5.0L General Discussion This section is for non-tech specific information pertaining to 5.0L Mustangs.

What to do with the torque boxes?

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old 07-09-2009, 08:48 AM
  #1  
Redline5.0
1st Gear Member
Thread Starter
 
Redline5.0's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Canada
Posts: 124
Default What to do with the torque boxes?

Last night was the first run with the new gears and street slicks, hit the brakes, set the line lock, and proceeded to hop around a rabbit on crack...

Further inspection revealed no obvious damage to anything but, an onlooker commented about welding the torque boxes to eliminate hop? Anyone else heard of this? I tried the search option and found more questions than answers.
Redline5.0 is offline  
Old 07-09-2009, 08:51 AM
  #2  
FivePointOhh
in limbo
 
FivePointOhh's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Iowa
Posts: 7,300
Default

wheel hop has a lot to do with bushing wear and suspension geomtery. most often times wheels hop is eleaviated by installing aftermarket control arms. have you don this yet?

welding tq boxes is always a good idea so your rear end doesnt tear itself out from under the car when you launch.
this isnt exactly what happened here...but just to give you an idea.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjE-w...om=PL&index=28

Last edited by FivePointOhh; 07-09-2009 at 08:53 AM.
FivePointOhh is offline  
Old 07-09-2009, 09:08 AM
  #3  
Redline5.0
1st Gear Member
Thread Starter
 
Redline5.0's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Canada
Posts: 124
Default

Bwahahaha, thats awesome.


The car is still sitting on bone stock suspension. I was thinking of buying track bars, but... Im not convinced it will help as of yet.
Redline5.0 is offline  
Old 07-09-2009, 09:27 AM
  #4  
FivePointOhh
in limbo
 
FivePointOhh's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Iowa
Posts: 7,300
Default

aftermarket u/l control arms. that will fix your issue. they come with new bushings except for the ones on the rear end itself. those you'll have to purchase and replace seperately and they are a B**** to replace, but doable. forget trac bars on a 4link set up. those are for like leaf spring set ups.
FivePointOhh is offline  
Old 07-09-2009, 11:58 AM
  #5  
Tony71502
5th Gear Member
 
Tony71502's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Pittsburgh
Posts: 2,459
Default

Hahah looks like he squatted and his tires caught the body. Damn camaro owners.
Tony71502 is offline  
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
jwog666
Pipes, Boost & Juice
11
12-27-2021 08:09 PM
baddog671
Archive - Parts For Sale
20
07-26-2016 01:20 PM
daltron
5.0L GT S550 Tech
17
04-28-2016 08:10 PM
guitarman376
4.6L (1996-2004 Modular) Mustang
0
09-30-2015 05:54 PM
wraith777
General Tech
1
09-28-2015 10:49 AM



Quick Reply: What to do with the torque boxes?



All times are GMT -5. The time now is 06:36 PM.