Homemade Torque Boxes?

[EvilTwinATX]

Anyone made them for themselves? I am not concerned with originality at this point (can't afford the good ones) so I just want to add some extra rigidity. Any ideas?

Thanks..

[Challenger6pak]

If you are not concerned with originality I would go with frame connectors.  They are easy to make.

[EvilTwinATX]

I have weld in frame connectors but thought I might do both at the same time since I am going to weldin the connectors next week.

[Green Drop Top]

Frame connectors and torque boxes perform different functions. Frame connectors help make the car more rigid and help prevent twisting of the unibody under hard acceleration and turning. Torque boxes reinforce the body at key points to help support areas that may metal fatique and crack, bend, or fail under heavy torque loads. If you want the best of both worlds you'll need both, neither part cancels out the need for the other.

As far as cost, you could fabricate your own from plate stock but seriously, the ones we sell are the best on the market and are less that $300.00 delivered for all 4, that's pretty cheap if your personal fabricating time is worth anything to you, not to mention the ones we sell will look and work correct when you are done.
 

[EvilTwinATX]

Frame connectors and torque boxes perform different functions. Frame connectors help make the car more rigid and help prevent twisting of the unibody under hard acceleration and turning. Torque boxes reinforce the body at key points to help support areas that may metal fatique and crack, bend, or fail under heavy torque loads. If you want the best of both worlds you'll need both, neither part cancels out the need for the other.

As far as cost, you could fabricate your own from plate stock but seriously, the ones we sell are the best on the market and are less that $300.00 delivered for all 4, that's pretty cheap if your personal fabricating time is worth anything to you, not to mention the ones we sell will look and work correct when you are done.
 

Good point Scott - thanks for your response. Things are just tight right now on money but I have to keep on schedule with my restoration because I have my car at my friends shop. I promised him I wouldnt let it sit. Trying to cut a few corners that might not be seen but would still be beneficial. I might call you Scott and just suck it up...

[crcarch]

I just finished welding in the torque boxes I got from Auto Rust Technicians.  They are quality pieces, but to be honest there's nothing to them. Take some 10 ga. steel and a modestly equipped metal shop and you should have a set fabbed up in a few hours.  But as they say, "Time is money", so Harms has a valid point.  Of course, if you've got time but no money........

[Four-Forty-fied]

the ones we sell are the best on the market and are less that $300.00 delivered for all 4, that's pretty cheap if your personal fabricating time is worth anything to you, not to mention the ones we sell will look and work correct when you are done.
 

Where do you sell yours?

Would the US Car Tool floor contoured subframe connectors interfere/need trimming?

How hard is it to get to the spring perch mounting nuts with the rear ones installed? How do the brake/fuel lines fit?

[Green Drop Top]

We sell on ebay all the time and from our website (old higher prices are shown on the site to be updated soon). Website is www.harmsauto.com . Ebay seller name is  harmsautomotive.

I am a distributor for US Cartool (same price as direct BTW), thier frame connectors fit fine with our torque boxes but do require a simple notch when installing around them. The spring nuts are easy to get to as our torque boxes are 100% factory correct and have a square access hole that allows easy access to them. Same story goes for the brake lines, no problems.