Are traction bars ever right on a Mopar??
I run properly adjusted sets on both my 450 horse automatic A-Body and my 650 horse 5 speed E-body with great results. Both cars have Nitto Drag Radials on them to make them safer to drive on the street, but were bending the front spring segments of the passenger side SS springs.
Before trying this, I had the full Caltrac with mono leaf set-up on them, but pulled it and sold them due to the horrific ride quality on the open road.
Back in the day, I rarely saw anyone that was running them have them properly adjusted. In fact, almost every set I remember seeing had the front snubber 4 to 6 inches away from touching the front spring eye. They don't work when mounted like that, hence I believe the bad reputation they had for Mopars.
The front snubber must be just barely touching the bottom of the front spring eye. There are no off the shelf slapper bars that fit like that without modification. Starting with the correct length and some cutting, extending and welding of the rear bar mounting perch of is critical, as is shortening the length of the
rubber snubber by half.
My traction out of the hole improved dramatically on both cars with only a very slight stiffening of the rear suspension. I am running two passenger side 3200 lbs SS springs on both cars, which weigh in at 3700 wet.
I went with these for better ride quality and this combination is the best riding and launching suspension I have ever had in 4 decades of trying almost everything else. I painted them black so they blend in better, since they don't work on Mopars...lol.
I run properly adjusted sets on both my 450 horse automatic A-Body and my 650 horse 5 speed E-body with great results. Both cars have Nitto Drag Radials on them to make them safer to drive on the street, but were bending the front spring segments of the passenger side SS springs.
Before trying this, I had the full Caltrac with mono leaf set-up on them, but pulled it and sold them due to the horrific ride quality on the open road.
Back in the day, I rarely saw anyone that was running them have them properly adjusted. In fact, almost every set I remember seeing had the front snubber 4 to 6 inches away from touching the front spring eye. They don't work when mounted like that, hence I believe the bad reputation they had for Mopars.
The front snubber must be just barely touching the bottom of the front spring eye. There are no off the shelf slapper bars that fit like that without modification. Starting with the correct length and some cutting, extending and welding of the rear bar mounting perch of is critical, as is shortening the length of the
rubber snubber by half.
My traction out of the hole improved dramatically on both cars with only a very slight stiffening of the rear suspension. I am running two passenger side 3200 lbs SS springs on both cars, which weigh in at 3700 wet.
I went with these for better ride quality and this combination is the best riding and launching suspension I have ever had in 4 decades of trying almost everything else. I painted them black so they blend in better, since they don't work on Mopars...lol.
