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SS Springs with Caltracs #790024 09/01/10 01:01 PM 09/01/10 01:01 PM
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,409 Ont. Canada 10.90 Racer OP super street
10.90 Racer OP super street Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,409 Ont. Canada	OK I know this has been posted before. I know you guys are out there. Please post what you did to your SS springs to get them to work with Caltracs.

Re: SS Springs with Caltracs [Re: 10.90 Racer] #790025 09/01/10 01:13 PM 09/01/10 01:13 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 15,439 Val-haul-ass... eventually B BradH Taking time off to work on my car
BradH Taking time off to work on my car B Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 15,439 Val-haul-ass... eventually	The obviou$ an$wer is "Replaced them w/ Calvert's split mono-leaf springs." Everything else basically involves removing leafs and/or band-aiding them to be less "active" and trying not to work against the CalTracs.

Re: SS Springs with Caltracs [Re: BradH] #790026 09/01/10 01:24 PM 09/01/10 01:24 PM
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 4,573 Motor City 6 6PKRTSE master
6PKRTSE master 6 Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 4,573 Motor City	I agree. I have the split mono's on my Challenger as well. 1963 Belvedere 440 Max Wedge Tribute 1970 Charger R/T S.E. 440 Six Pack 1970 Challenger R/T, 528 Hemi 1970 Charger 500 S.E. 440 4 BBL 1970 Plymouth Road Runner 383 1974 Chrysler New Yorker 440 1996 2500 RAM 488 V-10 4X4 2004 3500 Dually Cummins 4x4 2012 Challenger R/T Classic.

Re: SS Springs with Caltracs [Re: 10.90 Racer] #790027 09/01/10 04:41 PM 09/01/10 04:41 PM
Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 5,746 Ontario, Canada Dodgem master
Dodgem master Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 5,746 Ontario, Canada	When I ran my SS springs with cal tracks I ran 9000 ranchos on 7 and 1 1/3 turns pre load driver and 1 2/3 pre load pass and 90/10's up front swear it was better than the split monos now?? LOL!! It yanked the wheels better. This was that set up off the T brake. Last edited by Dodgem; 09/01/10 04:47 PM.

Re: SS Springs with Caltracs [Re: Dodgem] #790028 09/01/10 04:48 PM 09/01/10 04:48 PM
Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 5,746 Ontario, Canada Dodgem master
Dodgem master Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 5,746 Ontario, Canada	Oh hear! 6172036-Prize1.JPG (58 downloads)

Re: SS Springs with Caltracs [Re: Dodgem] #790029 09/01/10 04:53 PM 09/01/10 04:53 PM
Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 5,746 Ontario, Canada Dodgem master
Dodgem master Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 5,746 Ontario, Canada	This was 3 weeks ago with split mono + 1" 9000 rancho shocks on 3 similar pre load "even" as I run an air shock to pre load pass side. Can still see over hood all the time were withh the ss springs would lose sight of track in front momentarily. 6172049-NiceGTX2.JPG (56 downloads)

Re: SS Springs with Caltracs [Re: Dodgem] #790030 09/02/10 03:24 AM 09/02/10 03:24 AM
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,409 Ont. Canada 10.90 Racer OP super street
10.90 Racer OP super street Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,409 Ont. Canada	Quote: Oh hear! Did you modify he SS Springs??

Re: SS Springs with Caltracs [Re: 10.90 Racer] #790031 09/02/10 10:10 AM 09/02/10 10:10 AM
Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 5,746 Ontario, Canada Dodgem master
Dodgem master Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 5,746 Ontario, Canada	I had originally put an extra leaf in and deleted one short on the pass as they were too week for my liking on the street! always worked good the cal tracs made them better.

Re: SS Springs with Caltracs [Re: Dodgem] #790032 09/02/10 10:27 AM 09/02/10 10:27 AM
Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 8,165 Left Coast B BobR master
BobR master B Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 8,165 Left Coast	Quote: I had originally put an extra leaf in and deleted one short on the pass as they were too week for my liking on the street! always worked good the cal tracs made them better. If you truly understood the principles of the CalTrac system you'd just get the split leafs. This is what they were designed for and this is how they work the best. Call Calvert Racing and they will explain it all to you.

Re: SS Springs with Caltracs [Re: BobR] #790033 09/02/10 10:42 AM 09/02/10 10:42 AM
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 654 ohio D dbran451 mopar
dbran451 mopar D Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 654 ohio	I received this info from a Calvert tech when i purchased mine, he told me to remove one leaf on each spring as you need to soften the spring and only use it to hold the car up not to plant the tires this has worked well for me once i got the preload set i have been running these for three or four years. just my

Re: SS Springs with Caltracs [Re: BobR] #790034 09/02/10 11:16 AM 09/02/10 11:16 AM
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,409 Ont. Canada 10.90 Racer OP super street
10.90 Racer OP super street Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,409 Ont. Canada	Quote: Quote: I had originally put an extra leaf in and deleted one short on the pass as they were too week for my liking on the street! always worked good the cal tracs made them better. If you truly understood the principles of the CalTrac system you'd just get the split leafs. This is what they were designed for and this is how they work the best. Call Calvert Racing and they will explain it all to you. I have not heard of many switching to a mono from the ss and seeing much if any improvement. If I were looking to purchase springs I would go to the mono's. But I really don't want the added expense, and I can always install the mono.s later. The car has 60' with a 1.45 on the SS springs.

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