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Posted by Dean (more from Dean) on Mon, 5 Apr 2004 18:01:20 Share Post by Email
In Reply to: Viggen Rescue Kit Options?, Ben Stedman, Mon, 5 Apr 2004 12:04:57
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The VRK is a trade name of Abbott Racing.

You can get the same rack brace, or a less expensive unit. genuinesaab.com has the VRK style rack braces, with or without the big urethane bushing and rear sway bars. mpperformance has rack braces, SF braces, rear swaybar.

The Abbott VRK subframe brace has some clearance problems.

The Abbott rear control arm steel sperical bearing is nice, but you can get urethane for that. And the VRK did NOT include a bushing for the lateral control arm at the subframe!

I would suggest the mpperformance rack brace and SF brace. You can get the other urethane bushings from kcsaab.com, which also has urethane front swaybar bushings. You can't get everything from one place, but close. You can have a more complete result than the Abbott VRK and for less money. The labor to install is significant. You can DIY the rack and SF brace (and rear swaybar).

I had the VRK on a 95SET with SAS rear swaybar and koni's. It is a great result. I think the remaining rubber bush at the subframe was probably a weakness. The steel spherical bearing was probably overkill, given that the other end of that arm was a very large urethane bushing. The rubber bushing at the subframe would allow the strut to deflect inwards and that would make the geometry change. That bushing is where the remaining movement would be. The deflection of the steel subframe would be less than that. I ended up with the SF brace bent twice. Once from a stupid tow truck operator (DI died), other was my own stupidity! You loose ground clearance, and I was running stock SE springs.

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