just bought an 82 trans am ws6 the car has less than 100,000 miles on it and the stock tranny blew up the bell housing is in 15 pieces. I am putting a turbo 350 tranny back in its place but i cant get the bracket for the torque arm to bolt to the new tranny so i was wondering if i could do away with the torque arm and just put traction bars on it.

 

no, you need the torque arm.

th other option would be to use the traction/lift bars that lakewood uses, but they are not the best design and are weak in places.

you need something like this
http://www.umiperformance.com/2230?category_id=171
or this
http://www.umiperformance.com/2214?category_id=114

 

thanks that is really helpfull i was told that they quit makin it.

 

making what?

 

The torque arm bracket. summit told me that hurst was the last to make it and when they merged with B&M they quit makin it.

 

well thats just their bracket, there are many companies that make aftermarket mounts, cross members mounts, torque arms, and the rest of the 3rd gen suspension parts.

UMI, Spohn, BMR, Racecraft, for instance.

 

Hello
Thanks for the recommendation! UMI Performance offers a wide variety of suspension parts! Below is a link to show you what all we have to offer!

http://www.umiperformance.com/82-92fbody

If you have any other questions feel free to ask and I will be more than glad to help!
Thanks
Brad

 

What all is in volved when changing the tranny to a 350 turbo I think i might have to get a different driveshaft.

 

you need the crossmember and a driveshaft. Maybe adapting the speedo sender. Not sure about the detent cable

 

Hello, we have the crossmember that you are looking for. It will relocate your torque arm to the crossmember. The torque arm suspension is an excellent system for daily driving or any kind of racing that you might want to do. We also have driveshafts and any other suspension pieces that you might need. Here is a link to our site. If you have any questions please give me a call.

http://www.bmrfabrication.com/F3.htm