I think your right about the traction bars, They didn't seem to help me
out at the track, my holeshots seemed worse. My theory is they work at
getting the power to the ground, but without slicks to make you stick
the power just makes you spin more. But on the street they seem to do a
good job, no wheel hop and less spin.....
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>At 04:17 PM 12/11/98 -0800, you wrote:
>>I have a 5.2L Dakota RC, 5 speed with a 3.55 rearend. I havn't been
able
>>to find anyone with the same truck but with the 3.92 rearend. I'd like
>>to know how if it hooks up at all. Even with 275/60R15 tires and
>>traction bars I spin through 1st, halfway through second, and about 5
>>feet of third, traction is still a problem. I would guess the 3.92
would
>>get even less traction.
>>
>
> There is a Dakota that runs a lot at NYIRP where Bill and I run. Its
a
>318 RC 5-speed with 3.90s. Its got a Gibson 3" single cat-back
exhaust,
>JBA headers, underdriven pulleys, and some other stuff too. (MP
computer
>maybe)
>
> Anyway, he was running 14.7s and I think ran a 14.3 once until he put
>his JBA headers on and a set of new (cheap) tires. Now, the truck
>walks sideways on him all the way through 4th and his 1/4 mile ETs went
>up to high 14's and low 15's. He was talking about coming back with
slicks
>next year; it'll be interesting to see what he can run when it hooks
up.
>
>
> Speaking of traction bars, I've got a Lakewood universal set on my
Dak
>and my 60' times actually got worse after I installed 'em. My pet
theory is
>that the wheel hop was acting almost like ABS and giving me traction.
(At
>the expense of damaging rearend components...) Traction bars are
sort've
>a misnomer... As far as I know, they're not there for traction, there
>there to keep you from ripping your rearend off the truck during a
holeshot.
>(I could be wrong; its happened before.) :-)
>
>
> -Jon-
>
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