How to fix your Cal Trac's
I thought you were referring to his car in your post, sorry lol
That is what I meant, sorry.
And the way I see it- because a couple of people could not get the caltracs to work does not mean they DONT work. Ron Rhodes I am almost certain is leaving off a brake in his small tire, nitrous camaro that if I am not mistaken cuts 1.1X 60' times. They can be made to work, but then again, not everything will always work in every car?
No problem Mshred, SpareParts got it now too. Maybe I wasn't clear in my response.I am old!
But there are way more then just a couple of people that didn't get them to work well, period. I got ton's of PM's with similar frustration from my past post's, I have talked with ton's of racers. Even Toby Lang gave me some negative input."They hit the tires way too hard,harder then a ladder bar car".
I am not saying they won't work on other brand cars.A lot of Camaro's work great, so do some Nova's. Calvert has a bunch of Fords that work awesome.I am talking about A bodies with their short front half of the leaf springs.
In defense of CalTracs, here is a really well working Tbrake Ford at our track. It works pretty good, but with his conversion to the complete Cal Trac system,the car is now leaving even,where as it use to twist. But no increase in 60's.He didn't gain anything in consistency either.This is a 11:20's car (at our altitude)
Look closely at the picture. He has long leaf springs. They are 31" in the front 1/2, close to what a ladder bar is at 32"-36" which puts the instant center closer to a ladder bar car. He also has lots of weight toward the rear of the car, which keeps it from purposing.But this is not a A body either.
So with all that said,why not post like FlyFish and others post. Stuff that tells how he got his Caltracs to work.But lets stick to A bodies.
I told you how I fixed mine, I got a different car that I am ecstatic about.It has a chassis that I won't need to spend a year sorting out.A chassis that is similar to what I have built and ran in the past, and has always worked for me.
That was my point, My post really started out to be a humorous, so I am sorry if I offended those that are in-love with their CalTracs.I am just not.And I don't plan to look back. Just want to save some people a bunch of grief from my personal experience.
