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Old Jun 23, 2005 | 10:57 AM
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well post them up here, i ordered mine and i would really appreciate any help
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Old Jun 23, 2005 | 11:09 AM
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Originally Posted by WS6FirebirdTA00
well post them up here, i ordered mine and i would really appreciate any help
First BMR tells you the center holes put you at the stock mount location, not true, only the very top setting moves the mount up. The main reason I bought the thing was to move the mount up to keep my Spohn TA off my Y pipe. Luckily the top most mount gave me the clearance i needed.

Second, tighten the upper 2 TA mount bracket screws before installation, you can't get to them after the tranny mount is installed, you can still get the TA in and tighten the bottom 2 after the tranny mount is installed.

Be careful when taking the old tranny mount off, there is a wire loom pressed into the mount and if your not careful you can damage the wiring for the sensor (i believe it's the O2 sensor). I just popped it out with a small screw driver.

Also, you will need to get another bolt and nut for the Y pipe bracket, there are 2 and one of them is part on the old TA mount. I'm actually heading to home depot now to get one now.

Other than that it went right on and is a real nice piece. Hangs a tad bit too low but i guess it could be worse.

I'll take and post some pics later today
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Old Jun 23, 2005 | 11:12 AM
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do you ahve headers? if u do what kind? hopefully it wont go too low, but then again i would rather be careful on the street than launch and brake the transmission
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Old Jun 23, 2005 | 12:40 PM
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Originally Posted by WS6FirebirdTA00
do you ahve headers? if u do what kind? hopefully it wont go too low, but then again i would rather be careful on the street than launch and brake the transmission
no headers for now. I'm guessing it would be close as far as which is lower, the headers or the mount.
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Old Jun 23, 2005 | 01:43 PM
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from the sound of it my headers will hang lower, i think there is an inch difference between the headers and the mount if not more right now
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Old Jul 3, 2005 | 12:23 PM
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Originally Posted by ssPetess
I'll take and post some pics later today
I'd like to see
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Old Jul 3, 2005 | 12:43 PM
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i put mine on ill take pics later
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Old Jul 3, 2005 | 10:26 PM
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ill try to get pics tomorrow, i was quite disappointed being told by bmr that this hangs about the same as stock not a noriceable differernce. i have lost a half of an inch clearance now, 3.5 down to 3 inches. and this wasnt the lowest point before, its prob about 1.5 to 2 inches lower than stock. cant do nothing about it now though, just hot its not gonna hit on much.
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Old Jul 4, 2005 | 09:33 PM
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Originally Posted by WS6FirebirdTA00
ill try to get pics tomorrow, i was quite disappointed being told by bmr that this hangs about the same as stock not a noriceable differernce. i have lost a half of an inch clearance now, 3.5 down to 3 inches. and this wasnt the lowest point before, its prob about 1.5 to 2 inches lower than stock. cant do nothing about it now though, just hot its not gonna hit on much.
overall do you like the product? Have any pics yet?
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Old Jul 4, 2005 | 09:57 PM
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my comp is messed up so no pics yet. i like it but it really isnt adjsutable with a ypipe set up, i have to have it up all the way just to get it to barely clear my ypipe, the torque arm that is. looks like a good piece, really isnt adjsutable though. i do like getting the tq arm off the trans though.
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Old Jul 4, 2005 | 09:59 PM
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which Y pipe do you have?? I have a Mufflex Y with the big flowmaster merge so I will need all the room I can get
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Old Jul 4, 2005 | 10:19 PM
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i have the pacesetter, the torque arm is close to the pipe but its about how it was before maybe closer by a very small amount, if u dont hit now i dont see an issue, i dont have any banging so i think its ok
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Originally Posted by Bud M
I'd like to see
Sorry, I'll get them up soon. I need to resize them first.
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Old Jul 5, 2005 | 08:41 AM
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I would definately buy a crossmember TA. I did just to be safe. Plus it was the trak pack for $345 shipped to my door brand new from one of the sponsors.
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Old Jul 5, 2005 | 08:49 AM
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yeah its good insurance, but i dont see the adjustable on the bmr one since i cant go any lower than the highest setting. maybe with duals you can
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yea but the BMR trak pak doesn't come with a driveshaft loop correct?? Plus this crossmember can help with guys running TD's because they can't use a tunnel mount TA unless they do some fabbing. If I didn't go with this crossmember, I would go with a Spohn tunnel mount TA.
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ssPetess, do you like the crossmember??
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Old Jul 5, 2005 | 06:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Hardtop00SS
ssPetess, do you like the crossmember??
Yes I like it. Do yourself a favor, if you want to order one, order direct from BMR. I tried to save $5 by buying it from Thunder Racing and ended up waiting almost a month when I could have got it directly from BMR in under 2 weeks. I had the worst experience dealing with them.
Hangs a bit lower than it needs to but the quality is great. I had to buy it, my Spohn TA was hitting my Y pipe so I kinda killed 2 birds with one stone, although a pricey stone at over $240. The combination of my Spohn TA, BMR cross member, and new tranny mount made a decient upgrade, I wasn't like "Holy F#($" when it was done, but I could notice an improvement. Absolutely no wheel hop, even in reverse...
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did you have a spohn tunnel mounted TA?
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