[Evaporate]

What are you F-body guys who are primarily streetcars and some autoX using for torque arms? Right now I'm stock. I have been bent on the idea of a global west trac link after the SOTP feel in a friend's car. But now I'm thinking a simple full length adjustable like the UMI 2205 should do the job without feeling too noticeable and noisy. What's your opinion?

[ws6transam]

It's fascinating how a little controversy will sometimes shake you out of the doldrums of inactivity.

+1 for the unbalanced engineering torque arm assembly. When I was running it at Memphis and Gingerman, the car was incredibly fun to drive fast. Someone recently resurrected an old thread on thirdgen.org about it and I got soundly flamed for being such a putz for actually using one (he even called me a mechanical idiot). It got me a bit miffed so I guess I need to get off my butt and do some actual driving again.

I'd like to hear what the latest techniques are for tuning it. I also need a new set of shocks front & rear - and could use suggestions. Swindle's custom valved Bilstein shocks, maybe? Are they still available?

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From what I remember about Global West, they make decent stuff and wouldn't be afraid to try it. However when choosing your torque arm, decide what's important: Street durability, Drag race hook, or road course/autocross performance. Let that drive your decision. Each company has experience in one, perhaps two of the three when creating their product.

This post has been edited by ws6transam: Jun 11 2013, 09:26 PM