1SLO6

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I wanted to know if anyone is running the TA rear end girdle and seen some good results in terms of hard launches. Any feedback is good wanted to know if it was work the $160.00. What is the difference between the TA cover that you normally buy, and the one that Summit sells for our f-body 10 bolts.

ngozer

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i've been thinking of getting the summitt one also for my 10 bolt.

Mean Machine

some say its a waste of $, other's say it's useful. i have a TA with the stud kit. if nothing else, it makes fluid changes easier. i had a summit cover, and i thought the hardware that came with it was a pita to use.

mcflyz28

it looks good on my whining rear end.

z2802sunsetls1

i have the t/a grill with the bolt kit, so far so good with my 4.10s they say it helps but who knows im sure anything will help these weak 10 bolts

samz28

i've seen a zexel spit bolts out of the TA girdle, was doing about 10mph riding in the car when it happend.


Lol. you're dreamin if you think the TA will help the rear end much. It's the zexel that breaks which then can ruin your purty TA girdle.

02SSZ7D

put one on when i had my 323's changed to 373's, haven't seen it or thought about it since

KGSloan

they're nice covers, and they make fluid changes easier, but i think that's about all you get from them. if you really think that this is going to keep you from breaking your rear end your dreaming. it could help, but it's kind of like the smooth belows, it's not really going to do anything. my $.02. if you're gonna put money in a rear end, save up for a 12-bolt. the 10-bolt is not worth putting a singe penny into.

BadAndy

Yeah Sam, I have your Brother's T/A cover that the bolt blew a hole in . iTS ALL WELDED BACK UP NOW., BUT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS A PRETTY SERIOUS HOLE :JEST:

kossuth

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"In theory" It helps stiffen the case but other things are likely to fail first. Now if you are dead set of strengthing the 10 bolt like I was in my S10 then about the only thing you can do is weld the tubes put in a crush sleeve eliminator and pray. One of the big enemies of the 10 bolt is the differential, ring and pinion combo depending on ratios, and case distortion.

1ScrudeDude

Just get a 12 bolt or 9"......

BadAndy

You make it sound so simple

samz28

(OT) andy where can one drag race around here without waiting an hour in line. I need to see if the #'s can back up some decent runs and learn to launch my auto

any 1/8ths open right now?

BadAndy

I believe Dallas is open. Commerce should open this month, I think.

samz28

cool. Lemme know when ya going up there. I need to find a helmet on the low low. know anyone? I prefer to hang in packs, so at least someone has a AAA+ card in case something goes boom. But i got efilive 6.3 if you ever wanna make some runs and log whats going on it's quite badass how fast you can sample and see whats really happening when you drop the hammer.. Before bille fixed up the ecu/kmember, i'd see about 1 degree KR from the headers tapping the kmember on a hard launch.

i can imagine ever ricer known to man will bombard commerce. I can understand maybe 10 runs in a night (5 hrs) but i'll be damned if i'm gonna drive 1.2 hrs each way to SDR then make 4 passes, then drive home. That would suck


sorry bout hijacking your thread buddy.

TA girdle's look cool if its any consolation.

1BATA

If nothing else, they make the rear end look better. That is really the only reason I bought it.

4mula1

It strengthens the bearing caps a little bit