Re: caltracs on a demon?
[Re: Jonnyj00]
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02/07/13 04:03 PM
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I believe the ones I have found come with a set of abody springs that the guy ran down in the 10s with in a 68 barracuda. What I was thinking is beings my motor is just a mild low horsepower 383 I could get by with the stock springs until I'm ready to build a motor with more horses. If I was gonna go this route what kind of role do the type of shocks you run play?
Stock springs will work great!!! One thing they give you over mono's is the option of adjustment with spring clamps..............
..........Remember good shocks are HUGE!!!!!
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Re: caltracs on a demon?
[Re: Jonnyj00]
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02/07/13 09:57 PM
02/07/13 09:57 PM
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Got a chance to buy a caltracs set-up for an abody reasonable and I was wondering what type of leaf spring you can use other than the split monoleaf that they recommend? I have super stock springs now but I don't like how high they make my car sit. So I'm just curious what some of the other options and what your guys opinions are?
Don't waste your money, the SS springs you have can be adjusted down just by putting a small lower block in !!
we changed and did the whole set up, the car picked up zero ran no better than the ss springs,
Adjusting them can be a pain! unless you 'hit' it right the first time(doubtfull)
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Re: caltracs on a demon?
[Re: dennismopar73]
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02/07/13 10:14 PM
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DO NOT USE SUPER STOCK SPRINGS WITH CAL-TRACS. I wasted a couple months trying to make that work. It wont. You can try stock leafs... but if you dont want to waste time -- buy the Calvert mono springs. Trust me on this---I wasted a lot of time on that experiment !  edit -- this was with CALVERT shocks that they picked out (it wasnt the shocks)
Last edited by 493_DART; 02/07/13 10:16 PM.
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Re: caltracs on a demon?
[Re: 493_DART]
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02/07/13 11:58 PM
02/07/13 11:58 PM
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Tried ALL shock settings......ALL bar settings...clamps and no clamps .....tried all the advice john calvert gave me on the phone too.....ALL the front end tricks.... the car would "porpouse" on the first 10 feet or so and unload the tires .
I dont know how yours are working 
im installing ladder bars this spring = no more traction headaches for me 
Hopefully the ladders bars help..... how fast is your car??? Have you checked for binding?? What is done to the front end??
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Re: caltracs on a demon?
[Re: 493_DART]
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02/08/13 12:14 AM
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Tried ALL shock settings......ALL bar settings...clamps and no clamps .....tried all the advice john calvert gave me on the phone too.....ALL the front end tricks.... the car would "porpouse" on the first 10 feet or so and unload the tires .
I dont know how yours are working
im installing ladder bars this spring = no more traction headaches for me
hey 493dart We had the same problem on my dads duster and my duster. stiff sidewall and innertube cured it all. both our cars hook everytime and nasty consistent in 60' people dont realize how hard a cal trac split mono setup hits. KILLS sidewalls.
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Re: caltracs on a demon?
[Re: 10.90 Racer]
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02/08/13 12:36 AM
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Tried ALL shock settings......ALL bar settings...clamps and no clamps .....tried all the advice john calvert gave me on the phone too.....ALL the front end tricks.... the car would "porpouse" on the first 10 feet or so and unload the tires .
I dont know how yours are working
im installing ladder bars this spring = no more traction headaches for me
Hopefully the ladders bars help..... how fast is your car??? Have you checked for binding?? What is done to the front end??
no binding-- i went through everything....front and rear...front end loose with lots of travel and Calvert drag fronts. trust me....i tried everything...its been 6.46 in the 1/8 so far .
if i did it again i would do it right the first time and buy the bars / monos / shocks in a package like mentioned above---BUT , i was on a budget like usual and tried to do it with my SS springs
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Re: caltracs on a demon?
[Re: 493_DART]
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02/08/13 12:39 AM
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Tried ALL shock settings......ALL bar settings...clamps and no clamps .....tried all the advice john calvert gave me on the phone too.....ALL the front end tricks.... the car would "porpouse" on the first 10 feet or so and unload the tires .
I dont know how yours are working
im installing ladder bars this spring = no more traction headaches for me
Hopefully the ladders bars help..... how fast is your car??? Have you checked for binding?? What is done to the front end??
no binding-- i went through everything....front and rear...front end loose with lots of travel and Calvert drag fronts. trust me....i tried everything...its been 6.46 in the 1/8 so far .
if i did it again i would do it right the first time and buy the bars / monos / shocks in a package like mentioned above---BUT , i was on a budget like usual and tried to do it with my SS springs
What did you do to the front end??
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