Dead Cat 2.0: Jake'sTorque Arm Install

[Payton King]

I just don't have it in me to come up with anything more clever today. Some of you may know of my car and others may not. I have not posted anything about my car in a long time, so I guess it is about time to let the cat of of the bag. (OK that was a little clever)

I have owned the car for 18 years and it the second restoration has been complete for about 3 years. It is the normal pro-touring affair with leafs and a slight tub running C6 rim and tire package. I have been wanting to upgrade to a different rear suspension and tire package for a couple of years. I have actually had the rims for a year and a half sitting in my attic. I finally started the transformation after Run Through The Hills last year. The car went to Holohan's Hot Rod Shop (www.holohanshotrods.com )on Jan 1st of this year. The good news is I am about 4 weeks away to having the car back together and driving which means I have been saving pics for months and you will not have to follow this thread long to see the build.

Here is what I am starting with

[Ron in SoCal]

Good deal Payton. I'll be interested to hear your feedback on Jakes rear set up. Install, performance tuning, stuff like that...

[70rs]

That was already a badass car, cant wait to see the 2.0 verson!

[BBC71Nova]

It's about time Payton . I kept thinking someone would ask about it after seeing it in the background of some of my pics.

Can't wait to see how well it works when you get it back together.

[Musclerodz]

I have followed some of it on facebook. very worthy upgrade

[coolwelder62]

Payton,Come man quit holdin out on us,Post up some some photo's. I love that shade of yellow. I think Kevin and I will be down your way about 2days before the Charlotte Goodguy's this year.Scott M.

[Payton King]

So, as you can tell by the title I am going to be installing Jake's Torque Arm rear suspension. I will be running a watts link and also changing the rear end to a Moser full floater. The rims are HRE C21's that I purchased off of the Corvette Forum in C6ZO6 sizes. 19x12.5 in the rear with a 335/30/19 and the fronts are 18x9.5 with 275/35/18 Nitto NTO5's.

My computer is acting up and freezing so I will post more pictures tomorrow.

Thanks for the kind words above. Y'all are replying before I can get my post completed. LOL

[Flash68]

Very cool car. Anxious to see more on the Jake's TA setup.

Originally Posted by Payton King

Y'all are replying before I can get my post completed. LOL

You gotta jam more action into the first post!

[fleetus macmullitz]

Originally Posted by Payton King

Y'all are replying before I can get my post completed. LOL

But to the outside world it appears we lead rich, full lives.

[Payton King]

I am ready to try this again. I think I am going to write text and then post pictures as when I tried to do both yesterday it was freezing up.

For those of you that do not know who Dan Holohan is, he use to work for Troy at Rad Rides and then went to DSE for 3 years. Opened up his own shop a year ago and it filled up quickly. He just took over the space next door. For a brief moment I thought about doing the re-tub and torque arm install myself, but with limited space, skills and 2 boys 11 and 8, it was too much for this old dude. Dan's work is some of the best I have ever seen and has proved it on my car. Look him up at www.holohanshotrods.com Not sure if he has them up or not but he has maybe 500 pictures of this build. I have 260 and will try to post plenty but not so much that it is boring.

First up is the mini-tub. When the car was originally built I only tubbed it over about 1.5 inches to clear the 285's I was running. Big mistake, now I have to take a completed car and cut it up to make room for the 335's. I hate when tires rub, so Dan actually widened the DSE tubs. Now for the pics