Why can't a Mustang run a torque arm?

$2500 brakes are okay, but a $75 control arm... well, that's outside the intent of CMC... I know, the Mustang boys can't replace their upper control arms because the rules were written by a bunch of GM guys who didn't think about that because they had a superior platform with a torque arm already and they don't have upper arms...

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Originally Posted by marshall_mosty

$2500 brakes are okay, but a $75 control arm... well, that's outside the intent of CMC... I know, the Mustang boys can't replace their upper control arms because the rules were written by a bunch of GM guys who didn't think about that because they had a superior platform with a torque arm already and they don't have upper arms...

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You really don't know who wrote the CMC rules do you?
I do, and they all drove Fords. Don Trask is the only exception I know of.

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LMFAO!

jb

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Originally Posted by GlennCMC70

You really don't know who wrote the CMC rules do you?
I do, and they all drove Fords. Don Trask is the only exception I know of.

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"Drove".....they have all since switched to GM.

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Originally Posted by GlennCMC70

You really don't know who wrote the CMC rules do you?
I do, and they all drove Fords. Don Trask is the only exception I know of.

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I really didn't know... My statement was a poke that it could be viewed as biased that the Mustang's are the only platform with upper rear control arms, but they were excluded from the list of allowed modifications (no good reason why)... I speculated (ASSumed) that the rules were written by 4th gen guys... But it was just a poke.

Why do we assume the Mustang would be faster than the Camaro with a torque arm added? Is it because the GM unit is a POS?

JJ

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Originally Posted by ShadowBolt

Why do we assume the Mustang would be faster than the Camaro with a torque arm added? Is it because the GM unit is a POS?

JJ

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Faster than what? Faster than a 4th gen? or faster than it is? My answer to both is yes.

Jerry/Michael

Tell you what ... you want to find out if all this is banter is rhetoric or truth, I have a couple stock, factory torque arms just like came on a Camaro hanging in my storage shed.
You are wlecome to them to put this to rest once and for all. At this point, its all just guess work and speculation.

Being as this is such a contraversial and sensitive subject, I'm sure the powers that be would allow you two guys to adapt a factory torque arm and run a series of tests just to see.


But again, the whole point of this thread is to find a solution to damaging a suspension mount on the floor pan. So taking a 3' lever and replacing it with a 5' lever probably isn't the answer you are looking for.

But, you are welcome to them in the name of getting to the truth.

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Originally Posted by mitchntx

Jerry/Michael

Tell you what ... you want to find out if all this is banter is rhetoric or truth, I have a couple stock, factory torque arms just like came on a Camaro hanging in my storage shed.
You are wlecome to them to put this to rest once and for all. At this point, its all just guess work and speculation.

Being as this is such a contraversial and sensitive subject, I'm sure the powers that be would allow you two guys to adapt a factory torque arm and run a series of tests just to see.


But again, the whole point of this thread is to find a solution to damaging a suspension mount on the floor pan. So taking a 3' lever and replacing it with a 5' lever probably isn't the answer you are looking for.

But, you are welcome to them in the name of getting to the truth.

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I really like your idea Mitch. Never looked at the GM unit so I don't know how much of a job it would be. One thing though......it would not be replacing a 3' lever with a 5' but replacing a 1' lever (the stock upper is barely a foot long.

JJ