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Old 03-23-2008, 01:45 PM
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Default Wheel hop like a ****.

Maybe it will be corrected when I get around to installing the LCA relocation brackets. Maybe it didn't have enough air in the tires. Maybe I need to get an adjustable TA and change the pinion angle....etc.

For now, I want to install the LCA brackets and also install a big old sway bar. As it sits, the car must have the wimpiest stock sway bar available. It's tiny. So I wanna get a BMR drag bar or the solid mount one from Spohn. I figure these are best for street/strip. I think I prefer the BMR, I like the mounting tabs better on the BMR.

Eventually, I'll also get an adjustable tunnel mounted TA, probably a UMI.

Sound like a plan? Any local shops offering a deal on the BMR drag bar?
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Changed my mind and ordered the Spohn drag bar. I liked that it is bolt-on/weld-on, and maybe it's a little lighter since it is chromoly vs BMR's steel. Thanks for all the input
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yesterday was Easter man

me personally i prefer BMR, which is what i run on my car and i have done basically all of the suspension with BMR
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i have the sphon (drag bar)and it works great, easy to bolt on then drive to someone that can weld it for you brackets will help too. what tires were you running. cold nittos and roads will hop like the easter bunny this time of year regardless. also to much air usally ampliphies hop if it is present
been from very bad to pretty smooth now . even with the 9"
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I guess everyone was at Church....

Eagle F1 clones with around 20 psi. I wasn't even trying to burn out, I just banged second and it shook like hell.

Hopefully the drag bar and the brackets solve it. I think I'll also stiffen up the rebound on the rear shocks and see if that helps.
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I put it on the car today. Looks like this bar will not clear my Koni SAs. Fawk! I guess I'll throw the POS Decarbons back on for now.

Does anybody know if this Spohn sway bar will fit with drag shocks like QA1's?


Damn, it's cold out there...
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I think Keith is running QA1's with his 9" & spohn drag bar set up.
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Originally Posted by davered00ss
I think Keith is running QA1's with his 9" & spohn drag bar set up.
That's good to hear. I just hope to hell Moser didn't put my lower shock mounts too close together.
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For a 9" rear you need LCA relocation brackets to go with the drag bar.That will help it hook and stop wheelhop.
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yes, the qa1's fit , its close but it does fit




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