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Old Jan 28, 2004 | 09:45 PM
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Show me your bars. I want to see all types and setups.


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Old Jan 28, 2004 | 10:27 PM
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I'd like to see a good picture of the CalTracs too.

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Old Jan 29, 2004 | 12:02 AM
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Old Jan 29, 2004 | 12:27 AM
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creederado i believe has a nice pic of a set on his site.
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Old Jan 29, 2004 | 01:05 AM
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Here you go. I forget who's truck is this.
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Old Jan 29, 2004 | 01:11 AM
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I will try to upload some tomorrow.
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Old Jan 29, 2004 | 01:17 AM
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Do they help with traction beyond just stopping wheel hop?
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Old Jan 29, 2004 | 01:45 AM
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Those are mine, where did you get those pics from, I haven't posted those in ages?

Yeah, they are freakin great, but they increase road harshness, and make the rear end very bouncy on rough roads, causing the rear to dart from side to side! The problem is that they stay preloaded. The old type would only contact the leafs when you got on it. These are great for launches though. I could full throttle it out of a corner and barely spin the tires, and I got 4.10's!
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Old Jan 29, 2004 | 08:11 AM
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I wanted to show to a friend of mine so I copied them to my hd when you posted them. I had a feeling they were your. I just did not remember.
Aren't these tractions bars adjustable?
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Old Jan 29, 2004 | 01:01 PM
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Yeah, the level of preload can be adjusted. For the street, 0 preload is the best, or actually turn them one half turn loose after they touch the leaf spring, this makes them still kick in when you floor it from a stand still, but leaves them riding much nicer than with them loaded. At the track, driver side is one half a turn, and passenger is one full turn, then they hook really nice.
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