What rear suspension for bracket racing.

yellow rose said

My point about the Cal-Track or similar bars is it’s a buy once, cry once deal. Once you have that bar you can continue to upgrade everything else and still have a better way to make it hook.

I’ve seen guys piss away way more money that they ever needed to because they went after their program piecemeal.

If you plan on living in the 13’s forever then maybe you use something else. But the cost difference between a good set of bars compared to SS springs and a snubber is close enough that in my mind it makes zero sense to buy something then upgrade it later.

Buy once, cry once.

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I agree with most if not all of what you mention. Especially DA shocks, one time and done. My thoughts on the various suspension designs and possible necessity of upgrading likely comes from the fact that there are many who likely ditch a perfectly fine (designed but not optimized) setup without ever really tuning on it, learning how to make it work and just jump into the various upgraded suspensions thinking that’s what they needed all along, or just want something trick etc. We all got our reasons and go overkill in some instances. I’m using stuff I don’t really need so.... I’ve spent a lot of time perusing the “post your 13-12-11-10 second” threads and see many posts with seemingly similar engine power builds and car setups running slower times with caltracs etc than those using old school technology leaf springs. Is it ones ability to dial in things better than another or ones inability? My old school way of thinking, doing (in most cases) and opining on is “extracting everything possible” from something before jettisoning it to the scrap heap for newer or modern. Still have to tune either way.