Re: leaf springs with ladder bars?
[Re: cgall]
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02/05/09 07:07 PM
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sdaurity
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What Mud Pit do you race at? Lee County Mud Motorsports is 2 miles from my house.
One day I will have something cool here.
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Re: leaf springs with ladder bars?
[Re: RAT PATROL]
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02/06/09 11:51 AM
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I still run leaf springs with a four link at 9.18 and 144 MPH.
it must be working but I have ask why would you do that
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Re: leaf springs with ladder bars?
[Re: RAT PATROL]
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02/06/09 11:52 AM
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sdaurity
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my pops car has been 1.19 60' 8.30 @ 170 3400lbs, 10.5w's. On ladder bars, floaters, and factory leaf springs. It does work.
One day I will have something cool here.
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Re: leaf springs with ladder bars?
[Re: sdaurity]
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02/06/09 12:11 PM
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my pops car has been 1.19 60' 8.30 @ 170 3400lbs, 10.5w's. On ladder bars, floaters, and factory leaf springs. It does work.
you can throw enough HP at something and still go fast. but what is the reason for running a set up like that when there is better ways to do it? is it because of the class, to save a few bucks? etc. just curious?
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Re: leaf springs with ladder bars?
[Re: dodgedude4x4]
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02/06/09 01:04 PM
02/06/09 01:04 PM
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Float the front of the ladder bars, Done it before , works well.......
That would be the equivalent to slapper bars
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Re: leaf springs with ladder bars?
[Re: emarine01]
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02/06/09 01:58 PM
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You need a set of sliders on your set up instead of a floater kit,IMHO We used them years ago on a drag car with ladder bars, it would hook up in a mud pit in the middle of a rain storm It least it seemed like it would
Mr.Cab Racing and winning with Mopars since 1964. (Old F--t, Huh)
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Re: leaf springs with ladder bars?
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02/06/09 04:30 PM
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We have sliders @ the back of leafs , they let the rear end of the leaf flex a little but still too stiff , yanked the leafs out this morning to get some clean measurements , going coilover would be really easy but that boots us out of class , I can build floaters for spring over axle or change out to a longer spring to match my IC< MR P > or I can go coil spring like a chebby and stay in my class? Got 2 weeks to figure it out , I think the 4 links work with leafs cause of the 4 hiem joints pivot , the ladder bar is like a solid truss , not much give ,I have never raced at Lee Co. , they run mostly hill & hole , they have a flat track but only ran rails last year, if they open the flat up we will go its about 2hr drive. Well now my mess is apart so keep the ideas comming
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Re: leaf springs with ladder bars?
[Re: emarine01]
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02/06/09 09:18 PM
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you see this car.. very old school gasser..uses the stock leaf suspension with long set of ladder bars and NO floaters.. thats what they did back then and thats whats still on this car...he uses a BOP rear(saginaw 9 1/4") that uses a welded seamed axle housing... the two different motions or archs of rthe leaves and the ladder bars caused the seam to split open on the axle housing... just so you know what can happen without a floater to allow the axle to rotate with two oposing forces... I did fi the rear for him but he was missing pieces from his floater kit so I beefed the axle housing and the ladder bar connection points till he gets the parts or revises the rear suspension.. that 56 goes high nines and I cant figure out how it still passes tech...
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Re: leaf springs with ladder bars?
[Re: smokinwoody]
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02/06/09 09:31 PM
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you see this car..
very old school gasser..uses the stock leaf suspension with long set of ladder bars and NO floaters..
thats what they did back then and thats whats still on this car...he uses a BOP rear(saginaw 9 1/4") that uses a welded seamed axle housing...
the two different motions or archs of rthe leaves and the ladder bars caused the seam to split open on the axle housing...
just so you know what can happen without a floater to allow the axle to rotate with two oposing forces...
I did fi the rear for him but he was missing pieces from his floater kit so I beefed the axle housing and the ladder bar connection points till he gets the parts or revises the rear suspension..
that 56 goes high nines and I cant figure out how it still passes tech...
I'm sure it has enough IC before it binds up that allows it to hook.... but then again its busting up parts doing it
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