I want to go with Slicks for next season but i heard from alot of people that i would need traction bars, otherwise i will cause severe damage to my rear axel and u joints. I ordered rpm bolt on traction bars. Are these good enough or should i go with a better set like rancho or slapper bars. I realize that these are better, but more expensive in the end. Any help will do Thanks
Best Time 99 red lightning
-Single Superchip
-4# jlp pulley
-90mm mass air meter
-jdm cold air intake
-Boost bypass kit
- oil breather
13.26 @ 103mph with an 2.01 60'

 

The RPM Traction Bars (Lakewoods) appear to be a decent set of Slapper Type Bars. These will be fine at your power level and will give you great launching right down into the low 12's, or faster.

Once you get into the 11's, you may want the Rancho or 4 Link or Cal Trac Style Bar to prevent the rear from lifting on you at Launch.

I Loved My Truck Traks and got 1.6 60ft's with them pretty much every time, now I switched to the 58" JDM Rancho style and I'm
looking foward to seeing what 60ft's I get from them

 

Rob thanks for your help. What are the best slicks for the money? Best sized rims?

 

rob, you gonna be selling your truk tracks?

 

I have the Lakewoods from Summit for $99 and they work great. I also like the fact that the truck rides like stock around town still cruising. Good bang for the money...reduces the risk of the driveshaft breaking

OT: Rob_02: You running 1.6 60fts on the stock converter / tranny? People say you can't run them on a stock converter

 

fractal, those 99$ lakewoods lightning friendly? I rmember msot people saying lakewoods require a little work to fit on the Lightning.

 

Mine worked fine!!!

 

http://www.nloc.net/forum/showthread...threadid=60358

I'm selling some..

they bolt right on, took about 15 minutes, (had to climb under the truck)


http://www.geocities.com/1spartan/nittotires.htm

Here they are bolted on to the truck, you can see where they touch the leaf spring and that is PROOF that they work.

 

Not in the mood to bid for em with the other L-men.

 

[QUOTE]I want to go with Slicks for next season but i heard from alot of people that i would need traction bars, otherwise i will cause severe damage to my rear axel and u joints.

YES, you will. I busted my driveshaft on the 2nd pass without them. Go ahead and spring for the safety loop while you're at it. I got a Competition Engineering one and it is N-I-C-E. Took all of about 5 minutes to bolt in. Would've saved my exhaust had I put it on BEFORE my driveshaft beat it to smithereans. Live and learn.

 

I got JLP loop and love it!

 

Started with Truk-Tracs. 1.72 60'(stock tranny) Went to lift bars 58". 1.72 60' No better. They do drag the ground and trailer when loading and make me carry alot more fuel(weight) because they lift so hard where Truk-Tracs lift the rear, no fuel problem. I'm keeping my lift bars modding frt. brket. so does'nt drag and installing Pro Stock 2gal fuel cell up frt.w/ pump& filter, reg. Should make me quiet a bit lighter. Had to run between 1/4 & 1/2 tank to keep from cutting out after launch with lift long bars What ever. Ed
( keeping original tank but with switch to switch tanks)

 

These slips are with 100 % stock Tranny + Convertor
(V/B installed last week)
No Exhuast, suspension, or cooling mods
Truck Traks
28x10 Hoosier full racing slicks C 07 compound on 16x8 rims

High 1.6's, but 1.6's they are




I'm #66, Gator is #61 (ya he whooped me, BUT NOT NO MORE)



Take away 75 HP from the nitrous
and I cut a mid 1.7 at my home track (and believe me, it sucks)
This run is a simple filter chip-n-4lb pulley NO JUICE and an Accu-Fab

 

Oh
Of course I'm #47




But not the kid drinking the soda infront of my truck

Thats My Boy

 

Oh geeze,

I hope there's no weather information wrong on my time slips


TG I got the Vid's in my Sig