tracttion bars?

StripedStangLX · 01-25-2001, 08:56 PM

I am looking into getting traction bars for my 91. I put a new rear in it about 2 months ago with 3.73s and a detroit locker. Since then i have getting wheelhop. All of the bars i have found so far are $200 and up and i don't have that kind of money right now. Does anyone know it anyone makes a chep set of these for mustangs?

93CobraR · 01-25-2001, 10:10 PM

Theres the Lakewood lift bars. You can get them from Jegs for like $120.

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joe4speed · 01-26-2001, 12:05 AM

I recommend you stay away from the kind I have.. They help a little, but MAN they hit everything!! I sweat bullets when i come across raised manhole covers!!!

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01-26-2001, 04:25 AM

The kind you want is the Lakewood Traction-Action Lift Bars.These are the ones that actually replace the lower control arms.

The bars that JL1314 has are the Slapper type of Lakewood's traction bars,like he said don't get these

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blue00gt · 01-26-2001, 06:53 PM

Yeah, those Lakewood slappers are definitely not for street cars. I had an '87 LX with NOS that I drove on the street, and the hangers for the anti-dive loops got so mashed that they just pinned the bars to the unibody.
A guy I raced with another LX said he had one hit a big bump in the road and catapult his car.

fastang · 01-26-2001, 08:12 PM

Is replacing the upr and lwr cont arms with better ones such as fact 5's just as good as that Lakewood setup? I dont think you will have any clearance probs that way. Its probably a little more expensive though.

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joe4speed · 01-27-2001, 12:50 AM

I catapulted my car at a Texaco station.. scared the crap out of me.. now the axle housing on that side is a little off.. grrrr

Joe

01-25-2001, 08:56 PM	#1
StripedStangLX Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Kintnersville, PA USA Posts: 38	tracttion bars? I am looking into getting traction bars for my 91. I put a new rear in it about 2 months ago with 3.73s and a detroit locker. Since then i have getting wheelhop. All of the bars i have found so far are $200 and up and i don't have that kind of money right now. Does anyone know it anyone makes a chep set of these for mustangs?

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01-25-2001, 10:10 PM	#2
93CobraR Registered Member Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 1,575	Theres the Lakewood lift bars. You can get them from Jegs for like $120. ------------------ 87 GT, 4 inch cowl hood,17x9 Cobra R's/255/45's,GT-40 heads,long tubes headers,h-pipe,Flows,BBK cold air, Mass air,70mm MAF, 1.7's, 1" spacer,underdrive pulleys,Pro 5.0, King Cobra, Adj. fuel Reg., Lakewood Lift Bars,50/50's,subframes, 4.10's. Best time 13.012 Best MPH 104 Best 60' 1.816 Visit my site at: http://www.geocities.com/cobrar93_2000/MyPage.html

01-26-2001, 12:05 AM	#3
joe4speed He said Member...heh, heh Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: Jupiter, Florida U.S.A. Posts: 3,718	I recommend you stay away from the kind I have.. They help a little, but *MAN* they hit everything!! I sweat bullets when i come across raised manhole covers!!! ------------------ Joe! 1988 GT, 167,000 miles!!! 13.71@105mph Check out my listing! Click here! Or my website: www.joe4speed.com 1999 Ninja ZX-6R 10.32@135mph! [This message has been edited by JL1314 (edited 01-26-2001).]

01-26-2001, 04:25 AM	#4
Mustanguy Guest Posts: n/a	The kind you want is the Lakewood Traction-Action Lift Bars.These are the ones that actually replace the lower control arms. The bars that JL1314 has are the Slapper type of Lakewood's traction bars,like he said don't get these ------------------ Paxton Blown 87GT

01-26-2001, 06:53 PM	#5
blue00gt Mustang Addict Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: McKinney, TX Posts: 1,294	Yeah, those Lakewood slappers are definitely not for street cars. I had an '87 LX with NOS that I drove on the street, and the hangers for the anti-dive loops got so mashed that they just pinned the bars to the unibody. A guy I raced with another LX said he had one hit a big bump in the road and catapult his car.

01-26-2001, 08:12 PM	#6
fastang Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: santa ana ca Posts: 1,349	Is replacing the upr and lwr cont arms with better ones such as fact 5's just as good as that Lakewood setup? I dont think you will have any clearance probs that way. Its probably a little more expensive though. ------------------ 95GT B303 cam, 1.7 rockers, 65mm TB, 73mm MAF, milled heads, 355's K&N, off road pipes, pulleys, msd coil, 9mm wires, Tremec 3550, Pro5.0 shifter,10.5 Motorsport clutch, weld in subframe connectors

01-27-2001, 12:50 AM	#7
joe4speed He said Member...heh, heh Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: Jupiter, Florida U.S.A. Posts: 3,718	I catapulted my car at a Texaco station.. scared the crap out of me.. now the axle housing on that side is a little off.. grrrr Joe