I knew when you said weldable primer there was gonna be porosity. Have to burn really hot and have a wire that has deoxidizing characteristics. Good Video doing mine this weekend.
I ripped mine at the track with a pretty much stock explorer engine and a f cam. It did have solid bushings though. Even worse with no reinforcement. Deffinetly need torque box reinforcements.
Thank god u did this video , I was struggling figuring this out a bit. The breaker bar is a mint idea. Granted I bought the bmr pieces and steeda uppers but same principle, I ain't welding mine in.
Looks good. I'd recommend por15 paint over all that cause it last. My torque boxes were trashed from years of street drifting. Ended up doing the wild rides torque box replacements. Almost 500 spot welds to get the stock upper and lowers out. Take care!
Yo, Mike! FYI: A box of X-large wee-wee pads does wonders for catching drippy car messes. Plastic lined to protect the floor and amazing how much liquid they catch or soak up from spills! Just fold it up and throw it away and super cheap.
Sorry Dula but articulation is what wrecked your bushings and your floor. This is not a problem with stock arms because the bushings are so big and soft but they are plagued with wheelhop problems. The only solution, especially after reinforcing is a set of bushing that also allow for twist. Maximum Motorsports is one company that recognizes the problem.
Your good man. I agree. HP didnt help it though. I know they we're fine until I took it to the track and the dyno finished it off. The new set im putting on it heimed at the upper axle and poly on the rest of the ends, to allow for movement on the uppers. MM recommends using stock uppers stamped steel and their lowers for this reason...your right. I went into articulation and using stiff poly on all 8 ends but had to cut a lot out...too much me talking. MM makes killer stuff. Wont say yet what I went with, but it was a decision between MM and another company. This new setup is set for hooking at the strip.
Dude you have inspired me to do the torque boxes on my fox. I am not sure of you realized. But I think you put the dri er side upper torque box on the passenger side. Maybe it doesn't matter but just curious to see if you ever noticed that.
I am only subscribed to BREW2L. Until i saw this entire video! Beautiful car! Awesome fucking content! Ur work ethic is like mine. I cant wait to see more! I have a 87 LX Hatch and going stroker + ON3... 🍺🍺🍺👍👍👍
It's always good to see you Mike. I follow you on IG and was excited to watch your next video. Thank you again for your detailed videos. Did you see that Tony (junk yard dog) gave you a shout out for your 3g alternator video. Totally awesome!
Man did he? I know he did a while back, maybe over a year ago. Not sure how recent that was. Still cool though. Dig his vids as well, Im a fan of all the fox guys on here lol
Seems like you could just out some Polly's in there. The arms seemed to be pretty solid. It looks like it was just the bushings that gave. Young Ladd. Glad to see you back, I was getting kinda worried.
Thank you. Just busy with work, life, kids...The arms are solid, just dont have much twist to articulate. These we're poly bushing but I think I trashed them using regular petro based grease and not silicon.
I am going to install my reinforcements in with gray seam sealer. Once the sealer dries up it should form a strong structural bond to the body. It will add strength and keep moisture out.
@@brucebell7623 you bolt down the reinforcements wet with sealer. When the sealer dries those reinforcements won't come out without a fight....no welding reguired, they are permanently glued and bolted down in place.
What part of texas do you live im about a hr south of houston in lakejackson been working on my 93 gt fox body all weekend would like to check out the turbo fox
It's not the amount of power. The axle acts as a very large lever and when you take out the 'give', the compliance of the rubber bushings something has to give. So, torn up bushings, torque boxes, etc. Fox suspension binds by design or they would have had to add a panhard bar to control side to side movement.
You should post questions here. Not saying I have your answers but there is a large group of fox body enthusiasts watching these videos every day. It's good to get multiple point of views.
