terzmo
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anyone install caltrac on a 67 coronet ? Was it all just bolt in to the existing mounts?? Looking to do springs/traction bars/shocks.
Thanks in advance to all
Thanks in advance to all
My experiences with CT's is if you have a lot of power and are kinda nose heavy, you'll have a tougher time getting them setup right. A buddy installed them on a low 9 second Challenger that was right aroud 52/48 weight bias and he chased his butt and never did get the car to run consistent numbers at the track. We ended up putting ladder bars on it and that did the trick right out of the box. He had the complete package with the CT's too and even got a lot of help from John personally in trying to get them to work right with his combo.
Hey.... I put the full Cal Tracs on my 67 Coronet last year, running a 528 Hemi, in street clothes, still working on setting the car up , but so far I think they work good. I have the car running 11.50 and seems to run consistant . Good Luck with yours.View attachment 104157
well back to an original question...was it all bolt in out of the box ?
is it cal trac or cal vert ?? confusing
He was running the shocks that John recommended for his combo and weight and I don't remember what those were or the travel. He sold the shocks and gave me the mono leafs. The car was 3560 without him in it...1) SS springs make your car ride like a 3/4 ton truck. Anyone with DIRECT EXPERIENCE would know this.
2) Calvert's system is an easy way to get that sixty way down and knock off some E/T. I have seen them used with great success with stick 318 or 383 springs and some decent shocks.
3) Go for it, they are easy to install and the mono springs ride nice on the street.
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What shocks was he running Cranky? Do you happen to remember the measurement on the front upward suspension travel?
Yup, we knew about beefing up the spring perches and did it before hand. It's one of of first things we do when running leafs.i have a set on my dart and plan on putting a set on my dads 70RR. i ordered mine right from calvert. used their spings and shocks also. the thing that nobody ever mentions is you need to beef up your spring perches, if you have a decent powered car you will bend them, i found out the hard way. calvert sells nice perches. took some playing to get my dart to hook, but its nose heavy.
One of the things we had to deal with were that the springs were about an inch too long so James called john to ask if it was ok to just drill a new pilot hole and shorten the split monos ourselves and John said to go for it so I threw em up on the mill and aligned with the original holes and moved the new hole 1".well back to an original question...was it all bolt in out of the box ?