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Re: Traction Masters

To: anitabrt@mindspring.com
Subject: Re: Traction Masters
From: brockctella@juno.com (Brock C Tella)
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 11:41:17 PST
Dan Walters makes a torque arm that works well and is unseen and no
permanent attachments are needed.
On Sat, 08 Mar 1997 19:53:19 -0500 Anita & Jim Barrett
<anitabrt@mindspring.com> writes:
>At 01:53 pm 3/3/97 EST, you wrote:
>>     
>>     
>>     I'm relatively new to Tigers, so traction bars are new to me.  
>Are 
>>     traction bars worthwhile for a stock unmodified Tiger? My car 
>has the 
>>     original 260 and the only improvement I plan to make is adding a 
>4 bbl 
>>     carb and manifold. I don't see the engine generating more than 
>200hp 
>>     overall.  From what I understand, traction bars are supposed to 
>>     eliminate wheel hop when accelerating.  Could wheel hop be 
>controlled 
>>     by installing good shocks, like Koni or Spax?  Any info is 
>>     appreciated.
>>     
>>     
>>     Jeff
>Jeff,
>       Wheel hop can be controlled by slowly accelerating.  I found 
>that stiffer
>shocks were  hard on my back.  If you accelerate hard and get wheel 
>hop,
>I recommend the Traction Masters or equivilent.  The bolt on 
>rectangular
>bar with a rubber snubber at the front that you see on chevs normally
>hangs down too much for good ground clearance.  Not recommended.
>Jim Barrett Tiger II 351C and others
>
>

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