How well do caltracks drive on street. Special shocks?

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I drive mine on the street the same way I race it. Rides OK to me. A little stiff, but no worse than SS springs.

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Hello Do people run their street /strip cars on the street with Cal tracks?
If so how do you set it up loose or the same as track?
What type of shocks do you run in the Front and Rear?
Are there any problems with running the car on the street like this or will it be OK ?
The car is a 69 Charger with 493 rb and hemi 4speed with 4:10 Locker
I have KYB shocks now and Hemi springs. want to upgrade for the track this season but car does see some weekend to show driving.
I might want to buy the mono leafs also.
The car only has a 10.5 wide drag radial on it.
Looking for people who have real world experience to chime in on this before I plunk down about 900 bills on this . Thank You every body for your help! Moparts has the best people in USA !

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I drive around with preload in the bars, as stated it basically stops the rear suspension from being able to work as it should, but if you can stand the ride of a one ton truck you will be fine with the caltracs.

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I drive mine on the street the same way I race it. Rides OK to me. A little stiff, but no worse than SS springs.

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I run mine a quarter turn loose. That's the way the car likes it at the track and it rides good like that. Any tighter and the ride gets rough.

Calvert used to give you a pair of their wrenches if you asked for them when you ordered their stuff. Don't expect much wrench, but if you need preload at the track and don't like the ride, they make it handy to make the change in settings.

I use a piece of masking tape near the nut that I number each flat on. That way, after I get the set-up that I like I can make changes and not get confused if I need to go back.

Be sure and get the 9 way shocks. You may not need all the adjustments, but it's better to have them and not need them than to need them and not have them. My Cuda needs the stiffest setting at the track. But I run them softest on the street. The shock settings are the only change I make going from street to strip. And the car will consistently 60' in the low 1.5s.

You can get left over 9 way Ranchos from a guy on Ebag for around $75 each.

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Found an old 1" combo wrench in my tool box and cut it in half for easy adjusting purposes.

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I drive around with preload in the bars, as stated it basically stops the rear suspension from being able to work as it should, but if you can stand the ride of a one ton truck you will be fine with the caltracs.

I also use the mono leafs, Rancho 9000's and the Calvert 90/10's up front.

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I use a piece of masking tape near the nut that I number each flat on. That way, after I get the set-up that I like I can make changes and not get confused if I need to go back.

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I like that idea...I'm going to do that to mine