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homemade traction bars / wheel hop
« on: September 08, 2006, 01:06:37 AM »

has anyone made there own like cal tracks  or any others

i am trying to  fix a wheel hop problem in my duster on a budget(cheap)     
the hd springs and  truck  shocks  still let it wheel hop
my  dana 60 doesn,t have a place to bolt in a pinion snubber

ideas?           thanks
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Re: homemade traction bars / wheel hop
« Reply #1 on: September 08, 2006, 04:55:43 PM »

Sounds like your springs maybe worn out. Also check your front spring bushings. Dave
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« Reply #2 on: September 08, 2006, 05:07:57 PM »

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Re: homemade traction bars / wheel hop
« Reply #3 on: September 09, 2006, 10:25:13 AM »

they are brand new hd jc whitney springs     
i am going to build a set of cal trac type bars  for it   


thanks for the link moparrr07 
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Re: homemade traction bars / wheel hop
« Reply #4 on: September 09, 2006, 10:51:10 AM »

      Tongue I bought 002/003 SS spring and a snubber, no wheel hop after that, never did it again and I get 1.489 to 1.53s 60ft. No bars at all. my car is 3300#       Cheesy   I think your car is to nice to go any other way, when you take off the car will rise in the back,pushing the tires to the track.
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Re: homemade traction bars / wheel hop
« Reply #5 on: September 09, 2006, 08:59:59 PM »

yea i dont think you will need them with superstock springs, but i had this link from a ways back, but if you build them like it shows it shouldnt be that expensive so its worth a try, even if they dont make you faster, i here they make you a heck of a lot more consistent from the bracket racers side of it
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'72 Duster: daily driver in 3 seasons, paid for, insured by and gased up, all by my 17 year old salary

225, 7 1/4, working on 451, and 8 3/4
brakes, 11 3/4

60-0: 105 ft.
cornering gs: estimate: .90

50% custom interior
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Re: homemade traction bars / wheel hop
« Reply #6 on: September 10, 2006, 10:54:31 AM »

i was going to go with the super stock springs  but they rasied my car up to much 
i built my dana from a truck rear  so it does not have a place to bolt a pinion snubber

it is also a four speed car 
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Re: homemade traction bars / wheel hop
« Reply #7 on: September 10, 2006, 07:46:13 PM »

this is what I did...http://www.bigblockdart.com/techpages/3link.shtml


They work great!
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Re: homemade traction bars / wheel hop
« Reply #8 on: September 10, 2006, 07:55:45 PM »

i was going to go with the super stock springs  but they rasied my car up to much 
i built my dana from a truck rear  so it does not have a place to bolt a pinion snubber

it is also a four speed car 
I think that mopar makes a snubber for a dana thats different than mine.
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Re: homemade traction bars / wheel hop
« Reply #9 on: September 10, 2006, 10:22:33 PM »

You could add a modified version of the snubber to your car, depending on how origional you want to keep it. Mustangs (I think) use a snubber bolted to the floor that the rear whacks up against. You could do something similar. Probably need to reinforce the floor where you add the snubber, but it should serve the same purpose as the pinion mounted snubber.
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Re: homemade traction bars / wheel hop
« Reply #10 on: September 10, 2006, 11:41:22 PM »

the hight shouldnt be a problem, just make yourself some shorter shackles or maybe even experiment with some lift/drop blocks
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'72 Duster: daily driver in 3 seasons, paid for, insured by and gased up, all by my 17 year old salary

225, 7 1/4, working on 451, and 8 3/4
brakes, 11 3/4

60-0: 105 ft.
cornering gs: estimate: .90

50% custom interior
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