Best f-body chassis mount tq arm

Spohn is a high-quality piece, Chris. Its the one I'm getting with my 12-bolt and I'd suggest it to you. Fit very much
good on my buddy's car.

CamTom12 said:

Spohn is a high-quality piece, Chris. Its the one I'm getting with my 12-bolt and I'd suggest it to you. Fit very much
good on my buddy's car.

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What I like about the Spohn other than the bolt in factor is the driveshaft loop and the fact the crossbar dips to clear the Y pipe, as mine hangs pretty low under there.

I had a buddy of mine build his own spohn replica. It came out pretty nice and he made it so it is fully adjustable. If you wanna check it out http://dragracedevils.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=229&=spohn

Spohn :thumbsup:

oh, Chris...

You're going to get a lot more vibrations/road noise with it mounted to the chassis, just so you know :evil4:

CamTom12 said:

oh, Chris...

You're going to get a lot more vibrations/road noise with it mounted to the chassis, just so you know :evil4:

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That's the price to pay. With a non-daily driver its much less of an issue. THe poly trans mount already added quite a bit of vibration.

oh I know. I love my poly tranny mount! The car feels a whole lot tighter (and you can watch the body shake with cam lope, hehehe)

Hello Members,

We just released our tunnel brace mounted arm if you would like to check it out. There is no noise issues or vibrations with this set up. There is an error on the one item on our site but I having it fixed tonight so I apologize.

http://www.umiperformance.com/SearchResult.aspx?CategoryID=43

Regards,
Ryan

That's a nice looking piece Ryan. How is the clearence on it?

i was probably going to go with the umi when i get one. i got some lca's from them and they are excellent quality. any clue how that may fit with a 9 inch ryan? i know there is some fab invloved with getting a spohn or a bmr to fit, so i assume its the same with yours. weather there is or isnt ill still be buying from umi when its time.

gettinthere said:

That's a nice looking piece Ryan. How is the clearence on it?

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Thank you, Clearance is good depending on what exhaust is being ran. The Kooks system and stock will have no issues seeing then can run our straight cross member.

I do no that not everybody is running the Kooks set-up and hardly any still using the stock y-pipe so you would then have to go with our drop down design. On a lowered car there may be some slight scrapping, on a stock height car there should be no issues. We built the drop down cross member to fit as tight as possible yet still have appropriate y-pipe clearance. The drop down cross brace will even clear with the TSP y-pipe.

GriffZ28350 said:

i was probably going to go with the umi when i get one. i got some lca's from them and they are excellent quality. any clue how that may fit with a 9 inch ryan? i know there is some fab invloved with getting a spohn or a bmr to fit, so i assume its the same with yours. weather there is or isnt ill still be buying from umi when its time.

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There might be some slight grinding on the rear for the 9", This I have not had the chance to try yet to be honest. It will bolt up to 12-bolts just fine. As soon as I know the answer I will post it, I am sure to try it out soon.

I apprecaite the business and we will be sure to treat you right.

Regards,
Ryan

UMI Performance said:

Thank you, Clearance is good depending on what exhaust is being ran. The Kooks system and stock will have no issues seeing then can run our straight cross member.

I do no that not everybody is running the Kooks set-up and hardly any still using the stock y-pipe so you would then have to go with our drop down design. On a lowered car there may be some slight scrapping, on a stock height car there should be no issues. We built the drop down cross member to fit as tight as possible yet still have appropriate y-pipe clearance. The drop down cross brace will even clear with the TSP y-pipe.

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Cool. I have Kook's and my front is dropped 1.25". I should be fine then.

UMI Performance said:

There might be some slight grinding on the rear for the 9", This I have not had the chance to try yet to be honest. It will bolt up to 12-bolts just fine. As soon as I know the answer I will post it, I am sure to try it out soon.

I apprecaite the business and we will be sure to treat you right.

Regards,
Ryan

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you guys need a car for test fit?? lol. ill also be in the market for some upper and lower a-arms soon, so you'll be hearing from me.

I order a BMR adjustable TA. I can't wait to get it in.

I wish us true-dual exhaust guys had more options as far as chassis-mounted torque arms. Right now I have the stocker on the car, but I have an alston tq arm in the garage waiting to be installed (waiting to do it at the same time as the 9").

You can make the BMR bolt in. Just weld on brackets to your SFCs, then weld some on to the cross member for the torque arm, then bolt them together. That is what my friend and I have done.

the 2 best TQ arms out there are the BMR Extreme which mounts to a supplied crossbar that ties into your SFCs wich adds additional rigidity and the Spohn Tunnel brace mounted CM TQ arm. both are adjustable and made with CM. im not sure if Spohn is still offering the TQ arm that mounts to the tranny crossmember but if he still is that is not to good of a design as the crossmember flexes under acceleration eventually leading to the cars actual frame rails to wear and seperate (crack) at the corners along the crossmember mounting point. a video of this flexing was released on ThirdGen.org you just have to search for it.