Superstock springs vs Caltracs

[pete walton]

Clearing out my photos and i found some old photos from back when i ran SS springs ,,,,it launched sh..ite and wondered all over the track back then ,,,,,Superstock springs first,,Always ran about 8 to 9 llbs of air in the slicks...Notice the car is not digging in ,no rinkles in the tyres...

[pete walton]

This one shows it launcing after i fitted Caltracs and beefed up frount spring hangers ...Also Andy Wright rebuilt the frount shock towers,,,Car ran on rails in the end,,,, I am bored if you wondered why i posted this

[challenger]

in fairness pete your already passed the staging lights in that first pic, but i dont doubt that it hooked up better with the caltracs

[pete walton]

Fair play Chally ,,,i can,t argue with that ,,,,,,But you get the idea

[Mick]

I would put the bad handling down to the rear end being too high and the lack of support on the front shock towers.
My car has ran a 1.39 on SS springs.
Happy new year Pete.
Mick

[Les Szabo]

SS springs will run the numbers as will c-tracs/mono's or Ladder bars on a stock chassis car, SS springs may not be quite so consistent as the former two though and of course weigh more, its dependent on how good you are at setting your car up with them.

Ladders and Tracs are the same in performance and easier to set up and will eradicate probs you may be having in getting the SS springs to work their best....its an easy way out to a consistent car, and for most racers, thats what matters...thats why everyone loves them and say they are faster than SS springs where in reality they just haven't sorted the SS package out properly.

Les

[Nick]

You need to check where the SS springs are manufactured and avoid the Mexican version. I had a brand new spring completely fail on launch (after two runs) which got my full attention.

Split leaf mono's are the way to go.

[Mick]

Yeah, the mexican ones are useless. SS springs aren't as consistent as caltracs but i would choose ladder bars over caltracs.
Mick