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Topic: T-bolt traction bars
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John64
Journeyman Posts: 11
From: Surrey, BC Canada
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted 02-23-2003 01:06 PM
   
Hi Does anyone have a pic of the T-bolt style traction bars, not installed on a car? I will be fabricating my own pair, but need to know how the front is mounted to the crossmember. Is there rubber bushings or just a hole to bolt them in? John
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Just Strokin
Gearhead Posts: 754
From: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Registered: Dec 2001
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posted 02-23-2003 02:35 PM
Rubber bushing.------------------
Larry No fast Fords at this time but one fine cruising 96 F350 CC DRW Power Strokin diesel.
And one rusty 64 Fairlane nick-named the Rust Bucket....And sometimes called the Money Pit... The sounds of a brain dropping into gear.....
"Buzzzzzz.......Click"
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Moneymaker
Administrator Posts: 26811
From: Lyons, IL, USA
Registered: May 99
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posted 02-23-2003 06:19 PM
Go to the Southside Machine website for pics. The built the bars originally.------------------
Alex Denysenko
Co-Administrator and Moderator NHRA/IHRA/SRA member and licensed Superstock driver
MCA member# 53321
NHRA and IHRA SS/LA National Record Holder '00,'01,'02,&'03
Fleet of FoMoCo products including 88 ASC McLaren Mustang #28
Professional Manwhore
The Barry of BarrysGrrl Quote #1: "I never met a magazine mechanic I liked."
Quote #2: "Make sure brain is in gear before engaging mouth!"
Quote #3: "If you can't run with the big dogs, stay on the porch!"
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Just Strokin
Gearhead Posts: 754
From: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Registered: Dec 2001
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posted 02-23-2003 08:55 PM
SSM must not sell that many of them...SSM-1501 LIFT BAR $506.69 And that is The price thru Summit. Crites sells them for $250..... http://www.critesrestoration.com/litening.htm ------------------
Larry No fast Fords at this time but one fine cruising 96 F350 CC DRW Power Strokin diesel.
And one rusty 64 Fairlane nick-named the Rust Bucket....And sometimes called the Money Pit... The sounds of a brain dropping into gear.....
"Buzzzzzz.......Click"
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Moneymaker
Administrator Posts: 26811
From: Lyons, IL, USA
Registered: May 99
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posted 02-24-2003 11:20 PM
Who wants something that does not work?  ------------------
Alex Denysenko
Co-Administrator and Moderator NHRA/IHRA/SRA member and licensed Superstock driver
MCA member# 53321
NHRA and IHRA SS/LA National Record Holder '00,'01,'02,&'03
Fleet of FoMoCo products including 88 ASC McLaren Mustang #28
Professional Manwhore
The Barry of BarrysGrrl Quote #1: "I never met a magazine mechanic I liked."
Quote #2: "Make sure brain is in gear before engaging mouth!"
Quote #3: "If you can't run with the big dogs, stay on the porch!"
www.moneymakerracing.com
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Just Strokin
Gearhead Posts: 754
From: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Registered: Dec 2001
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posted 02-25-2003 07:41 AM
Hummmm....doens't work? Aren't the Crites a copy of the TBolt bars also?------------------
Larry No fast Fords at this time but one fine cruising 96 F350 CC DRW Power Strokin diesel.
And one rusty 64 Fairlane nick-named the Rust Bucket....And sometimes called the Money Pit... The sounds of a brain dropping into gear.....
"Buzzzzzz.......Click"
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Rory McNeil
Gearhead Posts: 1611
From: Surrey, B.C. Canada
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 02-25-2003 12:45 PM
Although they certainly are not "state of the art", & I would not put them on anything not of that era, if "the look" is important, they can work OK. TomP`s T bolt clone has gone 1.36 (I think) 60 foots with a version of these bars that he built himself, on a 9" slick, not too shabby! Would he do even better with ladder bars or a 4 link, & coilovers? I would have to think so, but he`s pretty stubborn about maintaining the original appearance of his car. Other than the shifter & rims, its like going back in time!------------------
78 Fairmont 428 4 speed 10.20@130mph
80 Fairmont 302 5 speed 12.8@105mph
85 Mustang NHRA Stocker under construction, 302 5 speed
59 Meteor (Canadian Ford) 2 dr sedan 332, auto
74 F350 ramp truck 390 4spd
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TomP
Gearhead Posts: 6000
From: Delta BC Canada
Registered: Dec 99
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posted 02-28-2003 03:02 AM
Stubborn, damn rights i am!I tried three versions of the bars, ended up making ones fairly close to the stock dimensions, 33" long center of housing to pivot . They work fine. A regularly mounted ladder bar or the longer and lower mounted bars i tried second didn't work at all. Car would not transfer the weight and just spun. I used poly bushings in the front. The crossmember has tabs down either sides of these. The bars mount fairly close together too, theres no room for mufflers between them and the driveshaft.
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