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Originally Posted by Vonboxer
Hello all, trying to set-up a 1980 Camaro.. leaf spring car. 3680 lbs. 90-10 70-30 summit shocks, moroso coils, slapper bars set to hit eye of spring there is about an 1" travel between rubber stopper and eye resting. Not sure of pinion angle or front and rear separate weights. Essentially stock other than what listed.
26" slick. Aluminium headed BBC, TH350 JW converter flashes to 5000 with current set-up.
Aside from Cal-trac's is there anything I can do to launch better? Don't have any numbers with current engine, but it did 60 ft. a best of 1.78 with the previous SBC with a best et of 12.01 @ 113. Car does squat a bit. Does have new solid bushings in rear springs, rubber trans and engine mounts.
Thanks
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Just need to work with what you have. It takes a little more time, but you can get great results.
I had & still have the cheapest slapper bars collecting dust. They were not the more expensive J-bolt style. I think they cost me $40 many many moons ago. I extended them out so the snubbers hit under the spring eye. I had zero preload on the drivers side & preload on passenger side. Don't know how much, just a trial & error deal. I also used 1/8 thick shims between rear mount & springs to make bars level with the ground. I used the cheap adjustable shocks front set @ 90/10 & rear set @ 50/50. The coil springs were stock with about 2 coils cut.
The car weighed 3200-3300 with me in it with an all cast iron 385 SBC. That went a best of 10.40 with 60's in the low 1.40 range. Below is how the car reacted with this set-up.
