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Old Apr 17, 2005 | 07:58 PM
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A buddy of mine gave it to me for Free. I jsut dont know who makes it. Sorry if the pictures suck. I took them with my phone.
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Old Apr 17, 2005 | 09:27 PM
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Looks homegrown to me.
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Old Apr 18, 2005 | 01:57 AM
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The tubing and finish remind me of Kenny Brown. Have you checked their site?
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Old Apr 19, 2005 | 08:34 PM
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yep, homemade.

looks nice to me.
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Old Apr 20, 2005 | 09:37 AM
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Old Apr 20, 2005 | 12:09 PM
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Originally Posted by SSCamaro99_3
Can you please delete your link. That is not even close. It's like saying a firebird is similar to a yugo. They both may have 4 wheels, but similar, they are not.

That pic in the first post is just a regular torque arm, but shorter and poorly designed. They did not even account for the arm to move forward and backward.
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Old Apr 20, 2005 | 03:01 PM
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That pic in the first post is just a regular torque arm, but shorter and poorly designed. They did not even account for the arm to move forward and backward.
Hmm, neither does my Madman. Guess it's junk.

What I don't like is that it had no adjustability. That's just not cool
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Old Apr 21, 2005 | 09:44 AM
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Originally Posted by JasonWW
Can you please delete your link. That is not even close. It's like saying a firebird is similar to a yugo. They both may have 4 wheels, but similar, they are not.

That pic in the first post is just a regular torque arm, but shorter and poorly designed. They did not even account for the arm to move forward and backward.
Upon further review.....I suck.
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Well the torque arm is adjustable. I think I'll try and run it for a little bit till i can save up for a new one. 2 people i know ran it and said it was ok. I have a TH400 to go in so i need this type.
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Originally Posted by SSCamaro99_3
Upon further review.....I suck.
Dude, no worries. You can just delete what you said, I'll delete my response and you'll look like a genius.
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Well the torque arm is adjustable. I think I'll try and run it for a little bit till i can save up for a new one. 2 people i know ran it and said it was ok. I have a TH400 to go in so i need this type.
I think I do see an adjustment link on the bottom arm.

I'm still trying to figure out how it mounts under the car.
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Originally Posted by mongse
I think I do see an adjustment link on the bottom arm.

I'm still trying to figure out how it mounts under the car.
The link you see is to adjust the pinion angle. It apears to mount using the crossmember bolt holes.

The thing about the f-body rear suspension design is that the torque arm needs to slide forward and backward under cornering. I'm guessing this homemade one is getting by through using the slack in the LCA bushings as well as the front pivot bushing. If the LCA bushings were poly, the rear of the car wouldn't want to lean due to the binding and it would slide all over the place. A very dangerous thing to happen.
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Old Apr 21, 2005 | 11:52 AM
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It's made by HP Motorsports out of Nebraska. The extra brace will cause alot of clunking noises. A friend of mine had one 6 years ago and it was junk.
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