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Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 1:23 am Post subject: help with traction bars
i have a 1972 elky and i want to put traction pars on her.... so i would like to know what are the best you can buy and the worst, price, availability etc, etc, etc.... thanks _________________ The Blue Beast
Why do you want traction bars, is nothing else working?
i've got a posi with air suspension and i do not want to let all the air out of the back so from what i know traction bars are the best way to eliminate tire hop... also thye just look bitchen _________________ The Blue Beast
Traction bars are typicaly used on leaf spring rear suspension to prevent the spring from twisting. With coils, some use a ladder bar setup that works in much the same way. The no hop bars that K5 mentioned are what I have on my car and work great for traction issues by changing the instant center of the rear end. Trust me they work great. Your friends will have to lay on the ground to see them though. I suggest you take K5 up on the offer. _________________ Jim
70 ElCamino 461 solid M20 331eaton
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Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 1:01 am Post subject: Re: traction bars
CANTED wrote:
Traction bars are typicaly used on leaf spring rear suspension to prevent the spring from twisting. With coils, some use a ladder bar setup that works in much the same way. The no hop bars that K5 mentioned are what I have on my car and work great for traction issues by changing the instant center of the rear end. Trust me they work great. Your friends will have to lay on the ground to see them though. I suggest you take K5 up on the offer.
ya my dad told me that also... he said that im fine right now because ladders totally F*** up handling _________________ The Blue Beast
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Year: 1987
Model: El Camino
Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 2:02 pm Post subject:
Let me know if you're interested. If you're in SoCal we could meet up somewhere, otherwise USPS priority shipping would run around $9. The following is information on the no-hop bars, and also a picture of the actual ones I have for sale.
Lakewood no-hop bars. I bought them from Jeg's originally. Take a look at the following link to the same part in Jeg's catalog. These only have about 2000 miles on them, and I've listed them $100 less than what they cost new from Jeg's which is $169.99. Keep in mind these fit 64-72 A body (El Camino, Skylark, Chevelle, Cutlass, 442, Grand Prix, GTO, Lemans, Malibu, Monte Carlo). $70 plus shipping and they're yours.
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