We all know how much a good set of tracton bars help a puller but Has anyone ever run Caltracs?

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If your going to drag it, Caltracs work.
For pulling I think you need a longer
set of bars.

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Yea, caltracs won't cut it for pulling.

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Talking with the Caltrac guys he said alot of teh west coast guys are using them.

But your from the east coast Bobby, so they won't work...

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I would go with at least 60inch long bars.

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Here you go an east coast truck w/ caltracs. He pulled 321.xx, only reason he stopped was blew an intercooler boot.

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I dont see why they would not work.

everybody has an opinion run what u think bobby

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We have used them for 4 years, never hop. (well, almost never)
The last 2 years, we were very competitive in 2.6 class.

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My thing is they dont work like a traditional set of traction bars.

Try them. I was told longer is better, but anything that will hold your axle out of hop is what most pullers need. I have seen 60 inch bars let the wheels hop on black dirt but there isn't much that will help on that.

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I thought about a set of these once I get the my Dana 80 bolted under my 2nd gen......

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On a traditional bar setup longer is better, The caltracs use a differnet design, something about the pyhsics of it... Just saying what teh guys at Caltrac said...

I run a set of homemade Caltracs on a 340 Plymouth 1/4 mile car and they are the best mod I ever made to that car. The thing hooks like the rear tires are glued to the pavement. Here's the deal, don't be fooled by the first pic of an old slapper bar:

Traction

I almost put a set on the 1st Gen but decided to try something different, just for the hell of it. If anyone has any actual reasons besides "I heard..." or their "opinion," let's hear it. They are an excellent, effective means of controlling axle wrap in a leaf spring rear suspension. Better by far than 90+% of the bolt on solid I-don't-care-how-long-they-are POS bars I see on alot of trucks.