[DeTomaso] Adjustable Rear upper a-arms

[Julian Kift]

Firstly my apologies if this discussion stirred up some controversy, that was not my intent.

 

I have personally done the front a-arm mod and IMO it is a relatively simple mod to do, I even fabricated my own jig. All the mod takes is a simple grinding of the original tack weld to separate the one arm which is then reshaped and the two halves welded back together. There is no need to cut arms into pieces and Johnny is not doing so as you can see in reading the story he did for the PI forum. 

http://pantera.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/1510042044/m/9830021654

 

His is the methodology I followed and I'm very pleased with the results, it transformed the driving experience of my GT5.

 

Respectfully,

Julian

 
> From: pmical at patsauto.com
> To: julian_kift at hotmail.com; detomaso at realbig.com; mikeldrew at aol.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Adjustable Rear upper a-arms
> Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 17:13:46 -0400
> 
> Hi All;
> Let's get the story straight. I never taught anyone how to do the mods nor 
> have I been doing work for Johnny. Johnny Woods has been trying to copy my 
> mods on the control arms. He is cutting them in a lot of pieces and that's 
> wrong. The arms have to taken apart, hydraulically reformed, machined and 
> put into a special jig that I designed (not free handed as Johnny appears to 
> be doing), then welded back together. Thanks to Mike's advice, you get what 
> you pay for. From what I see this is not Realbig.com ,but Mike Drew.com.
> 
> Respectfully
> Pat
> 
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> Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 2:25 PM
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Adjustable Rear upper a-arms
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> > Julian wrote:
> >
> >
> > I always thought Pat was doing the Johnny Woods mod, not vice
> > versa......
> >
> >>>>No, Pat taught Johnny how to do it....
> >
> > Mike
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