Thread: Beam Bending at the Convention?

The rear beam has negative toe from the factory. This is to decrease the likely hood of the rear end sliding in tight turns. It keeps novice drivers in check but hurts the experienced drivers who are trying to get there tail end to slide. I had mine done and it definitely was worth it! I think you will need a miracle to get Steve to bend more beams again so this would be your best opportunity to get him down here. I was part of the last group that Steve bent beams at in MD and he had some bad experiences with getting his equipment back along with being really busy now. IMO if you can't get Steve to come to the convention, I would call him up and ask him if I could drive CO where he lives and pay him to bend it there. Do it now while gas is still cheap.

Also, Steve said he doesn't like doing B15 rear beams that much. Something about them not being easy to bend.

werd.

That should improve my wet parking lot 180's then.

p10 had independent rear - p11s went back to the beam - cheaper

How would this rear beam look like when its bent? Wouldnt this affect the height or if you have a Rear Sway Bar?

Pics Please!!

Nissan went cheap on us....ugh..

the btcc Nissan primera race car removed the rear beam and had to customize an independent rear suspension. If i'm not mistaking i believe they used the p10 rear suspension.

How to make your B14 handle properly! - SR20 Forum

Here is an article from Mike with pics:

http://nittotire.com/blog_detail.asp?id=33

This is why I drive a B13

Interesting, I added negative rear toe to my B13 and I like how it handles.

I would be more than willing to get my beam bent by steve. He really knows his suspensions and I have seen him do this, its an interesting process that involves custom equipment.




We are talking about a couple degrees of change, nothing major. How would that affect height? This is a very minor change that has a big effect.



Too bad the Dog car one and two are b14s and both handle better than your b13 could even dream of



I assume you are also not trying to race your car and rotate the rear end around tight corners

So is there any word on this?

I would want to have my beam bent also.