SPEEDYws6

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Well, I decided to drive the car out to Red River Raceway (110+ miles one way) Friday night to make a few passes. My third pass I dumped the clutch at 6k and it came out of the hole as good as it will being under geared, the pass is going good until I get on the big end and I start hearing some weird noises. So I let off the gas and look up in the mirror and smoke is blowing out the back off the car really thick and i knew it was cutting down a tire. So I get the car slowed down and pull over and the see the rear end shifted to the back of the car and the tires against the rear bumper. So i drive it back to the pits and find the torque arm bent, and my brand new tires ruined.




So my buddy drove his race car home, and we put my car on his trailer.

Dave88z

Did the torque arm actualy break off of the rear? What brand and 60" do you pull?

02NBMWS6

iTrader: (22)

that sucks man..

how did the rear go back? wouldnt the shock shove it forward? do you have any more pics?

tim99ws6

iTrader: (31)

is it just me, or is that TA on upside down?! It's definately a Random Tech TA, but I am almost positive that my car(also a random tech TA) is on the other way....

SPEEDYws6

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No, nothing broke, it just bent the lower brace, and let the pinion angle go way+ which let the rear roll back. I'll take more pics, the camera died on the last pic.

It cuts 1.6's just about every pass, I'll dump it a 6k and it will bog pretty bad cause I need to change gears. The suspension was completely stock except for LCA's, torque arm (random technology), and torque arm relocation tranny mount. And I haven't made a pass on the bottle in almost a year.

CamTom12

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That SUCKS, Speedy!

Glad you saw this, Tim...

Time for an UMI?

SPEEDYws6

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Well, the pinion angle adjuster goes on the bottom, like it is in the pics, so it was on correctly

tim99ws6

iTrader: (31)

Not a chance in hell. There are alot of seriously fast cars that run the random tech TA with success. I am in no way interested in succoming to a short-style TA; i just don't agree with the physics behind it with "low" hp setups like mine. Looks like a case of just some bad luck Speedy, sorry to see this happen, but i'm sure you'll be back in no time!

SPEEDYws6

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I already gave thunder racing a call, I'm gonna set up an appointment later to get madman's TA installed. I hate having to do things twice...

CamTom12

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They make an adjustable long one, too.

In fact, that's what I was referring to, haha

Frans96SS

iTrader: (15)

BMR EXTREME DUTY ...... and forget about it... my car was cutting 1.46 on drag radials with it....

UMI Performance

iTrader: (77)

Well we do not only make short torque arms... we also make the long stock length like your Random Technology... so it depends on your set-up and power to determine what arm you need.

We just installed our short length arm on a lmid-ow 10 second car, we actually replaced the long Random Technology with it. The car went from 1.6 60's to 1.4's. It worked excellent on that car.

Thanks,
Ryan

SiL3NtXWS6

iTrader: (17)

the bmr xtreme duty T/A is a bad bitch.

UMI Performance

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Thanks Cameron, guess you beat me to that

SPEEDYws6

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I agree, it was bad luck. There are to many cars running alot faster than me cutting much better 60' without any problems out of that TA. I've got bigger plans for the car later though, so I'm just gonna go all out this time.

kp

iTrader: (34)

1.27-1.30 60's here with pretty much the same setup except and auto @ 3450 lbs.. I have over 300 passes on the thing and I hate seeing something like that since that could be me. You have a moser 12bolt and did it lose the bolts on the bracket?

SPEEDYws6

iTrader: (9)

Nope, I have a 9".

From looking at other TA designs it looks like this is why alot of them are braced with a plate rather than bars.

patriotformula

iTrader: (28)

Your just lucky something stupid didnt happen with your driveshaft at the big end when your rearend shifted like that... I hate when stuff breaks at highspeeds like that. Best of luck

SlickVert

iTrader: (5)

Now you’re talking!
Madman’s arm has proven it's self!
Just order one also.
Brain has the best customer service in the business.
Be careful, or you will be on the bumper soon.
Bob

patriotformula

iTrader: (28)

ehhh... bumpers are cheap lol.