I bought a SpoolinPerformance traction bar setup for my EG Civic and it did not come with any instructions - in the picture below I mounted both sides of the connecting bars to bolt labelled "X" but I just noticed the driver side was hitting the crank pulley!! So I moved the bracket as shown in the picture, and decided to check with you guys to see if this IS the correct location before I put it all together...

 

LOL, not tryin to answer my own question but I found this info on Full-Race website for THEIR traction bars so now I am wondering if this theory would be the same for my SpoolinPerformance bar... check this out with regards to my question...

"Wouldn't attaching the radius arm to a different location on the lower control arm change the geometry?

Quite simply, the answer is no. The geometry is independent of LCA mounting location. Whether you mount the bar to the shock fork or directly to the LCA, you will keep the correct geometry. The geometry is dictated by the Full Race cross member, not the LCA."

So what do you guys think?

 

This is correct. What is most important is where the traction bars attach to the forward bar running between the tow hooks. Imagine a line drawn through the 2 inner mount points of the lower control arm. This is the line about which the LCA rotates when the knuckle moves up and down. The traction bars MUST mount to a point directly on that line extended forward to the front of the car, or else the bars will bind up.

If the forward mounts are located correctly, then it does not matter where the other end of the bar mounts to the LCA, because that end of the bar always rotates around the same center point - that is the inner LCA mount points.

 

Okay so I guess I am good with either mounting location then and both sides does not have to be in the same exact location on the LCA then...

Thanks!

 

Well I would definitely mount the bars in the same location on both sides. I wouldn't use one mount location on one side and the a different location on the other side.

If that's what you're doing, why?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by PatrickGSR94 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Well I would definitely mount the bars in the same location on both sides. I wouldn't use one mount location on one side and the a different location on the other side.

If that's what you're doing, why?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yes, the passenger side is mounted on the bolt marked "X" in the pic above and I did have the driver side like that too but it was hitting the crank pulley! So I just now got done mounting it on the lower shock mount bolt as pictured above. I guess I would need to move the passenger side one too then??

Thanks Patrick!

 

yea I would put them on the fork bolt on both sides.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by PatrickGSR94 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yea I would put them on the fork bolt on both sides. </TD></TR></TABLE>

I took your advice and did it that way - I can tell the car still needs an alignment but man, its a whole "better" now and best of all my crank pulley is not hitting the bar! It was riding like crap when I first put it in - VERY wobbly especially on bumpy / uneven streets. Maybe these work better on the fork??

Thanks bro.