Author Topic: LatinVenom Front Chassis Brace project 3rd order (Read 36513 times)

Marc's Carbon Flash · « **Reply #75 on:** March 12, 2011, 09:29:01 PM »

Do you have any more? Because I want one.

Arabas · « **Reply #76 on:** March 13, 2011, 06:40:02 AM »

Quote from: LatinVenom on March 12, 2011, 07:23:04 PM

Looks from my report from FEDEX everyone that paid got theirs delivered.
The only exceptions are the one for Canada and the one for Greece.
Hope those members get theirs by next week.

yeap, haven't received it yet, but it is normal. it takes a while for items to come here.
i will let u know Alvaro!

rich71 · « **Reply #77 on:** March 13, 2011, 08:01:04 AM »

If there are more slots, I want in.

springs almost here. I can finally see the grass and a winters worth of dog s*** .

toebitus · « **Reply #78 on:** March 13, 2011, 09:28:53 AM »

does any one know what those bolts were left there for,looks to be a five minute install to me, thanks LV

LatinVenom · « **Reply #79 on:** March 13, 2011, 08:20:22 PM »

Toebitus,
No I do not know.
Also it takes more than 5 minutes but less than 30 for sure.

LatinVenom · « **Reply #80 on:** March 13, 2011, 08:24:01 PM »

Marc Carbon flash and rich71.
The 3rd batch is all gone except for one RED one that a member signed up for but has not come forward yet to get it.
I have start it a 4th batch and so far there are 3 people including yourself on it.

LatinVenom · « **Reply #81 on:** March 13, 2011, 08:31:15 PM »

4th Batch of LV Kappa Front Chassis Brace

Updated List Powder Coat Shipped date.

1. Ed999 Silver
2. Marc Carbon Flash RED
3. Rich71 Silver
4. LRuch Silver
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Thank you.

More information about what the fuss is all about can be found here.
http://www.kappaperformance.com/forum/index.php?topic=5206.0
http://www.kappaperformance.com/forum/index.php/topic,5602.0.html
http://www.kappaperformance.com/forum/index.php/topic,5760.0.html

Marc's Carbon Flash · « **Reply #82 on:** March 13, 2011, 10:01:41 PM »

I will take the red one!

LatinVenom · « **Reply #83 on:** March 16, 2011, 07:17:47 PM »

Just got an e-mail the LVKFCB was delivered to our Canadian member(wspohn)

wspohn · « **Reply #84 on:** March 16, 2011, 07:44:18 PM »

Yup - got it today, thanks!

JQuinonesJorge · « **Reply #85 on:** March 19, 2011, 06:59:36 PM »

Cant wait for my bar to come in! I will let everyone know how it feel with it going to a go kart track

LatinVenom · « **Reply #86 on:** March 19, 2011, 10:01:51 PM »

wspohn,

When will you be testing it?
Will it be autocross or short track.

Arabas · « **Reply #87 on:** March 22, 2011, 09:36:02 AM »

just received mine. my fiancee picked it up from the post office, she is still at work though, so i will see it in a few hours.
i ll try to install it on the weekend. hopefuly it will be an easy and hassle free installation, so that i will do it myself.

thx Alvaro!

JQuinonesJorge · « **Reply #88 on:** March 22, 2011, 06:44:23 PM »

I got my bar today and cant wait to try it out!

Thanks LV

LatinVenom · « **Reply #89 on:** March 22, 2011, 06:48:14 PM »

It should not take either one of you anymore than 30 minutes to install it.
Arabas, I was beginning to wonder why it had not arrived yet.
The USA post office said 6 to 10 days, however in your case it took 16 days to get to you.

JQuinonesJorge · « **Reply #90 on:** March 22, 2011, 06:56:37 PM »

Thats The Great American Postal Service. When traveling out of the Continental US, they say 6-10 days but actually mean 6+10 days...

LRuch · « **Reply #91 on:** March 22, 2011, 07:07:37 PM »

LV
I would like in on the 4th order of your brace. You can make mine silver.
you can contact me for payment thru the forum .
LRuch

LatinVenom · « **Reply #92 on:** March 22, 2011, 07:16:04 PM »

Quote from: LRuch on March 22, 2011, 07:07:37 PM

LV
I would like in on the 4th order of your brace. You can make mine silver.
you can contact me for payment thru the forum .
LRuch

Payment will not be due until the batch of 10 is made, but it requires 10 people to sign up and agree to pay once the 10 number is reached.

