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Old Dec 31, 2004 | 07:58 PM
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i have researched all this and i come to find two brands, sphon and bmr. this will be for street/strip. which to get and where to get it from? thanks guys, yes i searched too but i couldnt find enough info for me
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Old Dec 31, 2004 | 08:07 PM
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Since you are lowered you probably want a tranny mount ta. You get what you pay for, and Spohn is the best imo. I stay away from anything with the letters "BMR". You will not hear about a Spohn part failing, but you could write a book on the posts about BMR problems. Spohn is a sponsor ------->
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Old Dec 31, 2004 | 09:13 PM
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i have some bmr things, just control arms and sfc's. no problems so far. how much is a sphon? ill try and look in the mean time
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Old Dec 31, 2004 | 09:42 PM
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goto www.swracecars.com and look under the camaro suspension . they have some nice parts
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Old Jan 1, 2005 | 08:16 AM
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Spohn get's my vote I have the tran's mount one and it's a great quality built torque arm a real heavy duty unit.
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Old Jan 1, 2005 | 09:42 AM
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damn its cheaper than bmr too, thats cool
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Old Jan 1, 2005 | 10:02 AM
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Spohn makes a nice piece.
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Old Jan 1, 2005 | 10:05 AM
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now i need a drive shaft, steel one for 470 rwhp, what do u guys think i should do about that?
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also, will the sphon bolt up to a 12 bolt rear?
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Originally Posted by WS6FirebirdTA00
also, will the sphon bolt up to a 12 bolt rear?
If your 12 bolt is set up for the stock TA then it will bolt oup just the same.

I'm PMing you...

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ok thats cool, i pmed you back. do i lose ground clearance with a chasis mount? why would that be better than a tranny mount?
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Chassis mount eliminates the pressure on the rear of the tranny tail shaft which tends to fail when you start nearing the 500hp range. It's just a much stronger set up.

Ground clearance is not an issue. I have this on mine and I'm lowered on Eibach Prokits. It's no lower than a set of LT headers and y-pipe which I see you already have.

You'd be much better off with the chassis mount.

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ok thanks ill get back to you next week like i said
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Chassis mount eliminates the pressure on the rear of the tranny tail shaft which tends to fail when you start nearing the 500hp range. It's just a much stronger set up.

Ground clearance is not an issue. I have this on mine and I'm lowered on Eibach Prokits. It's no lower than a set of LT headers and y-pipe which I see you already have.

You'd be much better off with the chassis mount.

What brand do you have? Any pics? My car is slammed and I know the Spohn chassis mount would have no chance of clearing, but I will want to get rid of my tranny mount Spohn when my 427 goes in.
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Originally Posted by 11 Bravo
What brand do you have? Any pics? My car is slammed and I know the Spohn chassis mount would have no chance of clearing, but I will want to get rid of my tranny mount Spohn when my 427 goes in.
How low is slammed?
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my y pipe is 4 inches off the ground, im jsut scared that it willbe lower than my ypipe or headers. anyone have measurements?
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I just ran out and measured. My chassis mounted Spohn TA (for long tubes) has about 3/4" more ground clearance than my y-pipe at it's lowest point and my Y is catted which is even lower than an ORY.

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i have an ory, do you remember the 2 measurements? i guess that would put my pipes the same, i have pacesetters but its tucked up more, might get qtps in the future. i just wana compair your 2 numbers to mine
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sorry for posting on your thread but i was planning on getting a spohn adj with a drive shaft loop and chassis mounting. my problem is that i have a lanes True dual exhaust and i was wondering if it would be a problem.
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