What does a front end travel limiter do?

This kit is intended to limit the travel of the front suspension, controlling certain handling problems typically occurring during acceleration. Designed for use with either a-arms or struts, the kit is easily adjustable and comes complete and ready for installation.

What is a travel limiter?

The spring travel limiter consists of a hard rubber material or sturdy spring steel and is mounted on the piston rod, on the shock absorber (pierced). The lateral inclination in fast cornering is reduced and even when braking hard or when accelerating a spring limit limiter can reduce the body movements significantly.

How is front end travel measured?

measure from the wheel well to the ground centered on the spindle. Record this number. Subtract the static number from the extended number and this is your usable front suspension travel.

What is a suspension limiter?

Suspension limiter replaces your present solid limiter chain/cable to eliminate the “jerk” effect that a chain or cable can cause. Installs between the rear end and chassis, and provides just the right amount of cushioning.

What size limit straps do I need?

Remember: straps save your shocks. To choose the right limit-strap length, you’ll need to know where your mounting points are going to be, and you’ll need to take stretch into consideration. Limit straps are designed to stretch about 5 to 10 percent of their total lengths.

Is stiffer suspension better for drag racing?

A drag race car should run the lightest front spring rate possible, without letting the shocks bottom out when making a pass. A stiffer rate makes the front harder to rise during acceleration. If you are having trouble getting the front end to rise, you can soften shock rebound valving or change to a softer spring.

How do I tell how wheels are traveling?

Raise the wheel to ~4” above ride height (measured vertically), record the exact compression. Measure and record the distance between the shock mounts. The amount the shock moved between droop and bump divided by the amount you moved the wheel is your motion ratio.

How is droop measured?

You should make sure that you have at least 50mm of droop from your current ride height, this is easy to check, one simple method is to use a tape measure to measure from the bottom of the wheel up to the guard at your ride height, then jack the car up so that both wheels at the same end of the car come up the ground.

Do I need a limiter strap?

Limit straps can prevent over extension and topping out of your shocks. Just like your shocks need a bump stop to protect them from being bottomed out, they also need a limit strap to prevent them from being topped out.

How much suspension travel does a car have?

Most non-professional rally cars on typical stock based or rally coilover suspensions are in the 7″-8.5″ range with some a bit beyond that; i.e., not much more than stock. (BTW, I am sure Eixen has a lot more than 5″ TOTAL travel in his VW.) The nature of the big majority of rally stages makes this doable.

How are travel limiters used in Drag Race?

Save over 50% over steel travel limiters at the same price! Limit front end travel for drag race applications. Install to lower control arm and body to limit arm travel. These are fully tubular and feature a quick pin to made fast and precise adjustments in 3/8″ increments.

Are there travel limiters for front end suspension?

Easily adjust your front end in 1/4′ increments, with the quick release pins and chains. Works on an vehicle. Sold as a kit. Universal weld-in front suspension travel limiter kit is designed to limit front end suspension travel to fine tune your 60 foot times.

How does a tubular travel limiter work on a racecraft?

Install to lower control arm and body to limit arm travel. These are fully tubular and feature a quick pin to made fast and precise adjustments in 3/8″ increments. Come with all the necessary hardware to install and will require minor welding of 4 clevis mounts.

How tall does a travel limiter have to be?

Limiters DO NOT have to be mounted straight up and down which makes mounting possibilities endless. Limiters are designed to be mount at 12″ when car is at ride height.

What does a front end travel limiter do? This kit is intended to limit the travel of the front suspension, controlling certain handling problems typically occurring during acceleration. Designed for use with either a-arms or struts, the kit is easily adjustable and comes complete and ready for installation. What is a travel limiter? The spring…