MustangEater82

lets jsutu say I took the torque arm and welded some boxed metal to it.... woudl strentghening the rigidity(sp?) of the torque arm thsi way be useful in Autocrossing or drag launches.


I had my car up on a lift when I got my exhasut installed, and noticed my stocker was cracked.

Must have been the insane amount of torque from the 3.4L.

teke184

i've been planning to do this same thing for sevral years. i am gonna look into it when finally get my car to NY to my dad's shop so i can use his welder. i was gonna look into adding material to the bracket that bolts to the differential housing as well to strenghten that.

i'm familiar with your setup from the "florida forum" and i was wondering if you had a poly torque arm bushing? i got a noticable improvement when i installed mine. the old tires i had on the car would spin like mad and cause a little shudder (already had lca's). this was eliminated with the bushing and i notice NO increase in vibration inside either...just thought i'd mention it...

MustangEater82

Actually I do have one... got it installed for free... since had would have it out, while my tranny/clutch were getting replaced... Tranny guy had no idea what he was getting himself into when he said sure I'll install it no charge

I noticed a difference, gave me more 2.0XX then usual I wouldlhave a few but most 2.1X. I think its worthwhile, and mine was only $4.95, main reason I even picked it up was if my order was over $200 I woudl get $10 off, and the poly torque arm bushing put me over the top, figure, worse case I could sell it to someone if Inever got around to installing it.

mitchntx

Some take a 2nd stock unit, cut off the ends and sandwich and weld the 2 together.

Looks stock and there are no DS clearance issues

teke184

you know, i've seen you post about needing a replacement torque arm, as far as i know the ta is the same from the 3rd gens through the 4th gens. i would t hink you could find a wrecked up 3rd gen in one of the central fl junk yards...

jsut a thought

MustangEater82

yeha I was thining the same thing I know drivshafts are the same... My expereince with central FL junkyards has been bad, they basically like to waaaay over charge for stuff... I miss my U-Pullits in Ft. Lauderdale

I like the idea of welding 2 together...

teke184

were is there a U-pull it ??? in lauderdale? i live in the keys and wouldn't mind checkin out the yard next time i'm up in lauderdale. in case i need some parts in the future...
thanks

MustangEater82

its off 441, and south of the turnpike, a bunch of turns, I cannpt give good directions, but I could get there if I had to.

No 4th gens, but maybe 20 3rd gens, and they would lose 5 and gain 5 every week

jakef2003

If I can find it, I have a stock TQ Arm you can have, all you have to do is pay shipping. But, the mount for the rear end is DESTROYED. Let me know if you want it, and I will try and find it.

MustangEater82

Don't worry about it for me... I found a torque arm locally... I am sure with my expereince of sway bar shipping, it ain't cheap.

Either way putitng mods on hold at the moment I am having some oil leaking issures, coudl be my sending unit, or worse the entire unit where the oil filter attaches to the block.