New Ladder Bars / Afco Dbl Adj Coilovers HELP!

Mike Pearson · 09-01-2010, 04:04 PM

Ladder bars uaually only work in one position. The bar must have a downward angle in relationship to the rockerpanel on the car. Put a protractor on the rocker panel and check the angle then put the protractor on the lower bar of the ladder bar. It should be about 2 degrees down from the rocker. start there with a loose shock setting. Good track tight shock setting bad track loose shock setting. I rarely adjust anything on the back of my car. the bars should not need any preload. The rear must be perfectly square in the car. You will need to check this closely. If the rear is not square it will act badly. Good Luck!!

SGSST109E · 09-02-2010, 10:28 PM

Go with your bars in the middle to start. Don't use any pre-load adj. your shocks if the right rear is to violent. With double adj. I would start 3 to 4 clicks from soft when the shock pulls apart and start with 6 clicks for the shocks trying to come back together. This way you plant the tire and keep it there to launch the car.

tigwiz · 09-05-2010, 08:46 AM

First you should call the chassis shop where your car was built.....
f they dont know that you should be looking for a different shop that know what they are doing.
I for one would set that up for you before it left my shop and would travl to the track and help with any adjustments until it was good to go.
With tha said, set everthing in the middle and go from there.......

09-01-2010, 04:04 PM	#1
Mike Pearson VIP Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 2,463 Likes: 620 Liked 1,955 Times in 590 Posts	Re: New Ladder Bars / Afco Dbl Adj Coilovers HELP! Ladder bars uaually only work in one position. The bar must have a downward angle in relationship to the rockerpanel on the car. Put a protractor on the rocker panel and check the angle then put the protractor on the lower bar of the ladder bar. It should be about 2 degrees down from the rocker. start there with a loose shock setting. Good track tight shock setting bad track loose shock setting. I rarely adjust anything on the back of my car. the bars should not need any preload. The rear must be perfectly square in the car. You will need to check this closely. If the rear is not square it will act badly. Good Luck!! __________________ Mike Pearson 2485 SS

09-02-2010, 10:28 PM	#2
SGSST109E Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: NJ Posts: 351 Likes: 62 Liked 126 Times in 61 Posts	Re: New Ladder Bars / Afco Dbl Adj Coilovers HELP! Go with your bars in the middle to start. Don't use any pre-load adj. your shocks if the right rear is to violent. With double adj. I would start 3 to 4 clicks from soft when the shock pulls apart and start with 6 clicks for the shocks trying to come back together. This way you plant the tire and keep it there to launch the car.

09-05-2010, 08:46 AM	#3
tigwiz Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 3 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: New Ladder Bars / Afco Dbl Adj Coilovers HELP! First you should call the chassis shop where your car was built..... f they dont know that you should be looking for a different shop that know what they are doing. I for one would set that up for you before it left my shop and would travl to the track and help with any adjustments until it was good to go. With tha said, set everthing in the middle and go from there.......