motorman524

I don't know anything about either of these but I was told that I need one or the other for my car. any help/opinions are appreciated.

USMC1775

Panhard bar and watts link both hold the axle from moving side to side, but the panhard bar allows more movement when articulating up and down than the watts. Torque arm basically takes the place of the upper CAs, locates the axle and prevents wrap

motorman524

awesome thanks. I think ill go with the watts link and torque arm then.

mjr46

I have a panhard bar from MM...WORKS GREAT

motorman524

you haven't steered me wrong yet mjr46, i think ill go that route. where can you buy them, im lookin on jegs and summit and they only have them for 05 up mustangs.

mjr46

i BOUGHT MINE DIRECT from maximum motorsports, I bought mine because my inner fenderwell clearance is very tight and I have 1/4 MM spacers already and around corners shift would occur and rub would be heard, this corrected it all

motorman524

great info thanks a million!

mjr46

NO PROBLEM...........They aren't all that bad to install, requires drilling into the frame but they povide templetes and complete instructions, also you will need tailpipe mods, mainly I had to lengthen the top of mine over the rear end for clearance,, the instructions say if you have a certain dynomax system ot flowmaster system you'll be fine...dunno, I have MAC so I had to mod mine

JD1969

What are you going to be doing with the car? If you are going to put a Pan Hard Bar on then you REALLY should to do a torque arm at the same time. The stock suspension design tends to bind when the car is pushed to it's limits, add a PHB and the bind gets worse and can/will cause the car to snap oversteer. A tq arm will eliminate the upper control arms and thus the binding that they cause. I am currently running both a TQ arm and PHB, both from Maximum Motorsports, and I could not be more pleased with the set up. A bonus is the the car will ride better, even if you use stiff springs and shocks like I am using.

motorman524

I'm building the car to just enjoy, nothing specific (it was my first car, I drove it through high school and I love it). I just herd that a panhard bar and tq arms are something I should consider, if not then I wont worry about them. I'm at the point now that I want to start looking into suspension, I want to get as much power as I can to the road without my tires spinning.