That is true about the stiff ride but all high performance cars including
the Viper has stiff rear suspension. It is the price you pay for
performance.
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Steven St.Laurent
Test Engineer
Test Branch, GSD, MCTSSA
MARCORSYSCOM, USMC
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-----Original Message-----
From: Randall Brown [mailto:mindz@pcnow.net]
Sent: Monday, July 10, 2000 6:00 AM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: Re: Re:DML: TRACTION BARS - INSTALLED!!!
Havent drove mine enuff to notice the largeer bumps cause im soppleased with
my added traction....i was aworryin about them scrubbin at first goin in to
my driveway but they didnt......(large bump)...On my Dak the back never took
large bumps well anyway
Randall
----- Original Message -----
From: Ryan Rodgers <rodgers_ryan@hotmail.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Monday, July 10, 2000 8:42 AM
Subject: Re:DML: TRACTION BARS - INSTALLED!!!
> With all the talk of traction bars, I have a rather simple question for
> those of you who use them. How have they affected the ride of your truck?
> I had the Lakewood bars on my old S-10 and was thinking of putting them on
> my new Dak. I did notice that although my traction was improved, my ride
> quality went down. I mean the rear felt more stiff without much give over
> large bumps, since the snubbers could easily hit the springs on a large
> bump. (of course I will admit that I had to tweak the bars to make them
> work on the S-10.) I was wondering if anyone here noticed this on their
> dak. It may not be as noticeable as the dak is a larger, heavier truck
than
> the S-10. I'd like the benefits of the bars, as they were a good $30
> purchase, but I like to keep the ride nice too for those long trips.
Thanks
> for the input.
>
> Also, Homemade K&N system to go on next week (finally) with new Autolite
> plugs and maybe a 180 tstat time permitting. I'll let you all know my
> observations of the effects on my 4.7.
>
> -Ryan R
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