GI: traction bars for the BG

[13thghost]

it will be nice but you see there is just one problem! the traction bars are to eliminate wheel hop at hard starts . for a bg that is pushing over 300hp dropping
the clutch is not a option with a stock tranny .so traction bars will be useless to you unless you had a racing gearbox. and you john are almost at that hp level.
i will show you a old video of a 323 getting a pretty nice launch.


its the black and red 323 at the end of the video also no wheel hop. i have some drag radial i can lend you if you want. there mounted on a pair of 14'' steel rims. you are welcome to try them out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgYmsd4AAgs

[atomicEGT]

Jon has DRs on his car already.

Pat used to leave off of the flatshift in his EGT, which amounts to a clutch dump when the timing comes back in. This was with a 6-puck unsprung clutch, and ~300whp.

[13thghost]

i have hoosers dont think he has the same size tires? dont ask to tell size because i dont remember.but if its the tires he is running in his pics my tires are much bigger. almost look like slicks !

[atomicEGT]

His are 205/50-15s.

[therieldeal]

mine are indeed too small, i cant find anything about a 14" hoosier drag radial they all are 15"-17"... i'd be interested to see what exactly you have though.

the main thing that kills these trannies is shock loads... the easiest way to create a shock load is wheel hop. you can launch pretty damn hard while slipping the clutch out of the hole... but if it starts hopping you'll have problems.

i made roughly 50 passes and drove 10k miles on my stock tranny (started out with 100k on it) before it started having issues. it still drove okay even, but it was on its way out. its all about how you drive it... traction bars will help preserve the tranny is all i'm saying i guess.

but i mean if you think they are pointless... dont buy them? lol

[13thghost]

i dont speak from my own experience about track bars. i am speaking from the experience of others that are more experienced than i am working with bg's. u will see when i get back home we can experament with my car. i believe we will have the fastest bp's in the area! well as for the tires they are at my home in my room . i can have someone bring them out for you when ever you need them. just tell me what week you want to pick them up.

[FE3-323]

just get something made already!

[KaleoXtreme]

I'm in, any idea on price range yet?

[therieldeal]

nope, i talked to the fab guy... he's busy doing some cages right now but he's hopefully going to take a look at it in a few weeks

[svtfast]

Count me in as long as they are not more than $500 per

[Georonimo]

How about modding the control arms to accept a steel bushing/bearing?

I'm sure it's not something you would want on your car at all times but neither is the traction bar. A few minutes per side and you can swap them in at the track with your slicks. It'll do the same thing and still allow you to turn off with out putting it into reverse.

[therieldeal]

not a bad idea... hmmm. might look into it. the guy who was speaking with me about doing these seems to have disappeared... i know he's busy though so we'll see.

[NineFourProtege]

I'm in for this if i can get it for a v6 swap BG. Hopefully there will be two types of traction bars. One for people who have the BPT and then those who have the V6...

[therieldeal]

either way the same ones should work.....

hopefully this will get looked into pretty soon, sorry to get everyone excited and they disappear

in the mean time, check out the LSD group buy

[NineFourProtege]

I think i confused my self with traction bars and tranny braces... lol For some reason... BUT we could look into a group buy for tranny braces too!