I want Traction
Feb 6, 2003 | 01:45 AM
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Re: I want Traction
cal tracs <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> expensive though but you have to let them know your truck is lowered especialy if it has after market springs they will have to custom make them i know <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />
Feb 6, 2003 | 06:57 AM
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Re: I want Traction
i have some cal-trac's, they are AWESOME! makes the whole back of the truck stand up, kinda weird. jc whitney's new catalog has a new part that is a wavy spring looking thing that is supposed to help and they are only like $79.
Feb 11, 2003 | 01:30 PM
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Re: I want Traction
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by slowverado:
<strong> how much are the cal-tracs, and what exactly are they? i assume they are LIKE traction bars, but i have seen that traditional traction bars wont work on these trucks.
Matt </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">traditional traction bars will fit on our trucks and work to some extent. but they're not that great. i have lakewood generics and basically all they do is stop wheel hop. if i had the money i'd buy caltracs
<strong> how much are the cal-tracs, and what exactly are they? i assume they are LIKE traction bars, but i have seen that traditional traction bars wont work on these trucks.
Matt </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">traditional traction bars will fit on our trucks and work to some extent. but they're not that great. i have lakewood generics and basically all they do is stop wheel hop. if i had the money i'd buy caltracs
Feb 11, 2003 | 01:44 PM
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Re: I want Traction
I had the Cal Tracs on my truck with the lowered Hotchkis springs. They sent me shorter bars.
$325 to my door. Melt the front bushing out of the leaf spring, install aluminum bushing icluded in the kit. install two pivoting brackets on either side of the front spring eye. replace the u bolt bracket with the caltracs one. Basically a bar with radius swivel ends goes from the axle to the front leaf spring eye and pivots upon torque load.pressing against leaf spring flex.
My 60's went from 2.3 to 1.9 until I got the heavy 20's, I need slicks. <img border="0" alt="[burn out]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_burnout.gif" />
www.calvertracing.com
<small>[ February 11, 2003, 02:00 PM: Message edited by: creederado ]</small>
$325 to my door. Melt the front bushing out of the leaf spring, install aluminum bushing icluded in the kit. install two pivoting brackets on either side of the front spring eye. replace the u bolt bracket with the caltracs one. Basically a bar with radius swivel ends goes from the axle to the front leaf spring eye and pivots upon torque load.pressing against leaf spring flex.
My 60's went from 2.3 to 1.9 until I got the heavy 20's, I need slicks. <img border="0" alt="[burn out]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_burnout.gif" />
www.calvertracing.com
<small>[ February 11, 2003, 02:00 PM: Message edited by: creederado ]</small>
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Feb 11, 2003 | 02:35 PM
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Re: I want Traction
y would they not work? you just have to get shorter bars like mentioned. that is what i did but im only 4 in the back. call them they are nice poeple and great to work with they should be able to tell you.
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