Torque Strap?

jpharley said
I have a L023 clone with an Indy Aluminum 426 and an A-833 4 spd. Somewhere along the line, I had a violent launch that shoved the engine back 1/2 - 3/4 inch. Bent the exhaust hangers, broke the trans cross member and slightly buckled the quarter panels on both sides. Ouch! I'm adding Cal-Tracs to the SS Spring setup, rechecking the pinion angle, and dumping the pinion snubber. Assuming I have a broken motor mount on the left side and I can get the motor shoved back to the right spot...I think I could use a torque strap. Does anybody have any suggestions on what might work? I don't want to do any welding to the frame as its all powder coated. Ideas?

Wow, when all that happened, did you notice it immediately? We would love to see pictures of your car.

It sounds like you need to have the car put on a frame machine by someone familiar with old Mopars. If you haven't put subframe connectors, torque boxes, a full cage and a motor plate in yet, you may want to think about doing so.

With that much power & torque hooked to a manual transmission, the shock load is obviously massive.

You may want to consider using the Caltrac Mono leafs with the Caltrac set-up, as they recommend. They do tend to sit low relative to what you have in there now.