How to build caltrac bars

Calvert Racing's CalTracs are the most innovative traction bar units today, often imitated, but never duplicated. If you have a leafspring car, we have a set of bars for you! From daily driven cars, to 8-second outlaw cars, this system is made to out perform! Features: Complete bolt-on, no cutting, welding, or modifications to OEM suspension.

Traction Bars, CalTracs Low Profile, Steel, Black Powdercoated, Chevy, GMC, Kit. Part Number: CLV-3701 I have been wanting to make a set of the bars from the site below. For under $100 I can make a set of mini Caltracs if you will. The derections from the site are pretty good but they are not for the first gen. Nova's front leaf spring mounts. It better if I just show pics. Here is what I am making. How to make Caltrac traction Bars I found this on the internet and thought it might help. I've already done this with my shelby bars and so far it seems to work. I hope this helps! Terry Gates AKA BossmavTraction bars Search traction bar geometry and traction bar set up. Tons of cad like drawings showing movement arcs I ran caltracs daily. The solid up frint bushing wasnt bad and that limits the axel moving and shot bushings wont help wheel hop lol Nice in that you can preload or back em out so it takes a fair amount of movement of the axel before they engage. Want to build your own super HD traction bar kit, this is it! we also have kits pre selected for your vehicle elsewhere. If you have had problems with the rear axle wandering and wheel hopping under the heavy torque. Be it in the sand, dirt, or putting down a thick smokey burnout on pavement, this kit is a solution for

Auction Lot G38, Kissimmee, FL 2012. LS1 running rear with upgrades. Dakota Digital cruise. Tubular suspension quick steering box. Every nut and bolt is new. Houndstooth interior. 3.73 posi. wheel disc brakes. Caltrac bars and frame connectors. 480 miles since restoration

Caltracs will keep the leaf spring from wraping up under hard acceleration...aka wheel hop. Where Caltracs exceeds other brands of traction bars is that the front mount of the Caltracs is allowed to pivot with the leaf springs so that there is no binding as where most traction bars have one end of the bar is fixed and one end pivots so it does in fact restrict leaf spring travel. Search traction bar geometry and traction bar set up. Tons of cad like drawings showing movement arcs I ran caltracs daily. The solid up frint bushing wasnt bad and that limits the axel moving and shot bushings wont help wheel hop lol Nice in that you can preload or back em out so it takes a fair amount of movement of the axel before they engage. The single bars solve the problem of the bottom of the axle moving forward as a result of the rotation. Just seems like its better to fight the problem, not the results IMO. I know people with the single bars that say they work great, just dial some preload in and they should work fine. IMO the best bang for the buck. heres a pic of the camaro at vegas wehre it ran it best ever of 10.51 at 129 with a 60ft of 1.32 with our home made version of caltracs this is the nova i tune on that runs caltrac bars and leafs that 60 ft a 1.38 last week, best run to date is a 10.39 at 134.

Calvert Racing’s CF Series 90/10 was designed with performance in mind. This new line was engineered for cars with midrange power. Built with the softest rate on rebound on the market today, allowing the front end of your race car to come up as easy as possible! I typically do the second way with some gap in the drivers side bar. 1. Block the front and back of one of your front tires to prevent movement. 2a. Rotate the driver's side transfer bar until the spring pressure tube makes contact with the top of the leaf spring. Rotate the transfer bar one additional turn to apply pre-load to the system. 2b.