Ladder bars..??..

j par said

I was wondering about length of the ladder bars? I noticed most come in about 33 inch or so.. also I noticed if you punching a Mopar specifically in the summit catalog you don't come up with anything but universal stuff.. i.e. mostly made for Chevy and Ford LOL..
I like the idea of possibly making my own as I'd like that old-school girder kind of look... I would like to make them a little longer to make them more visible and definitely have them connect from the bottom of the axle... Kind of like those homemade ones that 318 showed in the video... Maybe purchasing the front crash bar and the floating axle brackets...
I could make the girders in between spell jpar LOL or Mopar... Driving the cool factor way up LOL...

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Used to be you could buy a 30 or 32 ladder bar. The biggest issue is they are way too short for most everything, and that makes them pound the tire harder. And the IC is too high.

Like I’ve said, as power goes up, the IC needs to be lower and further forward. I’ve seen some traction limited big HP stuff with the IC 120 inches out and at zero above the ground to get them to hook.

With the ladder bar you are always at 32 inches out and then however far off the ground depends on the chassis, where the crossmember is located in the car, how many holes and on what center they are on, and the diameter of the holes.

Of you like the for the cool factor then go for it. Just make sure you use a housing floater if you keep the leaf springs and I’d want to add sliders to the rear to help with binding.

You do have the CT so you can slow the hit down some with clutch application. And...you know me and abusing dead horses...you should have DA shocks.