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Old Dec 13, 2007 | 05:58 PM
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well i was tired of hearing how my car sounds for a few years and i want to put more pep in its step so i bought some lt's and was gonna do a true dual set up. but after looking at pics of other peoples that are dumped before the axle i didnt really like the universal x pipe look. plus the muflers i bought are 5 inches in diameter.. so there sent my ground clerance. so now i am doing true duals over the axle. i have almost all of my bends from stuff laying around the garage but to make things a little easier i would like to know if the stabilizer above the panhard bar was really necessary and the tunnel brace that is about a foot and a half south of the tranny crossmember was necessary. the tunnel brace could be modified to fit again but that is were my x pipe is going to be. when im done its almost going to be like the basanni true duals. but way cheaper
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Old Dec 13, 2007 | 07:13 PM
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no takers? sorry im impatiant ha
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Old Dec 13, 2007 | 07:35 PM
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So... what exactly are you wanting to know?
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Old Dec 13, 2007 | 09:28 PM
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im wondering if i can remove these 2 parts shown in the pictures and the car still go in a straight line down the road and not have and problems. mainly the first picture.

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Old Dec 14, 2007 | 11:24 PM
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1st pic, no. Second pic, yes, no problem.

What you call a stablizer might be able to be replaced with a custom brace, but I would avoid losing it entirely; a much stronger aftermarket panhard bar might change that answer, but you'd better bounce the idea off a chassis guy first. The bolted on tunnel brace can be left off with no issues.
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Old Dec 14, 2007 | 11:45 PM
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why can't you get yours to fit? mine fits fine, its tight, but it fits....i actually lost ground clearance and scrape like a bastard when i bought a torque arm setup for long tubes and i didn't even need the clearance
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Old Dec 15, 2007 | 07:42 AM
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You can buy an aftermarket panhard bar mount that is bent out of the way for true dual apps. check out our sponsors.
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Old Dec 15, 2007 | 11:50 AM
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in school we reinforced and custom bent stock panhard bar. wonder if it did anything.
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