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Old 05-08-2009, 12:34 PM
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Let me Know what you guys think...

Just about finished building my new 9" ford housing. It was a bare strange housing w/backbrace, narrowed 8"

I made ALL the brackets, except the coil over brackets, and tigged it all together between two places because my tig welder broke.

So some beads are great others ehh... I have to buy a new machine now.....

Anyway, the torque arm mounts via two brakets to the housing, and has a slider up front with 4 IC pickup points. Ill take some pics of the torque arm later...




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That's somed very nice welds!! Good work. Do you have an alignment bar to see it it's moved any from the welding? Looks good and keep us posted on you progress....

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Thats some dam nice work man, good job!
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Very impressive. Nice work!!
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Looks good!
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Sweet!
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Thanks guys...

Here is the semi finished product. And the torque arm I made, with a slider.




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very nice, are you using the Fab9 as a model?
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Originally Posted by reject
very nice, are you using the Fab9 as a model?
Just for the Idea of attaching via brackets instead of the traditional bolted torque arm mount. This is alot easier since I wanted to make a new tq arm anyway. I dont have anything to copy so it was all make it, put it on a tranny jack @ ride height and take measurements, take it out make something, fit it back up.
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Looks great!
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That looks awesome. I wish I had the capability to weld like that. I can only MIG and I am horrible at it.
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great work, this is somthing I'm gona start on this year. Are the shock mounts going to be adjustable. I like you keep the slider mount, you have the mount for the TA started yet? pics.....

what housing brand is that?
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That is sharp. I'm going to have to get one for mine one of these days. Good work.




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