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the rim is a 15x10 with 4 BS , i have lakewood square tube lower control arms, im making them offset about 1.5" im going to cut and modify them. ill reiforce them so they should still be pretty strong
__________________ 82 camaro sc. 355 , t56, custom interior. 8pt. roll bar, rci 5 points, homemade sfc's and torque arm. 8.8 3.73 13.2 @ 104.5
the cutting looks to be right where i cut mine to fit 335's. I have offset arms too, but mine are round tube with a rod end. Im using 8.5" of BS on a stock width rear, i think my wheels sits a little further in than your do.
looks good.
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"fool proof, yes. idiot proof, no."
the cutting looks to be right where i cut mine to fit 335's. I have offset arms too, but mine are round tube with a rod end. Im using 8.5" of BS on a stock width rear, i think my wheels sits a little further in than your do.
looks good.
thanks, im happy that its tucked, i hate when tires stick out!!
I like what you've done with the control arms. I've been wanting to do my own that way... and make a jegster style shorty torque arm, except have the crossmember/crossbrace tie into the subframe connectors instead of just bolting into the transmission tunnel like theirs does.
I like what you've done with the control arms. I've been wanting to do my own that way... and make a jegster style shorty torque arm, except have the crossmember/crossbrace tie into the subframe connectors instead of just bolting into the transmission tunnel like theirs does.
i did make a short tq arm, i love it, it plants the rear end pretty hard, the doesnt squat on a hard launch.
You've beat me to all my own projects, stupid winter ha ha
Have any pics of the torque arm from underneath the car? Or of what you did for the forward mounting point? I'm curious how you put it together, I'm pretty sure I know how I'm going to do mine but I'd like to see yours Especially since you say you're happy with it
Thank you, you are the man Your's looks plenty strong. Looks very very close to what I have in mind for mine, up until the forward mounting point. Then I am going to do something similar to this: http://www.spohn.net/shop/1982-1992-...nsmission.html (last pic on the page)
Gonna have it attach to a crossbrace between the subframe connectors though, instead of the transmission crossmember.
Thanks!! im changing my front mout similar to that as well, i want to get rid of that funky x-member i have!! Good luck on it though, let me know how it goes!!
that torque arm mount looks like it will bind like crazy when the suspension mover up and down. Not sure i like that.
I was thinking that too, but is it that different from running a poly bushing in the stock setup? A poly bushing in the clamshell mount on the transmission doesn't allow any deflection at all really, although I suppose the actual torque arm probably makes up for it and flexes more... Hmmm
Hi tylersb350,
How is your 8.8 holding out? I'm in the process of buying an 8.8 lsd this weekend to make fit my firebird. Any unexpected nasties i should watch out for?
Cheers
__________________ '86 Firebird 305ci - Manual trans
im gona try to tuck 325s too. my rear is a ford 8.8 but im running offset UMI double rod end LCAs. the rear is 1.5" longer than stock on each side so 3" total. i hope i dnt have to modify anything. i also made my own shorty adjustable TQ arm and it works great! car is a total animal.
to everyone running the MT streets how they workin? i want to get a set for the track and i dnt want to break my wallet. wat are your 60's and where did u buy from and how much?
that torque arm mount looks like it will bind like crazy when the suspension mover up and down. Not sure i like that.
+1, there is probably a good reason that the suspension feels rock solid in the back. If it works for you great, but that is some serious binding. You just turned a link into a mount.
Not sure it would really be described as "binding". Basically the end of the tourqe arm - the part that is mounted in the sway bar bushing - actually twists in relation to the "crossmember" he has welded in. So what ever you call it when something is trying to twist like the end of the tourqe arm will do as the suspention goes up and down, thats what its doing. The shortend tourqe arm increases the amount the end twists, or maybe I should say "rotates". So actually, the mount should allow a higher degree of rotation then the stock mount - witch is placed on the transmission - does. Thats why aftermarket tourqe arms have mounts that rotate parallel to the axles of the rear end.
with some decent grease anyplace where the metal contacts that bushing I'd bet that you couldn't get enough of a "bind" in any position that teh TA will actually go through in it's normal range of motion that you couldn't overcome it by hand (if it wasn't attached to the rear axle).
In situations that you get actual bind with poly bushings, it usually involves the flat surfaces on the sides of control arm bushings.
Especially since you say you're happy with it 
Your's looks plenty strong. Looks very very close to what I have in mind for mine, up until the forward mounting point. Then I am going to do something similar to this: 
