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PDM Racing is pleased to stock and sell
Battle
Version adjustable suspension arms for the Nissan
240SX and 300ZX. Manufactured by Alex
Pfieffer - famed Californian drift king, these
adjustable arms are high quality units that
PDM uses and endorses. Battle Version arms are
made from 6061 T6 extruded aluminum or DOM tubing,
with chromoly plated ends. Bearings are high
quality 3 piece Teflon lined bearings for self-lubrication
with plated center spacers.
If you intend to race, drift or seriously
lower your car, adjustable arms are necessary
to help re-align the car to proper specs.
Battle Version arms eliminate all bushings,
so control arm movement is extremely precise,
and solid. No bushing or arm flex.
Battle Version arms are manufactured in the
US Designed and built by racers for racers.
Battle Version is so confident in their workmanship,
that they offer a 1 year 'limited' warranty,
shall any component fail by 'nature'.
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Battle Version S13/S14/Z32/R32 Skyline Adjustable Tension Control Rods
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New stronger Battle Version Tension
Control Rods are made with zinc coated
chromoly ends and hard anodized 6061 extruded
aluminum main centers.. The spherical rod
end is teflon lined to give it long lasting
quality and performance without making noise.
Adjustable TC Rods are crucial to increase
positive caster on Nissans. Caster is a very
good alignment quality to induce into your
Nissan, as this allows you to reduce your
static camber more, yet when the car turns
in, negative camber will increase which generates
higher cornering ability. Translation: less
inner tire wear when the car is driving in
a straight line which is over 85% of the time,
yet when it comes time to corner, your car
will have enough caster to create good negative
camber to make your car feel like it’s
cornering on rails. Also, having adjustable
caster means you can equalize caster from
left to right on your Nissan to maximize turning
performance both left and right. (On our Hunter
computerized alignment rack, we notice it’s
common to see 240SX’s with left to right
caster specs out by as much as 1.5 degrees.
Some are from curbing accidents, others are
off-balance straight from Nissan Japan!) By
adding adjustable TC Rods, you ensure your
car will corner equally fast turning left,
or turning right.
The TC Rod is the ONLY arm that locates the
bottom control arm on the 240SX. When a car
is under severe braking from 100 mph, the
force on that TC Rod is the most extreme force
that any single suspension component will
experience. So replacing the stock TC Rod
bushings with a spherical bearing, will ensure
under braking your front end will not shimmy
or wander as caster and toe will change from
the TC Rod bushing flexing back and forth.
For example, many of our 300ZX customers complain
of brake shimmy and thinking the rotor is
the culprit, they have their rotors turned.
The shimmy may go away for a bit, but since
the rotor is now thinner with less material,
it is more prone to overheating, which leads
to warpage and pad deposition; thus, the vicious
cycle of shorter rotor turning cycles. Most
often, the culprit is a worn OEM TC Rod bushing
which is a viscous filled rubber membrane,
which is good for comfort and compliance,
but makes for a terrible locator for an arm
that sees such severe duty. Over time, the
stock outer membrane wears from repeated force,
heat and oils. Quite often we see cars come
into our shop with completely blown-open TC
Rod bushings. Changing to Battle Version arms
will eliminate this slop, which means faster,
straighter braking, with more control of your
steering wheel.
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Battle Version S13/S14/Z32/Skyline R32 Rear
Upper Control Arms
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for RWD Nissans when lowered beyond 1.75 inches.
The stock eccentric camber bolt has limited
rear arm adjustment, and Whiteline KCA347 rear
eccentric bushings can adjust for medium lowered
cars, but when you start to really slam your
240SX or 300ZX (2 inches or more), you require
more rear negative camber adjustment. Too much
negative camber will drastically wear out the
inside contact patch of your expensive rubber,
and also not allow for maximum braking and acceleration
due to the offset tire patch. The rear end may
handle great, but you’ll burn up your
insides of your tires in a very short time.
Properly correcting this common problem can
be solved by adding Battle Version adjustable
upper control arms.
Battle Version rear upper control arms are made
from DOM tubing, with zinc coated anti-rusting
threaded adjusters, and high quality 3 piece
Teflon spherical bearings. This very solid piece
of control arm eliminates any excess rear flex
from hard drifting or cornering, and allows
custom rear camber settings faster and easier
than the stock camber bolts. Simply lock the
rear inner camber bolts in place, and all adjustment
is done with the Battle Version adjusting thread.
Then lock the arm back in place, and you have
instant camber correction that is fast and dead
accurate.
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Battle Version S13 / S14 Rear Toe Link Arms
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Whenever you change the ride height of your
240SX, you change the front and rear toe settings.
You HAVE to correct the toe or else you will
kill your tires in a matter of miles. Incorrect
toe settings is THE most abusive alignment
miss-setting you can have, and can literally
grind a tire down and damage it almost instantaneously.
Luckily, front and rear toe is adjustable
on the Nissan 240SX with the front and rear
inner tie rods. However, for those looking
for much sturdier rear toe arms with zero
bushing snap (rear toe arm bushings can wind
up under extreme load and snap back as you
exit the drift and give your car a bad handling
characteristic) replace your stock Nissan
stamped arm with a billet 6061 T6 extruded
Battle Version adjustable arm, to eliminate
any rear toe arm flex for good. Like the upper
control arms, you lock the stock toe adjusting
inner bolts in place, and adjust your rear
toe to spec with the Battle Version adjusters.
Then tighten the jam nuts back in place, and
your toe is set, and will not change from
bushing flex. For those raising and lowering
their cars for competition, these arms make
for rapid toe changes on the go.
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Battle Version S13 / S14 Rear
Forward Traction Link Arms
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The forward traction link arms locate the
rear spindle assembly, and controls the forward
and aft movement of the rear upper suspension
assembly on independent rear suspension (IRS)
cars as the suspension moves through its’
engineered movement. While the stock stamped
steel arms works fine for most applications,
it’s when you drastically lower the car
for race or drift, that there needs to be arm
adjustment for setting the rear bump steer.
Bump steer, in short, is the change in toe
settings a suspension has as it moves through
it’s compression and rebound cycles. Nissan
Engineers designed toe in under compression
which is safer than toe out, but for optimum
settings, racers like to have control of bump
steer to dial in the amount of toe change their
race cars will encounter as it goes over bumps
and dips on the course. Cars that are “nervous”
or “twitchy” are often ones that
have bad bump steer, so the car literally steers
itself as the car goes into a bump. While not
as critical as the rear toe links or upper rear
control arms, Battle Version Rear Forward Traction
Link Arms will complete your rear suspension
by positively locating the rear spindle for
very minimal rear suspension for and aft flex.
For those that know how to plot your rear bump
steer, this allows these racers to properly
set up the rear suspension to their personal
tastes. Zinc coated endlinks, and 6061 T6 extruded
centers, these arms can be adjusted as fast
as all other Battle Version arms for precise
and accurate alignment settings.
Note** if you are not familiar with suspension
analysis and race car setup, we suggest you
do not alter the length of these arms from stock
length.
* Please email
us if you wish to special
order any other Battle Version products. |
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