Day 2 parts discussion

[whitetop]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Nova Jed</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Does anyone have pictures of traction bars? I can't figure out what type I have? </div></div>

The easier way would be to post pics of what you have.

[PxTx]

Here is a pic of Jed's Tone Blue car from that thread. Can't see it all that well, but a start.



If we're identifying old bars, I would love to talk about these Ansen bars. I think someone called them rail road track grabbers.

Old pic Tommy posted of his:


Set that was sold on CL


I happen to really like them from seeing my dad use them on an old streetrod truck he helped my uncle build only 20-25 years ago. I always though the bars looked nice with a interesting shaped main bar.

If I could find a set for a 3rd gen Nova, I would jump in them!

[markjohnson]

You might mean &quot;Ansen Ground Grabbers&quot; but those orange bars aren't the Ansen GG's that I'm used to seeing. They almost look like NMW Traction Bars to me. If you really wanna see something neat . . . . check out a set of Ansen Ground Grabbers for Chevelle (&quot;A&quot; Body) applications. They take the place of your stock lower control arms and are really big, bulky, and serious-looking. About twenty-something years ago, a friend of my brother stopped by the house in a yellow '67 Chevelle with a 406 Small Block in it. I recognized the car from my Wednesday nights at the drag strip and knew that it was a solid 12.60 car which may have been a bit much for this particular 16-17 year old driver. Anyway, during an absolutely terrifying ride in the passenger seat, (NOT the car really, but the driver), I kept hearing a &quot;clunking&quot; under the rear of the car. Once we safely arrived back at the house, I was kissing the pavement of the driveway happy to still be alive when I noticed those traction bars under the rear of the Chevelle and realized that those were the noise makers. It took me a long time to find out what brand they were and who made them but eventually I was able to identify them and even score a couple of sets of these Ansen Ground Grabbers. I'll try to find some pictures of them to post.

[Nova Jed]

Thanks Paul. I hadn't gotten that far to be able to take a good picture. It was more of a general question about the pictures to see if anyone had the old adds.

My set seems to look a little cheap? They are the short version and they are a 2&quot;(may be 1.5&quot;?) didn't measure. Ofcourse they have the thick 1/2&quot; mounting plate with the shock attachment. I had talked to someone and they think that they may be old Mr. Gaskets?

If they are of Day 2 era, I would reuse them, but I don't like the fact that they don't hit the spring perch. I can see that the leaf is already bowed where the snubber hits.

I will try to get some better pics to post.

[Salvatore]

I think Pete Suriano made them in his shop in Pottstown. Guarantee they are Day-2 vintage if Pete made them. The metal is 40 years old and the snubbers probably came from an A-frame bumper somewhere. HA!

[Plowman]

And they still work. I made some slapper bars too. Still on the car and working good. Day 2 parts foreveer. Paul

[Nova Jed]

Well, if Pete made them Sammy, then he did a good job. But he may have made them for a Vega originally??? Too small for a Nova with some HP.

[PxTx]

I agree Jed, I like the bars that contact under the spring eye. Not sure if these old bars did, but they were one of the coolest sets of slapper bars- especially whith the wheel extension!

[Salvatore]

Nope, not always.

[whitetop]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: pxtx</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I agree Jed, I like the bars that contact under the spring eye. Not sure if these old bars did, but they were one of the coolest sets of slapper bars- especially whith the wheel extension!
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I don't think any of the old bars were ever under the spring eye. Competition Engineering was the first to push this idea back in the late 70's-the importance of having the bar under the spring eye-that was their selling point.

It does not really matter to be honest to me at least. Most of the &quot;Day 2&quot; cars are just for regular street driving and the occasional street burst/romp on old bias or even new radials no real harm is going to be done.

Now if you are on a sticky racetrack every weekend with slicks or soft drag radials and really pushing the horsepower there might be some concern.

These are more show than go anyway for the the majority of Day 2 cars.