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Old Sep 14, 2005 | 01:46 PM
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Full bolt on LS1 with a 150 shot of Nitrous 12bolt rear and 3.73, LCA, SFC, Rear Sway bar........

What torque arm should i get

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Old Sep 14, 2005 | 02:55 PM
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spohn chassis mount with integrated driveshaft loop
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if you want to run true duals with an x pipe in the future, or are running that now... get a BMR or random tech adjustable arm.
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Old Sep 14, 2005 | 07:20 PM
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Madman or Wolfe is my vote. You won't ever have to upgrade again.
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Old Sep 14, 2005 | 07:50 PM
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Of all the chassis comps, I feel the SLP adjustable H/D torque arm is a good piece, and helped to eliminate my wheel hop
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Old Sep 14, 2005 | 07:58 PM
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Old Sep 14, 2005 | 08:11 PM
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I went with a Spohn also since i know a cetain low 8 sec car using it with no problems........ so why not.

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Old Sep 14, 2005 | 08:35 PM
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Originally Posted by imslow
if you want to run true duals with an x pipe in the future, or are running that now... get a BMR or random tech adjustable arm.
yeah they will fit, but they are trans mounted. chassis mount TAs are known to be better. Alston is a good choice for duals and is chassis mounted.
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I look how the UMI setup looks. Very tough looking.
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With a 12 Bolt the ONLY way to go is Madman & Co. Racing...Brian's torque arm is nearly indestructable and the majority of all the fastest Fbody's in the country are using it.
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Old Sep 14, 2005 | 11:51 PM
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Another vote for Madman from me. I plan to be making about 1600 hp at the wheels and i'm going with his.
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Originally Posted by mdblackz28
yeah they will fit, but they are trans mounted. chassis mount TAs are known to be better. Alston is a good choice for duals and is chassis mounted.
For the full length adjustable torque arms we offer a torque arm relocation bracket to remove the stress off the transmission tail housing http://www.bmrfabrication.com/misc/TCC006.jpg If you are wanting a more serious torque arm we offer our extreme torque arm, it connects directly to the subframe connectors for maximum strength http://www.bmrfabrication.com/Xtreme/XTA001.jpg this is the same torque arm in Rick Heads twin turbo 3rd gen camaro. His car has run a best of 7.66@186 on drag radials If you have any questions please feel free to email me or just give me a call..

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Old Sep 15, 2005 | 10:47 AM
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If the Naperville you live in is Naperville, IL I wouldn't hesitate to give Jay @ Billingsley Racing a call and have him Fabricate up a Torque Arm for you. He did mine, and I'm very pleased with it.

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Billinglsey also did mine very nice piece.
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I have had pretty good luck with the BMR trans crossmember/torque arm relocation mount and a random tech torque arm. No ground clearance issues, no exhaust clearance issus, just as quiet as stock, seems to be holding up fine with 100 passes so far and several 1.39x 60's and a 3300lb car, depends how fast you plan on going..
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Originally Posted by mdblackz28
yeah they will fit, but they are trans mounted. chassis mount TAs are known to be better. Alston is a good choice for duals and is chassis mounted.
would i buy bmrs ta only if i was going with some kind of x? i know itll work with my y but is there a better choice?
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can someone give me a link to the alston TA?

I just blew away my little Edelbrock TA this past weekend. I am running TD's, a 9", and making about 430. I'm on a hoosier slick. Will both the BMR and the Alston definately hold up to 5k+ clutch dumps????!!!
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UMI also makes a trans mounted torque arm that will fit with duals, and will be coming out with a re-location brace for it soon.
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Originally Posted by tim99ws6
can someone give me a link to the alston TA?

I just blew away my little Edelbrock TA this past weekend. I am running TD's, a 9", and making about 430. I'm on a hoosier slick. Will both the BMR and the Alston definately hold up to 5k+ clutch dumps????!!!
Ours will take the abuse no problem!!

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Old Sep 19, 2005 | 10:37 AM
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I've had good results with the Random Tech TA. The 9-second Camaro that runs out of the School of Automotive Machinists in Texas uses a Rando Tech TA, so I figured it would be fine for my car-- and it has been.
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