I'll have to check out the Spohn I am trying to avoid an all-welded rear bar.

 

Be careful with the Spohn John. We installed one last night on buddies car and had fitment issues with the Moser 9-inch. The bar would not clear the shock mounts on the rear end. We had to hammer the lower shock mounts outboard on both sides to get clearance.

I had the BMR on mine and it installed with no issues on a Moser 12-bolt. Had to weld, but it was worth it for sure. Car launched straight and went straight down the track with no "hula dancing" on the top end either

 

Umm.. is the Moser 9" narrowed? Did the stock swaybar fit?

 

Which Spohn, the $365 drag bar?

 

Stock bar has been on there for quite some time. Standard Moser 9-inch (not narrowed). Yes John, it's the big beefy drag bar.

 

I think john means the 25mm bar and todd is talking about the drag bar. I installed the 25mm bar on my moser 9" using the optional install kit spohn sells for the moser 9" last week and it fit with no issues. It also made a night and day difference in the cornering ability of the car. I hope to be at the track next week That will be the true tail of the tape.

 

Yeah.. I'm talking about the 25mm bar, it bolts on extactly like the stock bar.

 

BMR!

Coach

 

I run the Addco 1" stock type sway bar on my Camaro. My best 60ft to date is a 1.35.

Daren

 

I was thinking of going the cheap route and buy some poly. bushings for the stock sway bar. I haven`t my car to the track yet this year with the H/C so I don`t know how she`s gonna run but it seems like the bushings wouldn`t hurt anything. There so cheap, I wouldn`t be out much if it didn`t make much difference.

 

Gizmo I think you know what I am talking about, what is your setup and does the car leave level or all cranked over?

 

I run my Camaro in IHRA Stock Eliminator. You may remember that I had it at the N vs S race at Bowling Green last year (I had more decals than anyone else!).
It has a BMR torque arm and tubular control arms, HAL shocks, 1" sway bar, and an air bag in the passenger side spring (set at 15-20 psi). The driver side rear spring is a stock six cylinder spring with one coil cut and the passenger side is from a 1995 Formula. I run the front shocks loose and the rears on 4-5 clicks. I run 30" slicks.
My car leaves straight and lifts the tires about 6-12 inches.

Daren

 

I think we might have talked down at Southern Shootout 2002 in the staging lanes, I have an all red 98 Formula that used to have a 422ci iron block.

How much does running the V6 spring on the side help the car?

 

No, wasn't me. The N vs S race last year was the first time that I have stepped outside of the IHRA for a long time.
My Camaro started life as a six cylinder car. I think that once you get the ride height right, a stiff spring in the right rear works as good or better than a bunch of pressure in the air bag (I still run 15-20 psi). If you look at a lot of Stockers with coil springs, they sit very high on the passenger side. I really can't see where that would be good on the top end. The drivers side spring really doesn't take much of a hit, so the stock spring works fine.
GM only lists one spring as a replacement part. There used to be about ten part numbers. The best place to get springs now is from junk yards.
Off topic question for you. With the first shoot-out over and no points system in place, will you still have some kid of "King of the hill" for each class? If so, what would the criteria be? I am still planning to bring the Firebird out.

Best Regards,

Daren

 

Daren, I am not sure on that, I could call you to discuss at some point if that made it easier (PM me your number).

So why run the softer spring on the left rear at all?

 

A few years ago I tried a bunch of different springs on my Firebird. This combination is the one that worked the best for me. It seems to work pretty good in the Camaro too!!

 

Got some seat time with the Spohn 25mm.

Car leaves straight and flat. Surprising how much it tamed the car down.. even with the new HP. Track numbers in my sig

 

Wolfe here. Makes alittle noise but well worth it if you want the car to launch straight and cut good 60ft.

1.38 60ft

yanks the tires 2.5-3ft in the air and holds in the air for 10-15 past the tree.
4L60E here also.

 

this is a hard one now, i have people claming bmr,sphone and wolfe. i guess any one and i cant go wrong.

 

For the best track setups, if you don't mind a little noise.. go for the race style Wolfe, Spohn or BMR.

If you looking for something that doesn't make anymore noise than stock one, go for the Spohn 25mm.