Gentleman Jack · « **Reply #93 on:** March 23, 2011, 12:41:05 AM »

Quote from: LatinVenom on March 22, 2011, 07:16:04 PM

Payment will not be due until the batch of 10 is made, but it requires 10 people to sign up and agree to pay once the 10 number is reached.

Is there a 4th order started and if so, how far along are you?

Arabas · « **Reply #94 on:** March 23, 2011, 03:30:43 AM »

Quote from: LatinVenom on March 22, 2011, 06:48:14 PM

It should not take either one of you anymore than 30 minutes to install it.
Arabas, I was beginning to wonder why it had not arrived yet.
The USA post office said 6 to 10 days, however in your case it took 16 days to get to you.

LV and JQuinonesJorge no prob with USPS delaying. as long as it arrives and free of customs, it's OK with me to have a small delay!

Arabas · « **Reply #95 on:** March 25, 2011, 06:58:10 AM »

i just installed the LV front brace.
man, that was a pita for a non-diy guy like me. it took me an hour plus some minutes...

at first i spent some minutes trying to find out how to pass the brace from the driver's side to the passenger's side , but after 2 trial and error attempts, that was easy!
the difficult part that took me most of the time was tightening those bolts...space in there is so limited that i couldn't stuff both the tool and my hand in... maybe i didn't have the right tools and this made it a bit more diificult for me.
i tightened them down as much as i could, hopefully this will be enough.

fitment was great apart from one small detail. on the driver's side it is slightly pushing downwards the A/C line. is that the case with all you guys that installed this brace? it's not pressing it hard, just slightly pushing it.

will test it on the road on Sunday.

thx LV!

LatinVenom · « **Reply #96 on:** March 25, 2011, 05:10:52 PM »

Arabas.
Yes, the slight pressure on the AC line is normal for the Brace, it actually moves if you apply some pressure with your fingers.
The right tools would have made it easier to get to the bolts, specially the one underneath the AC line.

Arabas · « **Reply #97 on:** March 25, 2011, 06:19:38 PM »

thx for confirming Alvaro.
i pushed the A/C line a bit down but didn't want to over do it.
both side bolts were a pita!

will let you know of my comments when i go for a test drive!

Arabas · « **Reply #98 on:** March 27, 2011, 02:10:28 PM »

Hell yeah! it works!

don't expect anything while cornering in indifference....
you have to get to that point of speed while cornering that the body frame gets "loaded" and then you feel it.
of course i can't measure how much, but you feel a difference in the car's response.

at first you feel the front end being slightly indefferent (even slightly understeer) like it is stock and then when you reach the frame "loading" point while turning, there is something like a small

when the brace starts working. front wheels kind of stick down to the ground and the feedback you get from the steering wheel gets better and better. the slap i m talking about is improved traction of the front end and then this helps the traction of the rear end. so prepare to re-learn how the car works now (i had the same experience with the DDM backbone and probeam and HR springs).
beware of the handling of the steering wheel coz stepping from the LV brace-does-not-work phase to the LV brace-is-now-working phase may need you to make small adjustments to the steering wheel angle (just a click less turning). but this is the essence of driving the kappa with suspension upgrades: using the steering wheel to control the car more accurately
combined with a DDM front brace (to get the front suspensions working better as a team)- (while LV brace improves the rigidity of the body frame) it will give a front end like it should be from the factory: obey any orders, improve handling, better traction.

i highly suggest to use it in combination with at least the probeam (also adding the backbone is even better).

Pls note that i have Probeam, backbone, LV brace and HR springs, so i don't know how it will work without these.

Good job LV! (hope the bolts can handle the load

)

LatinVenom · « **Reply #99 on:** March 27, 2011, 09:41:05 PM »

Arabas,
Thanks for the review. By the way if you ever take the LVKFCB off you will notice pretty quick the car drives and feels different.
I have checked mine a few times and they are still tight.
I you have 13mm box wrench, I would make sure you have the 2 bolts on the side of the frame nice and tight.
The one on the top should have been easy to tighten down.

Now we need our Canadian (Wspohn) to give us his test reviews.

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