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dsraven · 04-20-2017, 04:39 PM

back in the day I used to build V8 Vega's. they had some terrible wheel hop but I lived with it and just "took it easy"until it got so bad that the rad shook out of the mounts while doing a burn out. new rad, new fan, coolant clean up, tow etc etc. THAT'S when I got the traction bars. they worked great. not a leaf spring suspension but same principle. ladder bars look cool as well as function well. the trick is to get the forward pivot point inline with the spring pivot point so the two parts are not fighting for the front of the line all the time. either one will help with traction as well by transferring lift to the body as the axle is torqued upwards.

04-20-2017, 04:39 PM	#8
dsraven Registered User Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: calgary alberta Posts: 7,818	Re: 59 truck with axle flip and removed load leaves. Major axle hop! back in the day I used to build V8 Vega's. they had some terrible wheel hop but I lived with it and just "took it easy"until it got so bad that the rad shook out of the mounts while doing a burn out. new rad, new fan, coolant clean up, tow etc etc. THAT'S when I got the traction bars. they worked great. not a leaf spring suspension but same principle. ladder bars look cool as well as function well. the trick is to get the forward pivot point inline with the spring pivot point so the two parts are not fighting for the front of the line all the time. either one will help with traction as well by transferring lift to the body as the axle is torqued upwards.