We have been seeing more of these failures happening to the torque arm on the 2007 and newer Solstice & Sky's. On higher horsepower cars, the torque arm that attaches between the transmission and the rear differential is starting to crack and break. This is something that we have just started seeing this year and know of 3 cars here that we have worked with. Right now we are welding up a plate to strengthen the torque arm along the section that we are seeing crack and break. Once we get some more feedback on this upgrade we will let everyone know. The piece we are welding on will be available from us if you want to have it welded on locally, or we will also be offering welded pieces that we can ship out that are ready to install with a core charge that is refundable. Here is a picture of one of the latest breaks and also what the welded up version looks like.
Here is a picture of what we are seeing -
What we have been doing is prepping a good torque arm -
Then we are welding on a support bracket -
Shoot a new coat of paint on it -
Then install it or ship it out -
So far they have been working pretty good, once we get some more information I will pass it along.
You remove the transmission from the car and it is right there Definitely not an easy install, but we have been doing them on cars getting clutch jobs that have the transmission out already.
This is one of those things though Dave that I think anyone doing a clutch swap should probably put on their to-do list even if it is not happening to them yet (and have a setup that is equal to a base Redline or greater). I mean, a bit of preventive upgrading may be a bit of a waste to some but I'd sure like to have the insurance there to know that I don't have to worry about it in the future if I'm already at the point where the car is torn down to that level anyway.
Have you been continuing to find these cracked when doing clutch jobs? Are you able to source the fix for the DIYers or offer an upgraded torque arm upon request?
I purchased charge tubes, air intake hose, and throttle body elbow and am installing today. Since it's Sunday and ddm is closed I was hoping to get some help here. GXP is my daily driver so I have to have this back together for tomorrow morning.
I have stock intercooler.
I installed the...
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Finally after many years I got around installing the venom brace. Read the instructions that came with, and the pdf that JohnWR located.
Installing is a real pain the ass . . . . . but now everything is bolted up . . . . except for the airbox . . . . . it does not fit . . . . . nothing in...
I lost my Solstice brace bundle install instructions so went to the DDM website and tried to download the PDFs again.
Backbone:
https://ddmworks.3dcartstores.com/assets/images/instructions/kappa/backboneinstall.pdf
Venombrace:
Could not find this one. Does anyone know the correct url ...
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