Re: Qa1 k member
[Re: 1fastaspen]
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10/01/16 12:43 AM
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The three friend that have caps all had problems. Only one got it fixed and still uses front end, the other two gave up on it and replaced them with another brand. That is my experience with them.
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Re: Qa1 k member
[Re: turbo toad]
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10/01/16 12:46 AM
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I had a early CAP K member for 1963 to 1966 A bodys with stock steering and torsion bars that I sold to Mopar Billy, I beleive it is in his drag week Valient Maybe he will see this post and chip in on his thoughts and results on his I wanted one with front mount rack and pinion steering for A arms with coil over to eliminate the torson bars for more header clearances is the reason I didn't use it Cab I had a chance to look Mopar Billys car over this year at drag week and He did mention that the K member he was running came from you. If you every get aline on another please keep me in mind Id like to put one on in my Valiant. STR makes a nice one for early a bodies. There is one in Brett's 66 Dart that goes 8.90s. Very reasonably priced.
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Re: Qa1 k member
[Re: 1967dartgt]
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10/01/16 01:22 PM
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STR makes a nice one for early a bodies. There is one in Brett's 66 Dart that goes 8.90s. Very reasonably priced.[/quote]
Thanks Ill have to look into it.
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Re: Qa1 k member
[Re: 1fastaspen]
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10/01/16 02:07 PM
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anyone have a link to str??
Thank you Kiddart
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Re: Qa1 k member
[Re: 1fastaspen]
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10/01/16 02:12 PM
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good luck getting one (STR) .....i spoke with Tory last year he was in the middle of a move i said np i can wait a couple months....well i waited forever tried contacting him several times never returned calls or emails even tried calling him a month ago and nothing.to bad i was in the market to buy two of them.
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Re: Qa1 k member
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10/02/16 10:10 AM
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Stay away, they bought that design from caps. No one has had any good luck with caps. I know several guys running them for years with zero issues. Shouldn't bad mouth them, saying nobody likes them. It's flat not true I guess I should have said no one I know. If you want to get more in to it, my one friend bought it about 6 months before Ray sold out. He would return his phone calls till he had problems with the system, then no returned calls.
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Re: Qa1 k member
[Re: 1fastaspen]
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10/02/16 02:27 PM
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I love Tory's front end. Love it!
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Re: Qa1 k member
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10/02/16 04:09 PM
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I love Tory's front end. Love it! Love mine too, and customer service is top notch...
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Re: Qa1 k member
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10/02/16 08:57 PM
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We made our own K member.. virtually no camber or toe change through the range of motion..
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Re: Qa1 k member
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10/02/16 11:21 PM
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We made our own K member.. virtually no camber or toe change through the range of motion.. I would say acceptable(way less than stock) camber and toe change. It looks a lot like the one on the Dart behind you.
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Re: Qa1 k member
[Re: 1fastaspen]
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10/02/16 11:55 PM
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The OP asked about QA1. Some of you are talking about QA1 and CAP as if they are one and the same. I don't think that's fair to QA1. I was over there at a plant tour when they were developing the QA1 K frame. I don't know whether they bought CAPs design or not, but whatever they did, they put their own design engineers on it. Judge it based on QA1 reveiws, not CAP reveiws.
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Re: Qa1 k member
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10/03/16 01:17 AM
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I have both of them...take the decal off the qa1 and you wont know the difference...but I think the qa1 has mounts for the sway bar...
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Re: Qa1 k member
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10/03/16 02:28 AM
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A local racer put one on his Duster. He still uses the torsion bars but added QA1 uppers, lowers, k frame and strut bars. I talked w/him about the set up, how it handles any problems w/installation or alignment. He said it installed w/o any issues and the alignment was perfect and drives down the track great. His actual words were " the car handles better than it ever has "
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Re: Qa1 k member
[Re: Just-a-dart]
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10/03/16 08:37 AM
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We made our own K member.. virtually no camber or toe change through the range of motion.. I would say acceptable(way less than stock) camber and toe change. It looks a lot like the one on the Dart behind you. However lack of camber gain is often thought to be a downside. Unequal length arms is the intentional method used to achieve that gain, taking it away is seldom a goal.
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Re: Qa1 k member
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10/03/16 10:08 PM
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The OP asked about QA1. Some of you are talking about QA1 and CAP as if they are one and the same. I don't think that's fair to QA1. I was over there at a plant tour when they were developing the QA1 K frame. I don't know whether they bought CAPs design or not, but whatever they did, they put their own design engineers on it. Judge it based on QA1 reveiws, not CAP reveiws. QA-1 did buy Cap Automotive several years ago, did they change the general design no did they do some refinements I would say yes because of the previous comment about sway bar mounts,,I have everything that Cap built on my car with the exception of the K member,I just wish QA-1 would make one with a rack and pinion mount so I can trash can the stock steering box and still be able to use everything that I have now and not have to re-buy every thing.
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