first of all, with the same mods an ext cab is not going to beat a reg cab (the weight factor will kick in towards the end of the race). second, traction bars stop the tires from bouncing. they dont help with burning out

<small>[ October 03, 2002, 06:28 PM: Message edited by: hyperlite ]</small>

 

I had traction problems with my stock tires, until i put a Eaton posi in. It solved most of my traction problems, just kinda chirps the tires a little when i leave then it hooks. My 60ft times dropped 3 tenths with just the Eaton unit.

 

hey sprayedsierra, how much did the the eaton posi installed cost ya, if u dont mind me asking

 

You run 40lbs. make sure you rotate the air in them first though

 

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by hyperlite:
<strong>traction bars stop the tires from bouncing. they dont help with burning out</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">like hell they don't. why do you think they were invented in the first place. why don't you ask oxidizr about his traction bars. i'm sure all they do is stop wheelhop. my friend could stall his truck up to about 1200 and mash the throttle for about 15-20 feet of spin. after he bolted on the cheap bars from autozone he can stall it up higher and gets MUCH less tire spin. i still get a good bit of spin on my stock tires, however its still less that it was before i had the bars.

 

who makes the traction bars for our 2wd trucks? btw, does he have posi or open end

<small>[ October 04, 2002, 11:47 AM: Message edited by: hyperlite ]</small>

 

What I do for traction is toss in 150lbs of sand in the back and you hook right up with very little chirp. Oh you want to go fast... <img border="0" alt="[Banging Head]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_banghead.gif" />

 

Hyperlite, i dont know how much a mechanic would charge. If i were to do it i wouldnt charge over a $100 to do it, it took me about an hour and half to pull the old carrier and put in the new one.

 

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by hyperlite:
<strong>who makes the traction bars for our 2wd trucks? btw, does he have posi or open end</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">a lot of people make them. lakewood is what i have, generic bars, 40 bux at autozone, you'll have to buy longer brackets for them but its no big deal. caltraks are probably the best but they cost quite a bit too.

and both me and my friend have open rear ends. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Mad]" src="gr_images/icons/mad.gif" />

 

Well we wanna stay away from traction bars...more weight and gives away that were prob not stock if were having traction probs

Brent(Sprayin4.8) I wasnt sayin u had more i was just using our race as an example...to clear everything up he normally sprays yes...but when we raced he was running hypertech engine tuning his cutouts open and homeade intake and i had the jum...oh yah hes reg cab and we were ext