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Reply to "Lower Rear control arms wanted"

Mat, the extra length needed is on both ends of the brace-bar, not on the upper frame brackets. The black steel Hall brace-bar actually inserts so far into the top bar brackets that the bar end nearly touches the shock eye on the other side. If you are a good welder with a TIG, you could add an inch or so of material to any adjustable bar; the clevis is needed to apply preload, so added extensions are useless on an unaltered stock bar.  This goes for both the early stock straight bar or the later stock arched bar.

There are photos on the DeTomaso Forum (NOT this Forum) that show the installation of a late model Ford Coyote engine in a Pantera. This 4-cam engine has such wide cylinder heads, many owners have cut most of the leading edge of the inner fender away for head clearance, and the cutaways clearly show what the shock/brace-bar weldment looks like.

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