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Old 08-10-2008, 10:23 PM
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spohn torque arm adjustment.

Weird question which is confusing me is that it says to get the pinion angle you need to take the driveshaft angle and subtract it from the torque arm angle.

If lets say the driveshaft is 0 and the torqe arm is -1 is that 0- (-1) which is positive?

Im not sure but my car is spinning horrificly off the line. I have drag shocks in the back mickey thompsons dr's lca and the torque arm. If its the way i just said i think im actually a positive 2* on my pinion angle which will cause the spin right?

Im trying to understand how could i be spinning halfway through second
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Re: spohn torque arm adjustment.

Here is a vid off of BMR website will show how to set it, http://www.bmrtvonline.com/video_detail.php?mId=3788
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Re: spohn torque arm adjustment.

so actually im at a -2* then. so i have no idea why i spin so horrific

only other things are my lca relocation brackets arent in. i dont know how much that helps.

Then there is my tire pressure. I have it at 21 psi which probably i need to go down to like 17psi

BTW great vid tony
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Re: spohn torque arm adjustment.

What's your 60" at?
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Re: spohn torque arm adjustment.

You just need those relocators in there. I did pretty well all the suspesion work to get my car to hook for 9's. I put the 305 back in running 14.4's and it now hooks on street tires pulling 1.8 60' times, let alone the 1.44 60' the good motor has done.
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Re: spohn torque arm adjustment.

Ya i just put them in we will see what happens this friday
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Re: spohn torque arm adjustment.

Originally Posted by fast82z
You just need those relocators in there. I did pretty well all the suspesion work to get my car to hook for 9's. I put the 305 back in running 14.4's and it now hooks on street tires pulling 1.8 60' times, let alone the 1.44 60' the good motor has done.
Want to go over your suspension setup kind of curious what you need to do to hook with street tires on a 1.8 60"?
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Re: spohn torque arm adjustment.

I have it all at: http://timeslips.fbody.com/fast82Z I was amazed also when I did that last year.
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Re: spohn torque arm adjustment.

a car with not much power and a low stall.

lol really idk im tryint to get this stupid thing hookin hard


EDIT: i have almost all that you do except the front drag springs and shocks and the sway bar.
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Re: spohn torque arm adjustment.

What size are your tires? I run mine at 15-15.5psi, which turns out to be around 14-14.5psi cold. The tires have a noticable bulge to them, as in looking low on air.
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Re: spohn torque arm adjustment.

i have 275/40/17 in the back. the pressure was at 21psi but im gonna try like 16-18
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