Tractions bars

**EG30** · 07-09-2008 12:46 AM

Originally Posted by DLO01

Sorry. Benifits are under harsh accleration. The stock arms and bushes flex under forward and backward movement, ie under acceleration the tires want to move forward before the rest of the car. This is what causes your hop or unsettleness. The traction bar locks in this movement.

Apart from better traction at hard launches, can you feel an improvement of the front end's stiffness as the manufacturers claim? ie do they improve the front end's integrity under track conditions?

**DLO01** · 07-09-2008 11:36 AM

Never used my car on the track. They will not affect the normal movement of your sussy. The arms just follow the travel of your sussy. I know some manufacturers say that the main bar strengethens up the front end. While this might be true, its hard to tell.

**bennjamin** · 07-09-2008 11:39 AM

ok we have proof these are for the 1/4 mile , what about track tho ? anyone experienced for track work ?

A thought would be this doesn't allow enough frontal suspension movement to be beneficial for track work.

**lukecivic** · 07-09-2008 11:45 AM

Originally Posted by bennjamin

ok we have proof these are for the 1/4 mile , what about track tho ? anyone experienced for track work ?

A thought would be this doesn't allow enough frontal suspension movement to be beneficial for track work.

ive heard the same thing, thats why ive decided not to get them as they limit/restrict suspension movement

track> drag

**IEVAQ8** · 07-09-2008 11:56 AM

i have confirmed with full race that they can be used for street driving and 1/4 mile, but they never mentioned how useful they are for track work, my assumption like above, is that they wont allow enough suspension travel..........................

**DLO01** · 07-09-2008 12:05 PM

This is the thing of what makes a good one and a bad one. And it comes down to the design. A good traction bar setup will not hinder/restrict normal sussy movement.

It comes down to where the mount/pivot point is for the radius arms on the main bar. To get this exact point you draw a line through were the LCA is mounted and pivots on the car. Draw a line through this and where it intersects with the Main bar, this is your mounting point. By doing this the radius arm maintians the same length throughout normal sussy movement. So therefore it will not affect or hinder movment.

If this mount point is outside this axis point it will interfere with sussy movement.

I reckon yes more benificial for 'all' cars at the Drags, but also benificial for Track cars.

**dsp26** · 07-09-2008 12:08 PM

^^^ i was also under the impression this would somewhat improve cornering traction at the fronts too?

**DLO01** · 07-09-2008 12:14 PM

Like we have discussed, traction bars increases/locks in/stabilizes the rigidity of forward and backward movement. So I can only see it as a big plus all round.

**fatboyz39** · 07-09-2008 12:37 PM

we are using a traction bar for track. Works great. Enough for 1.10's at wakie :P

**dsp26** · 07-09-2008 01:04 PM

SOOOOOOLLLLLLDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

gonna start shopping for Full-Race or ETD..

**fatboyz39** · 07-09-2008 01:24 PM

full race will be too exxy. ETD are nice. Search on honda-tech.

**DLO01** · 07-09-2008 01:31 PM

Heres some more photos of mine as promised....

Main bar mount (passenger side (remove stock tow hook)) You can see the height adjustability with this ETD kit:

Radius arm/Main bar connection (Drivers side):

Another view under car:

LCA mount and radius arm connection (Drivers side LCA (all using existing bolt locations)):

Picture of kit again: