Ken Keir wheelie bars

[40Coupe]

Originally Posted by 1320racer

are these shocks coil over?

I think the shock body is threaded. Honestly I can't recall.

[1320racer]

it is so they can also be run as a coil over shock. So you're running coil springs in the stock pockets and not coil over shocks?

[40Coupe]

I'm running a factory type 5" OD spring (Santhuff 180 lb) which goes into the factory pockets. No coilovers.

I don't doubt what you are saying that everything can be controlled with shocks, springs, travel settings. Ultimately, none of those things offer the margin of safety of having a wheelie bar back there if I happen to miss the suspension tuneup. If the track is marginal and I happen to be fighting traction, I'd like to be able to set things up full loose and let it eat and not worry about how high the wheelie is going to be. This car is nose heavy with little/no trunk overhang and I don't run ballast. I would imagine most first gen Camaro stockers run at least some amount of ballast in the trunk.

Is there a problem with letting the front end rise and ride the bar a few feet if necessary? What are the drawbacks to a single wheelie bar? Am I still in for problems in good air if I miss the suspension tuneup and it hits the bars?

[race watcher]

I have not come across any drawbacks or disadvantages with the single wheel. However the bar is tunable. That is where the ET is.