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Hi Guys
I am changing over to a monoleaf caltrac set up on my 1969 Bee. This is a step up from my stock leaf springs and pinion snubber. Thus far, the previous best I was able to manage on the set up was a 60 foot time of around 1.898, this was with pinched leaf springs, 295 65 15 Et Drag radials and the pinion snubber. What can I expect for gains with the change up, once I get it dialed in? dropping into the low 1.7's would be huge for me!
Thoughts?
Mike
Toss a set of super stock springs on it with the longer front hangers & keep the snubber. My 70 Coronet with a high winding N/A 383 used to run real low 12's with a 1.6 short time with that setup. It also had a 4.56 gear and a 8 1/2" converter, but it left hard.
I didn't realize you already got the caltracs. A buddy of mine swapped over to those on an A body cuda and picked up a tenth and a half over the super stock springs, and it's also a lot more consistent with them. It's a high nine second car, before the monoleafs he was going 10.0's.
Thanks Drag-ula,
Test will be in the puddin' if it doesn't rain this weekend at Byron. I got them set at lower hole 2 turns of preload. Hopefully, I pick up some 60' foot
Mike
caltracs are the shit for a leafspring car my old 67 camaro had a 275 it would blow the tires off at the hit after the caltracs it would weelstand had to back off the preload from where i had set it to start cant give ya 60 times it was about 10 yrs ago but it picked up 3 tenths in the 1/4
My boys dart goes 8.50 with them they work well
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What about caltracs with stock leaf packs? I've heard stuff about caltracs only wanting to work with mono leafs.
We have a set on stock leaf packs, they work fantastic. Both wheels up, consistant 60's.Quote:
Originally Posted by bb429power
ALso, to teh OP take the pre load out. We started neutral, and glad we did, it probly woulda headed for the bumper. Hi 9 Sec, NA car. Might be different for you, but i always start no pre load.