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Jan 18, 2005 | 10:12 AM

MIKE-C5

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St. Jude Donor '05-'06-'08

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Jan 18, 2005 | 10:19 AM

0rodney@rpmtransmissions

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Jan 18, 2005 | 10:30 AM

mdhmi

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DTE - should be right around $400.

Mark

Jan 18, 2005 | 03:14 PM

3XBlack6spd

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Do the really Work?????

Jan 18, 2005 | 03:27 PM

EatRice

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I believe DTE is the only company that makes that product. I have one and say it is worth it all the way.

Jan 18, 2005 | 04:10 PM

Dope

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DTE of course.

I know RPM makes one but it's like half of the DTE brace.

Dope

Jan 18, 2005 | 04:27 PM

Rob'sC5

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I purchased mine from RPM (Lewisville Texas) been happy whit it so far. I think just about anything is better than the stock (cheap) diff plate.

Jan 18, 2005 | 06:15 PM

99Z51R

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Originally Posted by Rob'sC5

I purchased mine from RPM (Lewisville Texas) been happy whit it so far. I think just about anything is better than the stock (cheap) diff plate.

How can someone contact RPM?

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Jan 18, 2005 | 06:37 PM

Rob'sC5

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How can someone contact RPM?

Here ya go Just tell em Rob sent you...No I dont get any kick backs

http://real-performance-motorsports.com/

Jan 18, 2005 | 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by EatRice

I believe DTE is the only company that makes that product. I have one and say it is worth it all the way.

Not quite. I had RPM's brace on my car for over a year before DTE even introduced theirs.

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I know RPM makes one but it's like half of the DTE brace.

Physically, I agree. Functionally, though, DTE's brace is over-engineered - in my opinion. I base that on two facts:
1. I have well over 150 launches between 4500 and 6500 RPM on drag radials and ET Streets. No catastrophic breakage to-date.
2. All other RPM cars running this piece have similar success.

And the fact that there are physically fewer parts to it means it's lighter (I believe it's less than HALF the weight of the DTE piece - 12 lbs vs. 26 lbs. [per DTE's site].)

The RPM brace reinforces only where needed and that allows it to do its job with fewer parts.

For the record, I have a 463 RWHP head/cam 'vert with 4.10s and it sees ~80-100 hard (track) launches a year.

Jan 18, 2005 | 11:50 PM

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The website is outdated and the revisions in place for both the M6 and A4 versions make them both lighter w/out sacrificing strength.

M6- 21.4 lbs.
A4- 19.8 lbs.

Jan 18, 2005 | 11:57 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by DynoTech Engineering

The website is outdated and the revisions in place for both the M6 and A4 versions make them both lighter w/out sacrificing strength.

M6- 21.4 lbs.
A4- 19.8 lbs.

I should add that DTE does offer an A4 model - RPM does not currently do so.

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