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well im in the market for sfc and im wondering if any of you have used theese lift/traction bars im looking at buying both next week the sfc will be weld in type comp. eng. ill be runnin a 383 with about 400 hp i just wanna hook up hard without killing my wallet
I have just finished the install on my car sfc and lift bars. The umi sfc went on ok just had to clearence a good bit for the SLP Y pipe and the p-side Y brace will have to be changed for my set up. The lift bars I modified to use a short single adj LCA in place of the double pipe Lakewood uses. Give me a email and I will send you a link to look at it and some pictures of mine. They will stiffen up the rear a good bit and you will lose some ride Q. Performance wise I can only tell you the tires plant a lot harder now.
__________________ 383 4340 eagle, TFS T/W, Eldb base, slp runners, ZZ-9, ls1 injectors, 1 3/4 slp, flowmaster 3", Lakewood modified lift bars, SFC's
Best et on motor 8.28 @82.7 mph 1.77 60'
I have Lakewood's Lift Bars and I can plant my slicks with no problem. I didn't notice that much of a difference with street tires as I did with my slicks.
I am running a set of M/T sp 26/9.5, they are about 5 years old but done fine with the stock motor. With this motor I could spin them at will as long as I didn't heat them up. The lift bars cut it down a good bit. I am putting on a set of the 255/50/16 M/T DRs this week and I hope the fresh rubber gets me to the ground. Over all the lift bar cost over regular LCAs is worth it.
ok at the risk of sounding stupid , but , if you install these lakewood lift bars , can you delete your torque arm without consequences ??? I once heard a guy claim that he used southside machine lift bars (SSM went out of business, I believe the Lakewood's are kind of copies of the SSM ones) and didnt need the torque arm anymore ??? is that true ??? thanks for your thoughts
the SSM bars are basically non-adjustable ladder bars. Way different from the lakewodd "traction action" things. - Read the other post on this board about them. Do a search. You'll find plenty of reasons not to waste your money...
