Re: ladder bar setup
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05/02/23 03:01 AM
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3,000 pound car 14X32 slicks, trans brake. 28 inch bars. Bar flat or angled? Birdtracker Test, test and test some more so you learn what works best on YOUR CAR Both Dusters I had (one leaf spring and one coil over) like, best 60ft. and reaction times, the front eye in the lowest hole in the front brackets
Mr.Cab Racing and winning with Mopars since 1964. (Old F--t, Huh)
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Re: ladder bar setup
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05/02/23 06:41 AM
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78 D-150 I installed the bars at 2.5* nose down in their lowest position, with the expectation to be installed for initial use one hole up. this will give us a little adjustment to increase or soften (lower or raise respectively) the "Hit'
The trucks chassis posed some issues due to how low the front crossmember was going to be installed, a cars chassis is considerably different and you should be able to set it up to use (adjust-ability for tuning) 4 or all 5 front holes
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Re: ladder bar setup
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Slicks, I say it's going to work best with a few degrees down angle.
If you put a drag radial on it then you might level it out.
67 Barracuda street/bracket car 11.27-119 68 Dart 502 BB 8.70s-152 414 cid SB Dragster 7.65-174
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Re: ladder bar setup
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05/02/23 09:03 AM
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The only bad thing about a ladder bar setup is if it is right, it works great, if it is installed wrong not much you can do about it, except cut brackets off and start again. Plus if you keep the car and keep improving it, what happens when you overpower the suspension and lack of adjustment keeps you from tuning it? For just a little more time and money a 4-link will give you adjustment and maybe even make the car worth more when it is time to sell. I like to use a suspension program like Performance Trends 4-link calculator, it also does ladder bar setups. plug in the numbers and see where those brackets need to be welded. https://www.performancetrends.com/4link.htm
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Re: ladder bar setup
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The only bad thing about a ladder bar setup is if it is right, it works great, if it is installed wrong not much you can do about it, except cut brackets off and start again. Plus if you keep the car and keep improving it, what happens when you overpower the suspension and lack of adjustment keeps you from tuning it? For just a little more time and money a 4-link will give you adjustment and maybe even make the car worth more when it is time to sell. I like to use a suspension program like Performance Trends 4-link calculator, it also does ladder bar setups. plug in the numbers and see where those brackets need to be welded. https://www.performancetrends.com/4link.htm Years ago I had a Dakota pickup that had the chassis brackets installed too high for ladder bars. The bottom hole they still had a slight upward angle. It was too violent and we ended up cutting them off and lowering them to get the bars angles down. Truck was fine after that. I say put the brackets were the bars are level in the middle hole and you have holes to go up and down for either adjustment.
67 Barracuda street/bracket car 11.27-119 68 Dart 502 BB 8.70s-152 414 cid SB Dragster 7.65-174
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Re: ladder bar setup
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The attachment point is the IC DVW as you know and higher is always a higher AS value. Ladder bars are always so short that you always have some ridiculous amount of AS value and are trying to take some of that initial hit out of it and control it with slicks. That is why with slicks its usually better to have the bars running downhill slightly IMO but I realize all cars are different. Shocks control it all too and years ago we never had valving to control the hit properly so we always ran them downhill. Radials and no prep are a different animal.
67 Barracuda street/bracket car 11.27-119 68 Dart 502 BB 8.70s-152 414 cid SB Dragster 7.65-174
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Re: ladder bar setup
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05/03/23 05:52 PM
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so I have the car up on stands right now and the rearend out of it. The axles and pig are out of it. The car will not 60 foot the way it was.The bars were down 9 degrees. I talked to another racer that is old school and he recommended the string from the tire to camshaft and see where that intersects. Work in progress. Birdtracker The height of the camshaft is what is usually used when you don't take the time to calculate the center of gravity vertically for the car. It is a good estimate and I have used it a lot. Real way is to use scales and then jack up the front and use a formula with the weight change to get the real center of gravity height. Most of my experience is with 4-links, and I chased my tail one time, over 60 foot times and when all was said and done the rear spring rates were too stiff. Instant center changes would not solve the issue.
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Re: ladder bar setup
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What is the current set up? Weight, F/R weight distribution, shocks, springs, ladder bar length, ladder bar front heim bolt C/L height from the ground, ladder bar length, converter, rear gear ratio trans 1st gear ratio, power level. Doug
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Re: ladder bar setup
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