CalTracs vs. leaf-link

340Cuda · 10-13-2008, 08:36 AM

We run CalTracs on our car and really like them.

The only issue I know of with the leaflink is that the spring is getting the compressed where on the CalTacs its getting pulled. I have heard of link link setups that bent the spring.

With the CalTracs the tube is taking the compression.

Good luck,
Bill

Tom Goldman · 10-13-2008, 09:31 AM

The front of the spring definatly takes a lot of abuse on the leaf link. .....My setup is clamped on every blade in front of the spring perch for extra stiffness. ........The main reason I put the leaf link on the street car was "stealth ". The average Joe looks under the car and sees nothing, and can't figure out how the car hooks so well ! ......Tom

NovaMan · 10-14-2008, 02:36 AM

Yeah, CalTracs hang down enough to be noticed just about as easily as slapper bars, so the leaf-link setup definitely has the stealth/sleeper factor going for it. But bolting on a set of CalTracs is definitely alot easier...

10-13-2008, 08:36 AM	#1
340Cuda VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma Posts: 1,672 Likes: 3,866 Liked 802 Times in 339 Posts	Re: CalTracs vs. leaf-link We run CalTracs on our car and really like them. The only issue I know of with the leaflink is that the spring is getting the compressed where on the CalTacs its getting pulled. I have heard of link link setups that bent the spring. With the CalTracs the tube is taking the compression. Good luck, Bill

10-13-2008, 09:31 AM	#2
Tom Goldman VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Allentown,PA Posts: 2,477 Likes: 892 Liked 883 Times in 237 Posts	Re: CalTracs vs. leaf-link The front of the spring definatly takes a lot of abuse on the leaf link. .....My setup is clamped on every blade in front of the spring perch for extra stiffness. ........The main reason I put the leaf link on the street car was "stealth ". The average Joe looks under the car and sees nothing, and can't figure out how the car hooks so well ! ......Tom __________________ Tom Goldman 1500 SG , 1506 STK

10-14-2008, 02:36 AM	#3
NovaMan Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 117 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: CalTracs vs. leaf-link Yeah, CalTracs hang down enough to be noticed just about as easily as slapper bars, so the leaf-link setup definitely has the stealth/sleeper factor going for it. But bolting on a set of CalTracs is definitely alot easier... __________________ ~Pete 1970 Nova