Limiting wheel stand while useing Caltracs, HOW?

Posted By: Diego_Ted

Limiting wheel stand while useing Caltracs, HOW? - 02/11/09 02:17 PM

I know it's kind of an oxymoron but right now footbraking "El Picoso" could pull the front hoops anywhere from 6" to about 20". I am putting a transbrake and don't want to find the car on the bumper. What is the best way to limit the front end with out unloading the rear?

thx Ted

Posted By: 408strokerdart

Re: Limiting wheel stand while useing Caltracs, HOW? - 02/11/09 03:05 PM

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I know it's kind of an oxymoron but right now footbraking "El Picoso" could pull the front hoops anywhere from 6" to about 20". I am putting a transbrake and don't want to find the car on the bumper. What is the best way to limit the front end with out unloading the rear?

thx Ted

Adjustable front shocks / front travel limiter. This is how I am going to attempt it. If that doesn't work, I will be pulling timing out of it with the programmable digital 7 or putting a launch program into it for control.

Posted By: RADAMX

Re: Limiting wheel stand while useing Caltracs, HOW? - 02/11/09 03:33 PM

I run travel limiting straps on the front. Seems to work.
As said before you can run a stiffer adjustment on the shock to slow down the initial lift.

Posted By: Moparnut426

Re: Limiting wheel stand while useing Caltracs, HOW? - 02/11/09 05:03 PM

Our charger did nasy wheelies with the tortion bars, and stock front ewnd under it, when it was switched to a tube K member, and coilovers with a limiting strap that helped a bunch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4vjllW0rjY
this is before the new front end.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H96AJ0cfgpY&feature=channel_page
this is after I believe.

This was before we owned it, but Blake told us every trick on the car, now its on its way back to a stock apearing street car. We sold the 588 we had for it, and tha cage is gone, some guys hate me for it, but its a real R/T SE 440 car. And our finances arent in there anymore to keep it as a race car.

Posted By: Sixpak

Re: Limiting wheel stand while useing Caltracs, HOW? - 02/11/09 06:04 PM

Limiting the front end travel or put some weight back in the front of it. What's the percentage of weight front to back?

Posted By: Cab_Burge

Re: Limiting wheel stand while useing Caltracs, HOW? - 02/11/09 06:45 PM

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What is the best way to limit the front end with out unloading the rear?

thx Ted

A good set of whelie bars set up correctly will cure that problem

Posted By: Irun5snd8th

Re: Limiting wheel stand while useing Caltracs, HOW? - 02/11/09 07:03 PM

Its been my experience that a good set of double adjustable front shocks will do wonders for giving you control of the wheelies.

Posted By: topfueldart

Re: Limiting wheel stand while useing Caltracs, HOW? - 02/11/09 07:45 PM

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Its been my experience that a good set of double adjustable front shocks will do wonders for giving you control of the wheelies.

Posted By: Triple Threat

Re: Limiting wheel stand while useing Caltracs, HOW? - 02/11/09 07:48 PM

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Its been my experience that a good set of double adjustable front shocks will do wonders for giving you control of the wheelies.

aren't you supposed to working?

Posted By: 66coronet

Re: Limiting wheel stand while useing Caltracs, HOW? - 02/11/09 08:27 PM

Run them at an NHRA owned track.

Posted By: cudabunch

Re: Limiting wheel stand while useing Caltracs, HOW? - 02/11/09 08:35 PM

There are many ways to do it.
1.adjust the Cal-Tracs
2.adjust the rear shocks for less hit
3.Get Afco shocks on the front-adjust it out
4.limiters on the front
5.Dont dead hook and go faster-air pressure