suspension drop vs 60'
10-23-2007, 10:33 AM
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I don't think rear suspension travel is as important as people think when it comes to caltracs. If you look at any car or truck with caltracs while they're launching, you'll see that the rear end is not squating, but lifting and separating. They use torque applied to the leaf springs via the differential to drive the tires into the ground. For every action there's a reaction and the reaction is the bed/rear of the vehicle lifting up.
10-23-2007, 12:43 PM
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I don't think rear suspension travel is as important as people think when it comes to caltracs. If you look at any car or truck with caltracs while they're launching, you'll see that the rear end is not squating, but lifting and separating. They use torque applied to the leaf springs via the differential to drive the tires into the ground. For every action there's a reaction and the reaction is the bed/rear of the vehicle lifting up.
what kind of shock to use. soft, hard, type of rebound, etc... with a caltrac type bar.
10-23-2007, 12:47 PM
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i've tried a couple of different settings...
let's just say i haven't had much success in summer months with tracks being slick.
hopefully i can do some tnt when it cools off.
let's just say i haven't had much success in summer months with tracks being slick.
hopefully i can do some tnt when it cools off.
10-23-2007, 06:35 PM
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10-23-2007, 09:34 PM
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Your truck as one distict adavantage that I have yet to see on a stock style leaf spring NBS truck. It hangs the hoops!
So do the L guys with long bars. I'm willing to bet that contributes a lot to 60ft time in your truck. I'm not saying it wont 60ft without hanging the hoops, but it certainly helps. I've racked my brain trying to think of a way to get my long-*** wheelbase EC truck to do this. Nobody makes front drag springs for our truck so were SOL there. I'm sure a 90/10 shock could be had, but who knows?
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Right. The cars I've seen that lift too much on launch, wind up "leap froging" off the line and once they're done leap frogging the rear end more or less unloads.
Your truck as one distict adavantage that I have yet to see on a stock style leaf spring NBS truck. It hangs the hoops! So do the L guys with long bars. I'm willing to bet that contributes a lot to 60ft time in your truck. I'm not saying it wont 60ft without hanging the hoops, but it certainly helps. I've racked my brain trying to think of a way to get my long-*** wheelbase EC truck to do this. Nobody makes front drag springs for our truck so were SOL there. I'm sure a 90/10 shock could be had, but who knows?
Your truck as one distict adavantage that I have yet to see on a stock style leaf spring NBS truck. It hangs the hoops!
So do the L guys with long bars. I'm willing to bet that contributes a lot to 60ft time in your truck. I'm not saying it wont 60ft without hanging the hoops, but it certainly helps. I've racked my brain trying to think of a way to get my long-*** wheelbase EC truck to do this. Nobody makes front drag springs for our truck so were SOL there. I'm sure a 90/10 shock could be had, but who knows?
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