interested.

[UMI Tech]

The LeMans happened to be on the lift this morning.

If you look at post 2 above, you can see there is a ton of room between the bracket and the tire. I verified with my own eyes and know for sure that a 335 would fit with plenty of room to spare.





ramey

[andrewb70]

Ramey,

I see there are three locations for the LCA to mount at the rear end. Can you elaborate on that please?

Andrew

[UMI Tech]

Originally Posted by andrewb70

Ramey,

I see there are three locations for the LCA to mount at the rear end. Can you elaborate on that please?

Andrew

Certainly.

We always have the factory attachment point available. As you lower the car, the trailing arm can start to point uphill toward the rear. The top hole in our bracket allows you to get that arm back to a slight downward angle toward the rear. If you go super low, you can use the next hole to restore that angle. That's the simple explanation.

In side view, you can process the angles of the arms and come up with an instant center point somewhere in the front of the car (or within the confines of the interior). Simply a point in space. Knowing where you want that point in space is a big advantage and therefore having factory plus three options to tune that location is popular. Our brackets allow you to do that.

Without going into too much analysis at the moment, lowering the trailing arm normally improves forward traction but sometimes at the expense of a few other things like brake hop and excess roll steer...

ramey

[andrewb70]

Originally Posted by UMI Tech

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Without going into too much analysis at the moment, lowering the trailing arm normally improves forward traction but sometimes at the expense of a few other things like brake hop and excess roll steer...

ramey

So basically this allow you to tune the anti-squat properties...

Andrew

[UMI Tech]

Originally Posted by andrewb70

So basically this allow you to tune the anti-squat properties...

Andrew

Haha, that's it exactly.