Traction bars & blocks, pics

CTD03 said:
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I was looking at something like this would it work?? or are they to short
i kinda like the idea so i could get a way in some classes that say no traction bars
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It depends with them being short like they are they'll move your instant center closer to the rear. witch will cause the truck to want to really plant the back tires. but it also may load the back tires so hard that it actually causes wheel-hop since it loads the tires so hard they can't keep traction. for drag racing I'd give it a go since there's a lot more traction available compared to what you would pull a sled on.

For info right now I run a set of bars that are 72"s eye to eye on a ecsb Chevy and when I bring it up on the converter the back raises up about 2"s and I don't have wheel hop issues either. And for next I'm planning to drop down to something around a 60" so I get a little more lift in back and plant the tires a little harder.
 
looks like bars will be going on i just found them the other day and wanted to see what every one thinks about them
 
Lot of different ideas floating around about building traction bars. Has anyone built a set that didn't work? What should a guy avoid?
 
Big Blue24 said:
Lot of different ideas floating around about building traction bars. Has anyone built a set that didn't work? What should a guy avoid?
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Make sure you use good strong materials. That is probably the biggest thing. I was at a pull last weekend and a guy had a set of bars on his truck that looked like it couldnt have been more than 1/2 inch OD. Those things bowed like no other. No idea why you would use something so flimsy. I guess he just used what he had. But I would really recommend using DOM for your bars.
 
These are similar to what we build up here. The only difference is we two x two squar by 1/4 and about 6.4' long. It really make the truck hook and run down the track even. Keep up the good work guys
 
I fully intended to use 2x2 tube, but the 2x3 came up first. There was room for it.

Bigger is better right?

This thing still only weights 5950 without the weight rack.
 
Here are my bars i finally got finished up with.

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And here are my blocks. Plan on drilling a few more holes so i can just pin them up so i dont have to take them off. Just ran out of time for houston.

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jktcummins said:
Here are my bars i finally got finished up with.

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And here are my blocks. Plan on drilling a few more holes so i can just pin them up so i dont have to take them off. Just ran out of time for houston.

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Looks good man! What materials were used? For some reason, your bars don't look like they hang down as far as mine. Did you connect under the axle?
 
Yeah they are on the end of the ubolts. I am not sure what material it is but its 2" and heavy as hell. I cant tell if its solid or just 1/2 wall. Because i cant see through them. They are just threaded. I bought the bars off ebay and modified the brackets to fit my truck. The bars weight 100lbs.
 
jktcummins said:
Yeah they are on the end of the ubolts. I am not sure what material it is but its 2" and heavy as hell. I cant tell if its solid or just 1/2 wall. Because i cant see through them. They are just threaded. I bought the bars off ebay and modified the brackets to fit my truck. The bars weight 100lbs.
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Mine are bolted to U-bolts also, but for some reason they just look like they hang lower than yours.
 
All my brackets are closer tolerance. Closer to the Ubots and closer to the frame. I am sure there is maybe an inch there.
 
cummins724 said:
You have pics? Did you put the plate directly against the bottom plate for the springs?
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Yes i did. I found some very short nuts to thread onto the ubolt that allowed the t bar plate to almost touch the ubolt plate.
 
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