how would I go about reinforcing my stock torque arm? What thickness sheet metal, what kind of sheet metal, where do I weld, etc. Anyone have a picture of a boxed/reinforced Torque arm?

 

when the NHRA stockers were still required to use "stock"
torque arms...they welded two together..
some welded Moly tubing to it..no pics..just what I remember seein'..
hope this helps..
Matt

 

I reinforced my original torque arm. I used a length of 1/4 thk x 2" flat bar and ran it for most of length of lower part of the arm. At same time I also relocated the front mount to the body.

 

How did you mount it to the car? If you have pic's please share them with me.

Thank you

 

Can someone explain how it works? I know it has something to do with exerting force downward to the ground through the tires... but how? =)

 

Hope some of yall have some pics!!!!!!

 

Heh... Both Jordon Musser and myself welded flat washers to the mounting holes and it works ... Haven't broken another stock arm - and it's been months!! <- it's a record

 

i'm under the impression that jordan has made all his passes on his original torque arm, adn rather than shell out ~$500 for an aftermarket one, I want to reinforce mine.

if his can take 500+ hp, it could certainly handle my measly $350 hp.

 

ANY PICS??

 

500+? More like 700rw I am planning on doing exactly what Shawn and Jordon did to their T/A myself.

Jason

 

I want to see pics of how folks moved their torque arm mount off the tranny....

I have some ideas.....but I'd like to see what others have done. I think slonomo did something like this to his once.

What I'd really like to see are pics and data on a 4th-gen stocker's setup....

 

Like I said up there. I too would like to see some pic's. I also have an idea of what I want to do but would like to see what others have done.

 

Sorry, no pics. What I did was lay the flat bar along the lower section of the arm and just tip it in which formed the "box". As far as the front mount set up. I just made up a couple brackets from flat stock I had and did what I had to to mount them to the body and then position the front location of the arm with the suspension at normal ride height.