Floaters/Ladder Bars on A body
Hey Rick, you are a wise ol' man. I do listen to you, because you are level headed.Your idea's make me always think.And I love your support.Never worry about speaking up. I can be pretty out spoken myself.
My buddies, and others on here tried Double adj. shocks with no help. The reality is the instant center is too short on an A body front spring mount.The bars want to lift the car up in the rear,not in the center, which tends to unload the tire.I am sure with a BB it's even worse then a SB because of the foward weight.
Now I know I am going to get a bunch of heat again, but that is my opinion,and conclusion. I am not willing to try anything else. I have the car calmed down on the starting line. In fact it's so calm I have 0.980 in the box. That is pretty wimpy, and I promise it's not me.It's added a ton of roll out. But I can adjust for that.
My good friend,a great racer, and they call him "Ice Man" ran floaters in his 67 Nova for years with lots of sucess. He went to big dollar coil overs and 4 link, but said the floaters/ladders worked better. Now wait. I am not saying floaters work better, I am just saying he had good luck with his car.With both BB and SB.
All the others on here gave great info.Except for my short encounter with "crackhead" it's been a great websight.It did take a while and a lot of frustration to come to a conclusion about the Cal Tracs. Actually several people Pm 'd me and came out of closet about them. They all agreed they couldn't make them work either, at least the way they wanted them to work.My buddy has a BB 57 Chevy, and he runs stock springs 3 way Comp. shocks and a transbrake. They work great for him. My buddy in oz has a 67 camaro mild blown SB, he foot brakes and blows the tires off, even after talking to Mr Calvert several times, and made every possible adjustment.
Good prepped track,less HP,more balanced car, lighter car,SB,footbrake,saturday night/street race car, racing in Pro, not Super Pro, all can make a difference in how I believe they can work in an A body.Or maybe I totally missed the setup!
And yes, it would be a winter project. But I swear, I almost pulled my SS springs out of my wifes car, and was going to adapt a snubber to my 9". But I decided to ride the year out, and just have fun.But you never know if I get real frustrated. With a hoist it only takes an hour or so, and I can always put her stock springs back in, because she is not racing this year.
Here is your pat and pudding LOL
Chris