BIG wheelhop! Please critique my launch

mshred said
hey guys, i agree the pinion angle needs to be corrected before anything else...like i said one step at a time

Ive already spent 100 bucks on getting the factory springs clamped extra in the front and a leaf added to stiffen them up...I have the snubber as well, and i checked yesterday and its about a half inch from the floor giver take

once i get the pinion angle fixed, first order of business will be to take the car to an abandoned area and do a few launches to see what happens...if im still getting hop, im going to go to a longer shock...if it still happens after that then i would probably go to a caltrac since they are only 50 bucks more than SS springs (SS springs are 300 bucks here in good ole canada) and are better technology imo

Im just wondering, if i did go the caltrac route, how hard are they to setup and how well do they work with a factory spring like what i have? and how do they ride on the street most importantly

The cal trac setup is about $350 and the cal trac mono-leaf spring is another $350. Thats a lot more than a set of $300 SS springs. Even if you spend a bunch of time resetting your pinion angle without fixing the spring/shock problem then you probably wont see much of an improvement. Then when you get (whichever) new springs, you will need to re-check or re-set the pinion angle again anyway.

I would not put anymore time or money into the old 6-cyl leafs. I say, change to SSs (or XHDs) and new shocks and then set the pinion angle. The SS springs work great (all the way into the 10s - 9s or maybe even faster) with the correct shocks and pinion angle. If you have your heart set on Cal tracs, It will be much more money but no doubt a good investment if you plan to go to the track a lot.

Maybe you already said and I didn't see but here is another question: Do you have subframe connectors?