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Southside Machine Control arms, torque box rippers?

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BlackFox5.0

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I just pulled the rear end from my parts car and it had these control arms and the torque boxes were a mess. Would these be good to use or would different arms be better? These are not for my car btw. but it's still going a on a high HP car.
 

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there for a 2.3 turbo not as much torque as you guys, but it still has a good hard pull, and it will be i street driven car and used to Autocross sometimes. not realy a drag car.
 

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I will be putting these on my car in the mear future....but I will also be welding my tq boxes with reinforcements upper as well as lower. Hopefully everything will hold togetehr good, as I know these control arms have been known to blow out tires as well.
 

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southsides hook hard...but rip tq boxes...

either reinforce the tq boxes, i can get u a killer deal on that...PM

or use other lcas

but i would reinforce em either way
 

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A friend had some on a street driving stang and it ripped his tq box. You will have to do some welding if you want those on your car.
 
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Lx89Stang05 said:
.....and it will be i street driven car and used to Autocross sometimes. not realy a drag car.
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SSM lca's are a drag lca. they'll will do more damage on a auto-x or d/d stang due to the side loading and body roll. if you're serious about cornering you'll want to go with lca's that incorporate a spherical bushing. these are great for drag and mild street duty though.

-steve
 
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