Re: Ladder Bar Question
[Re: Chassisman]
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11/02/09 03:02 PM
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Tell them to move the ladder front mount cross member up now before its too late. At this point it will be much easier to accomplish this then after its all together. The rest of the car looks good.
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Re: Ladder Bar Question
[Re: moparmanjames]
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11/02/09 03:33 PM
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"the ladder bar needs to be level to the ground now and adjustment holes up and down for tuning."
Yeah that's what I thought too, so seeing as how the car is so low, how would you fix it? I think the axle brackets have to be re-welded and moved inboard and different front brackets made.
It is good that you know that they do roundy rounders well, maybe they will be willing to learn how to do a drag race ladder bar rear suspension correctly on your car As already said on the lower bar and front mounts, they are all valid points A good ladder bar(quality and installation) set up properly will hook up in a mud bog in the middle of a rain storm Mine does I have owned and race four ladder bar rear suspension Dusters, one of them was not set up correctly, one mounting point for the front and the lower bar was not parrelel to the ground at ride hieght, it was a pig on the 60 ft. times, the car didn't spin the tire and the chassis didn't move when I hit the throttle . The fix was removing the complete rear suspension and staring over
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Re: Ladder Bar Question
[Re: Cab_Burge]
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11/02/09 04:29 PM
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"the ladder bar needs to be level to the ground now and adjustment holes up and down for tuning."
Yeah that's what I thought too, so seeing as how the car is so low, how would you fix it? I think the axle brackets have to be re-welded and moved inboard and different front brackets made.
It is good that you know that they do roundy rounders well, maybe they will be willing to learn how to do a drag race ladder bar rear suspension correctly on your car As already said on the lower bar and front mounts, they are all valid points A good ladder bar(quality and installation) set up properly will hook up in a mud bog in the middle of a rain storm Mine does I have owned and race four ladder bar rear suspension Dusters, one of them was not set up correctly, one mounting point for the front and the lower bar was not parrelel to the ground at ride hieght, it was a pig on the 60 ft. times, the car didn't spin the tire and the chassis didn't move when I hit the throttle . The fix was removing the complete rear suspension and staring over
I just got off the phone with the owner and we are going to order a 4 link for it and get it straightened out.
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Re: Ladder Bar Question
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11/02/09 09:19 PM
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What is your goal? if its 25.5 you need to buy a SFI book so you can do it right.
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Re: Ladder Bar Question
[Re: kosdart1]
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11/07/09 12:16 AM
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if they can't install ladder bars the correct way, why would you want them to put in a 4 link! seems like they were going to finish the car and take your money if you did not say anything. i would seriously think about pulling it out of there and going to a shop that does drag cars only. im not bashing the shop, im sure they do nice work on circle track cars, but the drag cars are different. good luck
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Re: Ladder Bar Question
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11/07/09 11:28 AM
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this is a cool blog just learned a bunch. so i have a question if you have a small tire car you can run the ladder bar further out to the tires like in the original leafsppring location and this is good?? I would assum the reason for most kits being so close in is do to tire size and new frame rails?? another great blog thanks guys
Thank you Kiddart
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Re: Ladder Bar Question
[Re: SB449VALIANT]
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11/07/09 05:39 PM
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Chassisman.... How much green papper is needed these days to get to build a cm chassis from alston, for a 65 valiant, plus the welding job.Something like this, at these level/stage...thanks...
Labor to get it a roller like in that pic was around 7k...parts/materials around 12-15k(depending on quality)...so around 19k total....then tin work is 7-10k... BUT I'm not in that business anymore....so who knows what the going rate is...
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