Quick Performance 9" - MWC Pro Torque Arm Install
Finally bit the bullet and bought the MWC Pro Arm, should have done this the first time. Never enough money to do it right but always enough to do it over.
I purchased the Arm, the tabs and the front link, I fabricated my own crossmember.
I am happy with the install and hopefully it removes the clunking I had with the old arm. ( the bad clunking ended up being my panhard bar which was spohn too.. I replaced with a MWC and no more noise!)
My only reservation is I currently have 1.5' driveshaft angle which is what I was running before so should be fine, but not much more adjustment so if I need more will have to figure that out..
Is the front link to the top hole - think this shortens my IC compared to the Spohn so we will see how that reacts.
So here we go.. ( no comments on my welding please)
It is at least 14k gold under that powder coating I think...
I started with the bottom of the differential.
The MWC rearend is flat where the tabs mount, the QP is rounded.
I added some material to one of the tabs so they would be the same position.
I should have mounted them to a piece of angle like I did the top mount so see those pics and try that.
I cut off both stock tabs and mounted the inner tab to the outside of the outer bracket weld. This gave me clearance to driveshaft and tunnel
laid out my tabs on the crossmember and welded - if you buy their crossmember you probably want to start there and align tabs on bottom of diff
Then the upper tabs - I removed the gas tank and did it all from up top...
Welded them to a piece of angle and then cut a leg off to get a nice level mount on the rearend
Again I cut off both tabs and ended up welding on top of the outboard weld to get alignment
And some pics of overall clearance and alignment
Last edited by JimTA; Oct 18, 2020 at 05:54 PM. Reason: UPDATE
My Spohn arm and adapter is about 33 pounds, which is too much, need to do something different. Thanks!
My Spohn arm and adapter is about 33 pounds, which is too much, need to do something different. Thanks!
It did indeed take care of popping when moving around the driveway and low speeds and now has plenty of space in the tunnel. I still have a significant thunk when changing gears with no load. Not sure yet if that is the front pivot link or the driveshaft, feels like it is in the floor so guessing the pivot link. My shifts are pretty harsh though so that doesn't help.
Finally bit the bullet and bought the MWC Pro Arm, should have done this the first time. Never enough money to do it right but always enough to do it over.
I purchased the Arm, the tabs and the front link, I fabricated my own crossmember.
I am happy with the install and hopefully it removes the clunking I had with the old arm.
My only reservation is I currently have 1.5' driveshaft angle which is what I was running before so should be fine, but not much more adjustment so if I need more will have to figure that out..
Is the front link to the top hole - think this shortens my IC compared to the Spohn so we will see how that reacts.
So here we go.. ( no comments on my welding please)
It is at least 14k gold under that powder coating I think...
I started with the bottom of the differential.
The MWC rearend is flat where the tabs mount, the QP is rounded.
I added some material to one of the tabs so they would be the same position.
I should have mounted them to a piece of angle like I did the top mount so see those pics and try that.
I cut off both stock tabs and mounted the inner tab to the outside of the outer bracket weld. This gave me clearance to driveshaft and tunnel
laid out my tabs on the crossmember and welded - if you buy their crossmember you probably want to start there and align tabs on bottom of diff
Then the upper tabs - I removed the gas tank and did it all from up top...
Welded them to a piece of angle and then cut a leg off to get a nice level mount on the rearend
Again I cut off both tabs and ended up welding on top of the outboard weld to get alignment
And some pics of overall clearance and alignment
All in with torque arm came to about $3000 so not bad, cheaper than some alternatives although if I had it to do again I might go with the Strange 12 bolt as I think you avoid some of these hassles.
All in with torque arm came to about $3000 so not bad, cheaper than some alternatives although if I had it to do again I might go with the Strange 12 bolt as I think you avoid some of these hassles.
Don't forget our fabricated packages start at around $3000 and no extra work in making a good torque arm to fit as we do it for you and use all Strange components.
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