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Thread: rear launch springs?
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03-22-2011, 08:32 AM #1
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rear launch springs?
does any company make rear launch springs for a 1998 bird. i called summit and they said they couldnt find any for it. what springs are people using to launch at the strip? any help would be great!
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03-23-2011, 05:32 PM #2
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SILVER- 1999 Pontiac Trans AM
I thought I remember seeing somewhere that you can use V6 fbody springs but I am not too sure on that.
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03-23-2011, 06:46 PM #3
seems like even of you could figure that out, you would be more prone to snap things. You want to stop the axle from rotating as much as possible. That will give you traction. Try it out. Post this up in the drag section.
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03-24-2011, 05:18 PM #4
look up a 96 lt1 t/a they make a set of them....
i used a set off a 5.0 mustang. worked nice but i gave them back..
i run my stock springs with no spacer and air bags 0 in the left and 12 in the right.. keeps the car going right...
shocks are bigger help then spring btw
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03-24-2011, 05:38 PM #5
Drag bar, relo brackets, & stock springs...
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03-24-2011, 06:04 PM #6
What exactly is a "drag bar" ?
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03-24-2011, 06:13 PM #7
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03-24-2011, 06:17 PM #8
Its basically a solid sway bar that doesnt flex, at all. just google UMI drag bar for f body. A customer of ours has a BMR one on his S197 mustang and its basically a 1.5" solid bar mounted to the body with spilned ends that have arms that bolt up to the rear axle. So theres very little side to side flex in the rear
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03-24-2011, 06:30 PM #9
I'll check it out -- thanks for the explanation guys!
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03-25-2011, 04:34 AM #10
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03-25-2011, 05:38 AM #11
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03-25-2011, 06:17 AM #12
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Forgot to answer the OP's question. Strano Springs sells the Eibach Drag Spring Kit. It comes with 4 springs and a drag bag for the passenger rear.
I run a combo of the Eibach Prokit Springs on the front and the Eibach Drag Springs on the rear. I have yet to install the bag, but that will probably be done while my car is in the shop for the new motor.
BMR Xtreme Drag Bar...1.5" diameter.
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03-25-2011, 03:48 PM #13
If you do the drag bar, there's no need for the air bag !!!
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03-26-2011, 12:46 PM #14
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03-26-2011, 01:43 PM #15
I used the air bags before I installed the drag bar. They helped some, but I was still twisting the car. ( pulling the left front tire )
With just the drag bar, my car launched even & level.
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03-26-2011, 01:44 PM #16
That's stock rear coil springs too.
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03-26-2011, 02:08 PM #17
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Does that Extreme bar make the car ride like shizzle? All I need to finish my rear suspension is a drag bar and a torque arm. Thinking of going with the DB next and I drive my car a lot. Not as a daily, but just about every day the weather is nice.
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03-26-2011, 02:15 PM #18
I think it rides better by itself, than having the front & rear stock ones hooked up... Now the skinnie front tires don't help on the cornering much...
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04-06-2011, 01:12 PM #19
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how much of a diff. does the drag bar make tho? i have a adjustable panhard bar and lakewood adjustable traction bars and i still can hook with slicks. the launch is even, its just the tires still slip.
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04-06-2011, 01:45 PM #20
When you launch, the right rear tire jumps up, and the left pushes down. The rear twist... The drag bar is an anti roll bar that keeps the rear from twisting. Plants the tires evenly.
I looked up your traction bars. Don't quite understand them. I guess you still have the stock control arms ? If so, I'd still add a set of LCA relocation brackets.
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