Re: cal-tracs and transbrakes
[Re: mopar dave]
#1764530
02/27/15 05:03 PM
02/27/15 05:03 PM
|
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 4,319
Puyallup, WA
StealthWedge67
master
|
master
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 4,319
Puyallup, WA
|
I think there are plenty of guys using this setup. Dustin Ward, AKA: triplethreat, has cal-tracs and a brake on his dart, and has been deadly with it.
Just thinking in my mind of how the Cal-Trac setup works, I would think it would work pretty well, because the harder you hit it, the more its gonna plant the tire. (???).
LemonWedge - Street heavy / Strip ready - 11.07 @ 120
|
|
|
Re: cal-tracs and transbrakes
[Re: mopar dave]
#1764531
02/27/15 05:15 PM
02/27/15 05:15 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 11,721
Portage,michigan
B3422W5
I Live Here
|
I Live Here
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 11,721
Portage,michigan
|
Quote:
anyone here using cal-tracs and launching off transbrake? I know john calvert doesn't recommend it, but i'm curious if anyone is making it work.
I know S/S springs worked excellent for me with a brake, I would sure hope a more high dollar setup would
69 Dart GTS A4 Silver All steel, flat factory hood, 3360race weight
418 BPE factory replacement headed stroker, 565 lift solid cam
Best so far, 10.40 @127 1/4
1.41 best 60 foot
6.60 at 103.90 1/8
|
|
|
Re: cal-tracs and transbrakes
[Re: B3422W5]
#1764532
02/27/15 06:10 PM
02/27/15 06:10 PM
|
Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 860
lancaster,california
johnnycuda
super stock
|
super stock
Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 860
lancaster,california
|
We suggest using a adjustable rear shock, and setting the rebound side to one of the lightest settings, on our 9-way adjustable shock, we say to use between 1 and 3, one being the lightest setting.
1970 'Cuda,Lime Light,499 Indy S/R's 10.70's @125,street driven ALOT!
1966 Barracuda 360,now a 5spd,Hemi Orange,Hot Rod Air,
New daily driver-2003 Ram 2500 Cummins 5.9
'69 Valiant 2-dr, sleeper!
New project---1938 Dodge truck, plan is a 360 with a A500, AC, Calvert rear susp., rack and pinion front with coils.
|
|
|
Re: cal-tracs and transbrakes
[Re: johnnycuda]
#1764533
02/27/15 07:04 PM
02/27/15 07:04 PM
|
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 19,318
State of confusion
Thumperdart
I Live Here
|
I Live Here
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 19,318
State of confusion
|
Do you know when/if the single adj. ft.`s are coming out?
72 Dart 470 n/a BB stroker street car `THUMPER`...Check me out on FB Dominic Thumper for videos and lots of carb pics......760-900-3895.....
|
|
|
Re: cal-tracs and transbrakes
[Re: Thumperdart]
#1764534
02/27/15 07:12 PM
02/27/15 07:12 PM
|
Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 860
lancaster,california
johnnycuda
super stock
|
super stock
Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 860
lancaster,california
|
Hey Dom, the front adjustables are on hold for now, back in R&D, John wasn't happy with the performance of the samples he had had made. 
1970 'Cuda,Lime Light,499 Indy S/R's 10.70's @125,street driven ALOT!
1966 Barracuda 360,now a 5spd,Hemi Orange,Hot Rod Air,
New daily driver-2003 Ram 2500 Cummins 5.9
'69 Valiant 2-dr, sleeper!
New project---1938 Dodge truck, plan is a 360 with a A500, AC, Calvert rear susp., rack and pinion front with coils.
|
|
|
Re: cal-tracs and transbrakes
[Re: B3422W5]
#1764536
02/27/15 11:35 PM
02/27/15 11:35 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 4,072
Mo.
racerx
master
|
master
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 4,072
Mo.
|
Quote:
Quote:
anyone here using cal-tracs and launching off transbrake? I know john calvert doesn't recommend it, but i'm curious if anyone is making it work.
I know S/S springs worked excellent for me with a brake, I would sure hope a more high dollar setup would
I ran a T/B with SS spring before going to ladder bars and the car twisted to the point that a bubby of mine thought the rear window were going to pop 
|
|
|
Re: cal-tracs and transbrakes
[Re: racerx]
#1764538
02/28/15 12:42 AM
02/28/15 12:42 AM
|
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 11,721
Portage,michigan
B3422W5
I Live Here
|
I Live Here
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 11,721
Portage,michigan
|
Quote:
Quote:
Quote:
anyone here using cal-tracs and launching off transbrake? I know john calvert doesn't recommend it, but i'm curious if anyone is making it work.
I know S/S springs worked excellent for me with a brake, I would sure hope a more high dollar setup would
I ran a T/B with SS spring before going to ladder bars and the car twisted to the point that a bubby of mine thought the rear window were going to pop
Put a brake in my 3350 pound Duster in 2003 running 9's sold the car in 2011, still has the brake in it with new owner, is straight as an arrow, and has had hundreds of passes put on it during that time. Plenty of guys on here have seen/ know the car.
If your car was twisting up you had/ have something going on with the cage/ interconnection of the chassis/ frame connectors.
69 Dart GTS A4 Silver All steel, flat factory hood, 3360race weight
418 BPE factory replacement headed stroker, 565 lift solid cam
Best so far, 10.40 @127 1/4
1.41 best 60 foot
6.60 at 103.90 1/8
|
|
|
Re: cal-tracs and transbrakes
[Re: mopar dave]
#1764542
02/28/15 01:05 AM
02/28/15 01:05 AM
|
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 11,721
Portage,michigan
B3422W5
I Live Here
|
I Live Here
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 11,721
Portage,michigan
|
Quote:
ss springs and footbrake. that was years ago.
At the ET you are shooting for, the S/S springs you had would have worked fine, well into the 9's easily. If the car hooks, the ET difference won't amount to anything.
Last edited by B3422W5; 02/28/15 01:06 AM.
69 Dart GTS A4 Silver All steel, flat factory hood, 3360race weight
418 BPE factory replacement headed stroker, 565 lift solid cam
Best so far, 10.40 @127 1/4
1.41 best 60 foot
6.60 at 103.90 1/8
|
|
|
Re: cal-tracs and transbrakes
[Re: B3422W5]
#1764544
02/28/15 01:55 AM
02/28/15 01:55 AM
|
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 4,072
Mo.
racerx
master
|
master
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 4,072
Mo.
|
Quote:
Quote:
Quote:
Quote:
anyone here using cal-tracs and launching off transbrake? I know john calvert doesn't recommend it, but i'm curious if anyone is making it work.
I know S/S springs worked excellent for me with a brake, I would sure hope a more high dollar setup would
I ran a T/B with SS spring before going to ladder bars and the car twisted to the point that a bubby of mine thought the rear window were going to pop
Put a brake in my 3350 pound Duster in 2003 running 9's sold the car in 2011, still has the brake in it with new owner, is straight as an arrow, and has had hundreds of passes put on it during that time. Plenty of guys on here have seen/ know the car.
If your car was twisting up you had/ have something going on with the cage/ interconnection of the chassis/ frame connectors.
It's been so long ago can't remember if it was cage or just a roll bar  but I do remember it having a set of stock truck shocks...Lol
|
|
|
|
|
