As you may have seen before in these forums, I have had a wheelhop traction issue with my 66. My chassis is set up properly (launches are straight with no darting), pinion angle is set. So I decided to look for a traction enhancing device. Slapper bars were horrible for my application since the wrap was so bad it squatted. After looking at the offerings from Calvert Racing and Competition Engineering, I decided I could make a superior product, without the markup. I will put my mechanical engineering degree to use and perhaps offer a similar product (i.e. positive action traction devices), but optimized for a classic mustang without the NVH issues others deal with for these types of traction devices.
My coworker and I decided to work out of our shop, BWill Inc, and are starting engineering tests tomorrow on the '66 to see what benefit we can get. We are starting fabrication of the brackets for mounting under-car cameras to show exactly what is going on with the spring wrap in order to best address the issue. By doing track testing (namely consistent 60 ft times) we can validate or reexamine our product to show it works as intended. We are figuring on a bolt-in , laser cut, painted kit in the $250 neighborhood, as compared to a $340 Caltrac set or a $365 Comp. Engineering kit.
So, given all this information, who would realistically be interested in obtaining a set of these traction bars? In the future, we will be looking for one or two people to test a set and report their results. This will be most likely in late July, given the modeling and testing we need to do. If interested, please PM me and I can send you more information.
My coworker and I decided to work out of our shop, BWill Inc, and are starting engineering tests tomorrow on the '66 to see what benefit we can get. We are starting fabrication of the brackets for mounting under-car cameras to show exactly what is going on with the spring wrap in order to best address the issue. By doing track testing (namely consistent 60 ft times) we can validate or reexamine our product to show it works as intended. We are figuring on a bolt-in , laser cut, painted kit in the $250 neighborhood, as compared to a $340 Caltrac set or a $365 Comp. Engineering kit.
So, given all this information, who would realistically be interested in obtaining a set of these traction bars? In the future, we will be looking for one or two people to test a set and report their results. This will be most likely in late July, given the modeling and testing we need to do. If interested, please PM me and I can send you more information.