South Side Machines Lift Bars.....

[420nitro]

Originally posted by Simi Stang
I used to run them...but my car sees a lot of street duty. They completely ripped apart my torque boxes. I repaired my boxes by following an old article of MM&FF where they use 3 brackets on each torque box to help give it some reinforcement. I added a 4th bracket just to help stiffen things up. I got rid of the SSM lift bars...put the stock lower control arms back on and bought Lakewood traction bars. They work great...and I've actually turned a better 60ft. time (1.67) with the slapper bars. Even if your car is strictly for the track...you're going to have to beef up those tin cans that Ford calls torque boxes. The metal is ridiculously thin where the lower control arms bolt onto the chassis.

WOW!!!
My car was the exact opposite!!! Wow.
(At the time) I had the lakewood traction bars (painted to match too.) and my car would spin the tires threw 2nd gear. Then I put on the SSM and after that I could only bark the tires in second! And that annoying secondery bang (after hitting a pot hole or something0 was gone!!!
Yes,... the SSM tear up the torque boxes, that why I rec. the battle boxes. If your still worried there is always other lower control arms out there like the mega-bites.