ran 13.88 with my whipple , but slowed down by no traction and wheel hhop. anyone just put some overload air bags between the rear axle and frame ? that what we did back in the day to my friends 390 67 mustang . then we would preload the axles with air pressure at the strip. around town almost no air pressure to retain ride. can i do this to my truck/ THE CAL TRACS ARE INTERESTING BUT SEEM LIKE A COMPROMISE, I USE MY TRUCK EVERYDAY FOR WORK OVER SPEED BUMPS SOMETIMES OFF ROAD AND I FEAR THE REDUCCED GROUND CLEARANCE. JUST HOW FAR DO THEY HANG DOWN OVER STOCK / 2 or three inches? anyway I NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO HOOK UP .

 

the best suspension mod you can do which will still maintain day to day driving but cure your problem is dyno proven products inc's suspension upgrade. they are great. feels like stock ride.

look them up.

 

The cal tracs are a good choice....How low is your truck? Do you think you will have clearance issues?

 

The Cal-Tracs are pretty sweet. You can try letting some air out of the tires. That may or may not work.

 

speedhoe04, is there a link to them?

 

www.dyno-proven.com

 

ALl they had were sway bars ... that will do nothing for wheel hop ........

 

Yeah I looked at their site and noticed the same thing.

 

my truck has a totally stock suspension . It sits slightly taller than stock cause of the escalade 17 rims with stock caddy 265/70/17 wrangler tires.I am perplexed by the miniscule difference between these stock tall tiresof31.25 and my 255/50/16 comp t/a drag radials at about26.2 inches. drag radials 13.88 with a 2.188 60 ft. goes through at about5100 rpm in third gear. the tall 17 street tires ran 13.902 with a 2.23 60 ft. barely shifts into third at end running 4000 rpm through the lights.not much difference for such a radical change in overall gearing. I think its cause I have to launch so gentle that I do not get full benifit of the drag radial.I have a stock converter and trans. I dcao not brake torque leave at 600 rpm or so . other wise up in smoke and hop.cal trac e mailed me said they do installs they are an hour drive for me to get to maybe 2 . anyone running them on the street? are they noisy etc and do they a negative impact on the handling of my truck on curves etc.

 

iI have 5 vehicles . This is my fancier of two work trucks. It makes me money when I choose to work. I haul stuff to the dump ,go offroad up in northern calif where there are no paved roads. I also like good handling on a road course . I used to race scca before going in the army. Even made it to the car magazines. after the war I kinda lost focus.So now I just play.