Traction Bar? Non existant?

[AdRock]

ha..the $30 lakewood slappers from Pep boys are about useless I think

They worked great on my old Maverick though. LOL. I never even bought 1 set but somehow ended up with all these.

 

[70stangcoupe]

Oh the memories...traction bars (we called them slapper bars), Keystones, Cragar S/S and dare I say it...Holley 750 double pumpers, manual chokes. Need more fuel? Change the jets, metering block, float level? Remember if the car backfired, you'd be out buying a new accelerator pump? Ya, traction bars are for leaf springs and the days when you could sit on the radiator support and work on the engine, comfortably.

My first car was a 70 Mustang coupe with a Holley double pumper and Cragar SS's. This was a year ago.
I miss that thing!

 

[mrvax]

Old school - these were for leaf sprung rear axles. Today's equivalent would be control arms. The idea is the same...to keep the axle from twisting under torque load.
Damn, I feel old now. We did these on our cars in high school - 20 years ago. (They were Mustangs though...mine-1973 Mach 1 351C, and my friends had a 67 fastback (w/351W transplant), a 68 fastback, 70 Boss 302.
Those were the days...!

This is correct. In the late 70's I had them on my 302ci Pinto.

 

[JonJon]

Did 02 Camaro's use leaf springs then? Cuz my neighbor showed me traction bars for fbodies.


leaf springs?

 

[Hugger1974]

Did 02 Camaro's use leaf springs then? Cuz my neighbor showed me traction bars for fbodies.


leaf springs?

No no, the 82-02 Camaro/Firebirds (F-body) use the lower control arms and a torque arm.

Lakewood makes a traction bar for them but I never heard good about it. The f-Bodies have lower control relocation brackets which is like a lift bar se t up, changes the geometry of the reat control arm. Take a look....

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/e...&item=7929942875&rd=1&sspagename=STRK:MESE:IT

 

[Mustang5L5]

I think early 80's fox bodies used traction bars. I remember seeing pictures of 83 or 84 GT's with them under the axle.

I know for sure when ford switched to the 4-link rear setup in '84 (on the SVO) they ditched them