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RE: Traction Bars Experience

To: "'Chris Hill'" <Pirouette@uisreno.com>, <tigers@Autox.Team.Net>
Subject: RE: Traction Bars Experience
From: "Bob Palmer" <rpalmer@ucsd.edu>
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 08:02:39 -0700
Chris,

Good question Chris. The weld-on type has one end on the spring and the
other on the chassis. If not correctly installed, I know from experience
that it can stress the spring hanger area to the point of failure. A system
like the bolt-on or Caltrac types have both ends mounted on the spring, so
they are incapable of producing stress between the spring and chassis. Of
course, there is a lot of stress created when launching and braking, which
is reason enough to reinforce ala the STOA tech tip. Of course, they were
only designed to handle the Alpine's horsepower and skinny little tires.

Bob





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