i have a 78 f150 with 35in tires 460ci 456gears and 4in lift and im getting some serious wheelhop so bad that ive already lost one lift bloock and leafspring and ujoint i know i need ladderbars or something . any suggestions if so where can i find out where to buy it ? i found some traction bars by superlift that bolt on top of your leafsprings ubolt top plate and tie in to your leafspring frame bracket front or back im not sure has anyone else tried this setup?

 

hello anybody got an opinion

 

when you say you lost a lift block, are you using the factory block plus another one??? you may hafta do away with all the blocks and get some 4" lift springs and do a shackle flip or get some 6" lift springs with all the blocks out and have it sitting a little bit higher in the front. i believe though if you do the 4" lift rear springs and do a shackle flip, the shackle flip will give you the height you lost with the factory block and will tilt the spring toward the back of the truck and fix the pinion angle with lifting the truck. maybe someone else with back me on this or correct me if i am wrong. this is how i understood it when i read about it somewhere on this site.

 

I am with you there SoArkSI. Too many guys are eager to install traction aid devices when they don't really need it, or don't understand the compromise that could result. The problem with your current set up is not, traction or too much power, but simply a poorly tuned rear suspension. Blocks will promote leaf spring wrap, thus unloading the rear tires resulting in a violent hop. Not necessarilly a result of poor traction, or too much power like most people think. Once the spring is wound up, it has to unload, and usually lifts the axle up away from the ground, and then the tire loses contact and starts to spin, it spins until the spring unloads, and trys to plant the tire again. The result is a tire that hops around uncontrollably.
The fix is to get rid of the elements that created the problem in the first place. Lose the leverage by eliminating the blocks and allow the spring to do its job of controlling the axle. It does not take a very rigid spring to do so, just one that has enough of an advantage over the axle to keep it under control.
Any rigid rod, or bar will limit travel of the axel or limit ground clearance, or worse bind up the spring because it will not allow the axle to move at the same arch as the traction device.

 

One way to combat wheel hop is not trying to do burnouts, or put the pedal to the metal . But ladder bars will work, too.

 

i only have one block and they have the right pitch for pinion angle &all my parts are new and burn outs are not always planed but do happen i just dont want to tare up stuff agian