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Old Feb 16, 2009 | 11:05 PM
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Which one is the best? Who is using what? I've got a Moser 12-bolt should they all fit it?
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http://www.bmrfabrication.com/
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Check out UMIPerformance great quality and price!
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Midwest Chassis
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Old Feb 19, 2009 | 12:16 PM
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Check out UMIPerformance great quality and price!

+1 great stuff
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kinda depends on what your doing,,,are you stock height? lowered? track or street?

I too have a M12, i am stock height, so my choice was the BMR non adjustable TA. (lowered cars need to be able to adjust the pinion angle) I do not plan on lowering and will see miminal track use, so no adjusments are needed for me. The BMR arm was on sale when i bought it,,,cant remember the price, but want to say it was less than 200 brand spanking new. You will need to find the current prices from whomever, i dont have those handy. I found it best to have the whole rear end on the floor when attaching the TA to the rear, so could get some good grab on those two top TA bolts. Then i put the whole rear with TA attached up and in (by myself i might add)You may have your rear already installed, and thats still do-able just takes some ingenuity with the proper tools to get theose two top bolts nice and tight,,,dont forget the super red locktite.
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Old Feb 19, 2009 | 09:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Bad Blue WS6
kinda depends on what your doing,,,are you stock height? lowered? track or street?

I too have a M12, i am stock height, so my choice was the BMR non adjustable TA. (lowered cars need to be able to adjust the pinion angle) I do not plan on lowering and will see miminal track use, so no adjusments are needed for me. The BMR arm was on sale when i bought it,,,cant remember the price, but want to say it was less than 200 brand spanking new. You will need to find the current prices from whomever, i dont have those handy. I found it best to have the whole rear end on the floor when attaching the TA to the rear, so could get some good grab on those two top TA bolts. Then i put the whole rear with TA attached up and in (by myself i might add)You may have your rear already installed, and thats still do-able just takes some ingenuity with the proper tools to get theose two top bolts nice and tight,,,dont forget the super red locktite.
sounds good. that's the exact problem i had, but i had a stock arm on it. the two top bolts came out and all down hill from there. car is stock height and also no plans to lower cuz i'm trying to go with wider wheels. when weather gets better i plan on being at the track all the time. i was looking at a spohn torque arm that mounts on the tunnel brace.
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I like the Spohn products. I have one of there TA's going in when I swap my 12 bolt in.
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Get BMRs transmission cross member with the torque arm mount.
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I am happy with my UMI nonadjustable. You may need
adjustability if the Moser offsets the mounting relative
to stock.

Beware of the "short bolt pulls out" problem on some
of the aftermarket diffs. If you have blind bolts that
don't go all the way through to a keeper nut, then
you want to probably run a bottoming tap all down
all the holes, and get high grade bolts which you can
end-grind to use the entire threaded depth. Check
the Gears & Axles section for stuff on this.
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get a bmr adjustable with the bmr crossmember..

spohn tq arms , i dont like. i had one, it bent on me, yes it was chromoly
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Originally Posted by sway99bird
Originally Posted by daryn c
get a bmr adjustable with the bmr crossmember..
spohn tq arms , i dont like. i had one, it bent on me, yes it was chromoly
Thanks for the recommendations guys

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BMR, UMI. just flip a quarter
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whats the advantage/disadvantage of short vs. long torque arms.
i.e. drag vs. handling
thanks
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Originally Posted by rholdcroft99
whats the advantage/disadvantage of short vs. long torque arms.
i.e. drag vs. handling
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It's not a terribly complicated subject but one that can have lots of variables.

If you would like to give me a call here at the office I can go over the best options available for your particular application. Lots of things get lost in translation on the boards......
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Originally Posted by rholdcroft99
whats the advantage/disadvantage of short vs. long torque arms.
i.e. drag vs. handling
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well if you sit down and looked at it you would notice that the trans mounted
TA vs the shorter crossmember mounted TA is almost a foot difference i think..

high hp applications= longer tourque arm
low hp= short / crossmember mounted

thats just how i see it
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Old Mar 4, 2009 | 12:25 AM
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thanks for all the suggestions i went ahead and ordered the UMI Adjustable trans mount unit, and a new tranny mount

Last edited by nasty_ss; Mar 8, 2009 at 10:57 PM.
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Old Mar 4, 2009 | 10:59 AM
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I had a spohn on my 93 T/A and really liked it, I would buy one again.
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Old Mar 4, 2009 | 11:13 AM
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what about the madman piece, i know it is spendy but its adjustability is incredible
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