Saddles

["Wild Child"]

I have a question on wheelie bars. Should I put saddles between the top and bottom bars to give it more structural support? I know im not throwing around a lot of weight but would it be a pro or a con? Do sany of you run saddles on your wheelie bars?
Ive heard a lot of people saying it keeps them from bending more because of the core support. any truth in this?
If you don't understand what "saddles" are, check this pic, its the triangle bars coming up the sides to the top bar. Only mine wouldn't be welded right to the bars.
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[White Lightning]

Devin, those are a completely different design from what you have.

[ProStreetNova]

Those Saddles as you call them, are usually used on long wheelie bars to keep the bars from spreading in or out as they make contact. I think what you need to consider is Sprung or Un-Sprung Bars

["Wild Child"]

I have 84 inch long unsprung bars. and I know Rob, But ive seen a ton of people running the same bars that are on the truck, using these saddles to keep them from bending and flexing unevenly between the top and bottom bars on each side. Ive seen pics where the car has launched hard and the top left or right bar will bend and or break. alot of people say its a good safety precaution to have. What im thinking of doesn't look much like that at all, Ill take a pic of what im talking about and post it.

[ProStreetNova]

So if you added those upright tubes or saddles, what would you have, Sprung or Un-Sprung bars

["Wild Child"]

They are still unsprung bars. Ill have to take a picture and show you. Its basically a piece of tubing, with one hald piece of tubing welded to the bottom and one to the top, making an I shape. The two pieces of half cut tubing match up to one of the bars on the wheelie bars. One half tube meets up to the left bottom tube, one half tube meets up with the left top tube. same for the right side.

[White Lightning]

Feb 28, 2010 16:05:56 GMT -9 ProStreetNova said:

So if you added those upright tubes or saddles, what would you have, Sprung or Un-Sprung bars

He'd have expensive wheelie bars that wouldn't come apart (as designed) to load the truck.lol

[White Lightning]

Feb 28, 2010 11:56:56 GMT -9 "Wild Child" said:

I have 84 inch long unsprung bars. and I know Rob, But ive seen a ton of people running the same bars that are on the truck, using these saddles to keep them from bending and flexing unevenly between the top and bottom bars on each side. Ive seen pics where the car has launched hard and the top left or right bar will bend and or break. alot of people say its a good safety precaution to have. What im thinking of doesn't look much like that at all, Ill take a pic of what im talking about and post it.

Devin, the flex is DESIGNED into those bars for a reason. If you start bracing them up you raise the spring rate that the Moly tubing has and you not only create stress risers in them but you loose the ability to "tune" the tire unload. That's the whole reason for having the long bar.....so you don't unload the tire too violently and CAUSE tire spin. Trust me, as light as the rear of that truck will be you'll need all the help you can get keeping those tires planted.

[White Lightning]

Feb 28, 2010 19:11:50 GMT -9 "Wild Child" said:

They are still unsprung bars. Ill have to take a picture and show you. Its basically a piece of tubing, with one hald piece of tubing welded to the bottom and one to the top, making an I shape. The two pieces of half cut tubing match up to one of the bars on the wheelie bars. One half tube meets up to the left bottom tube, one half tube meets up with the left top tube. same for the right side.

Those bars already have an x built into the lower bars.....they're a prostock design. And besides all that, the truck won't do wheelstands anyway because of the way the rear suspension will be adjusted.

["Wild Child"]

haha alright. I was just asking if it'd be recommended. Don't get too excited rob. I've just seen that on a lot of cars including my moms. But I never took into consideration the weight differences and the fact that she is solid, no suspension whatsoever.

["Wild Child"]

wait...what..... No wheelstands?!........
haha, jk. Ill just bring both tires up about 3 inches and carry them out to the 330ft mark.

[White Lightning]

Giggle.....how about to the 1k ft mark? How'd that be? ;D

[White Lightning]

Allrightie then......SCHOOLS OUT! .........

["Wild Child"]

haha 1000 foot mark? hell, im so close to the finish line by then that we might as well just carry them the whole way and drop them right before the line so I can catch the beams

[ProStreetNova]

Mar 1, 2010 10:21:02 GMT -9 "Wild Child" said:

haha 1000 foot mark? hell, im so close to the finish line by then that we might as well just carry them the whole way and drop them right before the line so I can catch the beams

If you were to do that, it would mean you'd have a Exhibition Wheel Stander and couldn't race with anyone.
That would be fine for me