1982 S10 CALTRACS VS STOCK SUSPENSION 

That’s an awesome comparison.

Excellent video, much appreciated.

great video! love the side by side!

You just got a new subscriber!!! Good video, you can really notice the difference

Great video. I understand in theory but I've never seen it in practice. Wow those leafs just flop around.

Definitely needs a shorter shock after fitting the Caltracs. That shock would be screwed from bottoming out in no time!

Nice video. I have Calvert split monos, caltracs, viking DA shocks, funkhouser shock plates and sliders for the rear of mine. I'm going to start on it soon as I finish this interior up. I'm debating on cutting out the factory cross member at the rear and welding a tubular in with upper shock mounts to have the shocks more vertical.

I like the comparison and caltracs definitely work but the stock set up was far from ideal and needed a lot of improvement. Removing the lowering block and adding a spring clamp or two to the front of the leaf pack would have improved the launch significantly for a lot less money.

I put of cal tracs for a long time, wished I'd have gotten them alot sooner!

Great job.

Good test

My fix was to stub a complete c-4 corvette irs in place of those leafs. BullyBilly

Well I guess. But there is also another way. Look at the video on the LEFT at 0:10 and see the bottom Load Spring. You can loosen the U Bolts and move that forward until it just about touches the frame. Re-Tighten the U-Bolts. It will prevent axle wrap, provide traction, and can be adjusted forward or back as needed to tune it. I have the one Lowering spring as shown in the video at the RIGHT, but instead of a Caltrac I use the Load Spring method. Cheap, Easy and it works and is still barely slightly flexible. PLUS it's extremely low profile for a lowered vehicle.

Did you have to do something with driveshaft length, when changing to the split mono-leaf springs? I have an '82 S10 , drag racing with stock springs, no lowering blocks, Cal-Traks, and Calvert Racing, single-adjustable shocks. I'm debating getting a pair of 3" lowered split mono-leafs, and perhaps a pair of QA1 double-adjustable shocks. Some racers in the Drag Race Results forum I frequent are not really impressed with the mono-leafs. I must install a camera like you did, to review what my suspension is doing; I have noone to video my launches otherwise. Thank you.

They both did great on the build but there is alot more power being lost due to the leaf suspension. Drag racing totally different ball game from track

Awesome, now I know why people the split leafs and caltracs so much for the track. Did you have lowering blocks with the leafs? How'd those work for you?

Stock spring hit the tire much harder . Is this not a good thing when goin no prep ?

With your leaf spring flip kit how is your axle so far from your frame?

What et gain did you see from the swap that you could say just the caltracs gave you?

I have the bars, need the springs and better shocks.

100 likes! Now let's it make it to 10000 views! Thanks for watching!

How much lower did your truck get with the springs?

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How is the street handling?

how much preload do you have on the bars?

Do you have a part number for them shocks.

Not exactly a direct comparison here, with the non-Caltrac view showing old multi-leaf spring pack and lifting blocks. Look at the difference in length of the shock strut - this exaggerates axle tramp and twist.

If it were just the addition of the traction bars that would be one thing. But you swapped leafs too, misleading the results of the traction bars

Does the ride quality change?

Leaf springs? 😂 You can have that on your horse and cart

Why would you want the truck to lift up when you are dragracing and the squat transfers weight onto the rear tires so they don't spin?