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The front torque arm mount has a steel slider that goes in a greased, fluted delrin bushing. It allows forward movement and rotational movement (during body roll). The delrin bushing has spiral flutes machined into it to hold the grease. Of course, the front torque arm mount also pivots.
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I have a question about the adjustability of the front torque arm mount. It's hard to tell in the picture, but I presume that the front mount, per the above quote, slides in and out of the actual torque arm. The question is, how much leeway do you have on where you mount the crossmember? Different cars will use different transmissions, and depending on how you mount the engine, the transmission may also be mounted differently. I wouldn't expect that you could have a huge amount of variance on that front mount point?
Also, several of the aftermarket front subframes provide their own types of transmission crossmember mounts that likely wouldn't allow the BMR crossmember to just bolt right in. Has anyone that's used one of these (on any car) dealt with this, or could BMR comment on how they suggest to handle this?
From the pictures I've seen of this unit, I can't really tell exactly how it attaches to the rear end housing? The above picture almost appears to have tabs that are mounted on the housing. Given that it's a 9" housing, perhaps it's different that the ones used in the F-bodies?
And, for the 1st / 2nd gen kits, I saw a reference to a 12-bolt housing. Will this kit work with both 10 and 12-bolt rear ends?
Final question for now... How in the world does one run an exhaust over and around that setup? It looks like it would be tough to go over the axle, but maybe it's not as bad as it looks?
Ok, that's enough.